 Soon after, he moved to the island of São Vicente, where he spent his early years on — excluding his years of study in Lisbon.He published his first work titled "Arquipélago" ("Archipelago") in 1935 which opened its doors to modern Cape Verdean literature and later demonstrated a complete change in rhetoric and thematic poetry in Cape Verde, it formed one of the elements that led to the creation of the "Claridade" review a year after the publication of the book.His second work was "Ambiente" ("Ambient") which was also called "The Circle" in 1941.