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Gama dies at Cochin during the 1524 viceroyalty, a completed last command

Dated 24 December 1524: Gama dies at Cochin during the 1524 viceroyalty, a completed last command. 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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Context

Do store the received last viceroyalty.

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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Vasco da Gama

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · 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.Cambridge histories of Portuguese expansionCambridge University Press · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Vasco da GamaEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and later lives print appointment as viceroy, a harsh last voyage, and death at Cochin in 1524 as received.

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 toFactGama dies at Cochin during the 1524 viceroyalty, a completed last command
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Gama dies at Cochin during the 1524 viceroyalty, a completed last command. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vdg-viceroy-1524-death

https://factrail.ai/facts/vdg-viceroy-1524-death

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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