Dr Kat and Martin Frobisher's Gold
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Have you ever heard that London's streets were paved with gold? What if I told you there's some truth in that?
In this video I'm going to tell you all about the Elizabethan search for the Northwest Passage by Martin Frobisher, his discovery of "gold" and the chaotic aftermath.
I love history for many reasons, but weirdness like this is a massive factor! I hope you enjoy this video and find it interesting!
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [ • Greenery - Silent Part... ]
Images:
Portrait of Sir Richard Whittington, & his Cat from an original painting at Mercers Hall. From “History of the Memorable Sir Richard Whittington”, in The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine, volume vol. 3, Alex. Hogg & Co., 1805, page 1420 OCLC:43172669.
Dick Whittington Pantomime Poster found through talesofonecity...
Cornelius Ketel, Portrait of Sir Martin Frobisher (1577). Held at the University of Oxford.
Map of the navigable route through the Northwest Passage from www.semanticsc...
R. Ehrenreich photo of the Baffin Island ore.
Frobisher's black ore in the western wall around King Henry VIII's Manor House, (now in Priory Road, Dartford) from www.dartfordar...
Photo of a promotion by HTC that paved a London street with gold, taken for www.london-se1....
I have an embarrassing admission. One day, we were strolling around Frobisher Bay when we came across a fortune in solid gold. So we loaded up a few chests.
We had no knowledge of fools gold. I held my breath when I got home.....
BTW I come from Altofts, Martin's home. I attended Martin Frobisher School until my 11 plus. My family though, first arrived in England in 1066 (yes, illegal immigrant).
What a facinating piece of obscure English history you've dug up there (pardon the pun) Dr. Kat. I'd never before heard of Martin Frobisher before but will certainly look for more of hi exploits following you're enchanting teaser.
I played Dick Wittington in the Christmas school pantomime when I was ten but never have I ever pondered the concept of the streets of London being paved with gold. I thought you were going to say that Shakespear's "All that glisters...." was from this very piece of history, but, "Tight as two coats of paint"....I love it even better! Thank you Dr. Kat - knowledge makes us captivating!
A long time ago when I was small, my grandmother took my brother and me rock hunting on the shores of Lake Superior. She was an avid rockhound and always knew the best places for agates and such. Seeing my disappointment at being the only one not finding anything but quartz, she took us in a nearby tourist shop and let me pick out a rock to buy. I became very excited at the dark rock with flecks of gold in it and begged to have that. Imagine my chagrin when I learned the name of that mineral! Fool's gold! I kept that rock for a long time, just to remember the lesson it taught me. Grandma would have loved this story of poor old Frobisher! Thank you for the tale.
Where on the shore of Lake Superior?
All around, but mainly the upper peninsula of Michigan; I remember they took us camping in Ontario once and I loved it. My brother and I have both spoken French from young childhood and we were pleased to see things in both French and English (like Corn Flakes in the grocery and things like that).
I remember hunting for agates on the rocky shore, and everyone was finding them except me. I kept picking up what I was SURE were agates, and Grama would say, "Oh, now, there's a lovely quartz!"
So I like to say that I am good at finding quartz.
Lovely highlight of an important piece of colonial history👌
So glad I found you today! I have your videos on autoplay. Thanks so much!
I just found your channel, and it's making me so happy! Thank you!
Lol! Fool's Gold I love it, never heard this story before.
OMG we are so excited to have found your channel by accident and what wonderful accident it is - Bing watching here we come
Your a breath of fresher air. Thank you 😊 💛🙏
What a delightful glimpse into this period of in-house history👑👑👑
Your channel is a treasure ! Many thanks from France
Well, that was certainly something I hadn't heard of before! Great story, Dr. Cat. Thanks!
Loved this video! Had no idea about any of this!
Thank you for reminding me of a story I learned in a history class many years ago.
Just found this (talk about being late lol) I always wondered where that saying came about!
Ha! Saw it coming, but still a delightful video! I subscribed a short time ago and am working my way through your older presentations. Lovely!
Being a history buff myself, a big lump of this rock sits in pride of place on my desk. Just think, this stone was actually handled by one of Frobisher's crew! Incidentally, it is not fools gold - Frobisher wasn't a fool - it is hornblende, a common black crystaline mineral.
We have a bay named after Mr. F. In the great white north.🇨🇦
I remember when I first came to England when I was 5 - way back in 1951 - and I saw the pavements sparkle. 'Mother,' I said, is that gold?' and she laughed.
I am working my way through all your videos and liking them very much. I love history and always have. I dabble in writing historical fiction and have had 2 books published. One is based on the legend of Tom Johnson. (I will not name the book as I think it would be inappropriate) In it, Tom rescues Napoleon from St Helena by replacing him with a double and sailing off with him in a submarine. How about looking at Tom's legend and also the first "submarine" invented by Fulton?
Interesting!!
I love the style of your storytelling! Thanks for this!
Learned something new ... and thoroughly enjoyed the lesson. Thanks!
I love your voice. Not sure why. Thanks for the wonderful storytelling:)
I Knew Immediately when you started telling it....I said to my self, yep...Fool"s gold!
There's fool's Gold in them here Hills!
You are amazing! I love your style!
That was a funny little story! Thanks for telling it, it's rare for little asides in history like this to be told
I am familiar with Lame Superior and the area and its forests and geography having spent a time there in my life. Beautiful part of Canada. Upper Michigan is the same stuff. French and English found on everything in Canada as they are both official languages of Canada.
i really like to see your hair down once in a while...you present great stories in a very unique and interesting way.
In the Humphrey Bogart film from the 1940s, the Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dobbs (Bogart) and his friend, Curtin (Tim Holt) who are seeking gold in Mexico's Sierra Madres with their older and wiser friend, Howard (Walter Huston) run across iron pyrite (fool's gold) and mistake it for the real thing, splashing water on it to make it shine more. Their older friend, Howard, sets them straight and tells them that it's only fool's gold and that the water is much more valuable! So it's still fooling people.
The first 'Britbit' coin. I did find a reference to Sir martin Frobisher's NW passage pursuit when the discovery of 'gold mines' along the coast of Labrador (soon to be in vain) -was replaced by the pursuit of colonies instead (Later Virginia, Gilbert, Walter Ralegh and so on). Dick Whittington I remember as a figure quite important in Children's stories, Puss'n Boots-ish...I had to look that up too...so Richard Dick Whittington came to earn a great fortune from a merchant voyage he had an investment in (his cat) . Could it be that the Merchant (Fitzwarren) had his fortune transferred to Whittington and have his daughter marry him, because perhaps the Merchant had no son of his own, to secure his wealth his family with? Whittington died 1423 before even Cabot had set sail.
Truly brilli 🐜
Hello Dr kat this video had me laughing and smiling until the ending
Crazy big pants! 🤣
Guy had huge balls
on a non-academic level and not neccesarily pertinant, [sorry about the spelling] your hair is beautiful down, and you look more relaxed!!
Don’t think it was Baffin Island - may have been around Nova Scotia……..