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Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage

In 1524 Gama was appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India and sailed on a third voyage. The dated commission is not the 24 December death at Cochin and not the 1502 second voyage. In the causal graph this event strengthens Institutional Corruption, a driver that strengthens Political corruption index — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1524 Gama was appointed Viceroy of Portuguese India and sailed on a third voyage. The dated commission is not the 24 December death at Cochin and not the 1502 second voyage. Vasco da Gama’s documented role is: John III named him viceroy to restore discipline in Portuguese India. He sailed with a fleet; he died in office; the appointment is not the death row. Appointment is the office; death is the end. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear.

Context

Reports of corruption among Portuguese in India, unnamed captains, and a royal reform brief already sit in the file. An appointment is not unique authorship of every later Estado. Sharing with John III is required. Named others on the file: John III as grantor, unnamed fleet captains, and Estado officers in India share the commission. The public setting is the file around 1524-04-01. The instrument stays Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage. The setting of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage is the public file around 1524-04-01. Driver institutional-corruption is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

Why it matters

Complex shared crown office. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is A dated viceregal commission put a punitive colonial governorship into the 1524 file, distinct from death at Cochin. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Shared responsibility is part of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage. Naming Vasco da Gama does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1524-04-01 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.

Who was responsible

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

  • Vasco da Gama

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    John III named him viceroy to restore discipline in Portuguese India. He sailed with a fleet; he died in office; the appointment is not the death row.

What changed

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

    1. FactGama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 April 1524 · verified

    A dated viceregal commission put a punitive colonial governorship into the 1524 file, distinct from death at Cochin.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — John III, Gama’s last commissionEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Vasco da GamaEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica independently distinguishes the 1524 viceregal appointment from the December death. Official: Britannica — Vasco da Gama, viceroy 1524 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Britannica — John III, Gama’s last commission (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-III-king-of-Portugal (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Vasco da Gama, viceroy 1524 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — John III, Gama’s last commission (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-III-king-of-Portugal (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: 1524 viceroy appointment. Established: a sourced public record of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage under 1524-04-01.

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.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage are separate paths.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVasco da Gama
  2. contributed toFactGama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage
  3. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
  4. strengthensIndicatorPolitical corruption index

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Factrail. (2026). Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vdg-viceroy-appoint-1524

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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