Vasco da Gama — "I am not the man I once was. I do not want to go back in time, to be the second …"

I am not the man I once was. I do not want to go back in time, to be the second son, the second man.
Vasco da Gama — Vasco da Gama Early Modern · Sea route to India

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Reflective statement, possibly about his ambition or position.

Date: c. 1490s-1520s

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