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The second voyage seizes and burns a returning pilgrim ship in the Indian Ocean

Public English of the second voyage, following later Portuguese chronicles, prints the taking of a ship often called Mîrî or a Calicut pilgrim vessel and the killing of people aboard. 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.

Sources: [1][2]

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Public English of the second voyage, following later Portuguese chronicles, prints the taking of a ship often called Mîrî or a Calicut pilgrim vessel and the killing of people aboard. Mass killing at sea is a humanitarian path. Unique headcounts are not invented beyond what the printed chronicles claim.

Context

Shared command with captains and crown policy is required.

Vasco da Gama Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.

Vasco da Gama’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are c. 1460s–1524.

Why it matters

Printed 1502 ship-killing is a humanitarian path, not an ISO passenger list.

Who was responsible

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

  • Vasco da Gama

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.52 · verified

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.Britannica — Vasco da GamaEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Hakluyt Society — Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da GamaHakluyt Society · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Vasco da Gama did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVasco da Gama
  2. contributed toFactThe second voyage seizes and burns a returning pilgrim ship in the Indian Ocean
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). The second voyage seizes and burns a returning pilgrim ship in the Indian Ocean. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vdg-1502-miri

https://factrail.ai/facts/vdg-1502-miri

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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