Skip to content
eventVerified

The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding

In 1502–04 Columbus's fourth voyage was a storm-and-maroon file on the Jamaica coast. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

Read the full account

In 1502–04 Columbus's fourth voyage was a storm-and-maroon file on the Jamaica coast. No strait was found. Ovando delayed rescue. Christopher Columbus's documented role is: He sought a strait, wrecked, and was marooned on Jamaica. Crews suffered; Ovando delayed rescue.

Context

Diego Méndez's canoe is the received rescue-labour. Sharing the marooning with the crew is required. The setting of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding is the public file around 1502-05-11. Driver humanitarian-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding are separate paths.

Why it matters

Worsening path from The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding on 1502-05-11. A wreck-and-maroon voyage is a humanitarian path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Christopher Columbus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He sought a strait, wrecked, and was marooned on Jamaica. Crews suffered; Ovando delayed rescue.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Project Gutenberg — Journal, 12 October as later EnglishProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Columbus, Capitulaciones de Santa FeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Columbus, fourth voyage at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Project Gutenberg — fourth-voyage reports as later English at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18571 (opens in a new tab) (Project Gutenberg). Official carrier: Britannica — Columbus, fourth voyage (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Project Gutenberg — fourth-voyage reports as later English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18571 (opens in a new tab); Project Gutenberg).

Established: a sourced public record of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding under 1502-05-11 for Christopher Columbus. Established: a sourced public record of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding under 1502-05-11.

Shared responsibility is part of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding. Naming Christopher Columbus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1502-05-11 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorChristopher Columbus
  2. contributed toFactThe fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/col-fourth-1502

https://factrail.ai/facts/col-fourth-1502

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

Dispute this factNamed here, or represent someone who is? Request a right of reply.