…they anchor at Tider and take an additional fifty-nine captives, before returning to Lagos.

The remaining two ships (Lourenço Dias and Gomes Pires) make their way back to Portugal by themselves (Pires making a brief stop in Cape Blanc, to buy some seal pelts and slaves from some Berber traders).

Little more is heard about Lançarote de Lagos.

In number of captives, the 1445/6 slaving expedition had been somewhat of a disappointment (at least relative to the first 1444 expedition).

The prospect for future slave raids seems dim.

The Arguin banks are devastated and it is unlikely the Berber populations will return to the coasts in significant numbers, or allow themselves to be taken by surprise.

The Wolof-dominated coasts of Senegal are too strong and alert for small groups of venturing Portuguese slave-raiders.

If slave raids are to have any prospect of success, the element of surprise is necessary, which now means sailing well below Senegal to new 'hunting grounds' - lengthier expeditions which require probably more supplies and capital than what Lagos merchants are willing to front or captains willing to sail.

The killing of Nuno Tristão and his crew the next year (1446 or 1447) probably dampens any remaining enthusiasm among Lagos merchants for renewing the slave raids.