# Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage

Date: 1524

## The fact

In 1524 [Gama](/people/vasco-da-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. Do not twin this with the existing 1524-12-24 death row. Appointment is the office; death is the end. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. 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.

## 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. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. 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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [institutional-corruption](/drivers/institutional-corruption) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

## Evidence and sources

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; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: Britannica — John III, Gama’s last commission (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-III-king-of-Portugal; 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; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — John III, Gama’s last commission (https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-III-king-of-Portugal; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Vasco da Gama, viceroy 1524 (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening institutional-corruption path: a punitive colonial governorship. 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.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1524 viceroy appointment. Not established: that the December death is this same instrument. Established: a sourced public record of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage under 1524-04-01. 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. Do not twin this with the existing 1524-12-24 death row. Appointment is the office; death is the end. Mixed effects of Gama is appointed Viceroy of India for the 1524 voyage are separate paths.

## People

- Vasco da Gama: https://factrail.ai/people/vasco-da-gama

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-III-king-of-Portugal
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-da-Gama

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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