Vasco da Gama — "Let us burn their ships and seize their goods!"

Let us burn their ships and seize their goods!
Vasco da Gama — Vasco da Gama Early Modern · Sea route to India

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A harsh and aggressive command during his later punitive expeditions in India.

Date: 1502

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