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

Date: 1502

## The fact

In 1502–04 [Columbus](/people/christopher-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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [humanitarian-access](/drivers/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. Do not treat later Panama Canal as 1502. Mixed effects of The fourth voyage of 1502–04 is a dated storm-and-maroon file, not a unique strait-finding are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Britannica — Columbus, fourth voyage (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

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.

The attached driver is humanitarian-access. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

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.

## People

- Christopher Columbus: https://factrail.ai/people/christopher-columbus

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18571
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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