Vasco da Gama:

I would burn a hundred ships to secure the spice trade.

— Vasco da Gama Early Modern

Sea route to India

Extreme vow

1502

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"Their prayers are worthless, but their spices are not."

"I would rather die at sea than live as a beggar."

"We must be firm with these infidels."

"Their ships burn well."

"They call me a pirate, but I am a king’s man."

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