Forging an Empire - The Portuguese Empire - Part 2 Commerce
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The fabled sea passage to India was now a highway. The Indian Ocean was a massive free trade zone. Upon its waters the trade in spice brought in immense wealth to anyone willing to brave the dangers, the currents, and the politics. The Portuguese now burst into the scene like a storm and were determined to disrupt everything
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#age #discovery #Portugal
I have Portuguese ancestors, but I am from the United States. When I was a child, my father would talk about the Portuguese with pride and admiration, going in depth about the discoveries of Portugal and how they changed the history of the world. My father passed when I was 12, but I always had a fascination of my ancestors and their feats. Your videos go so in depth of the specifics, and I thank you for your research and efforts in making these documentaries.
Christian I'm really happy that you liked my videos so much. Thank you for the awesome comments and sharing your story about your father. Portugal did the impossible here
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I'm Puerto Rican, but me grandfather on Dad's side was also Portuguese, from Oporto. I also grew up on legends of Portuguese greatness, seamanship and ultimate betrayal by the Spanish, who clipped Portugals empire in favor of their own after the unification of the crowns in the 1580s, embedding the Portuguese to fight Spains losing wars against its former ally, England. It broke Portugals Empire and spirit.... Funny though, my Grandma from Mom's side is of Norwegian descent, and I grew up hearing from her Norwegian sea legends, from Snori, the first European born in the Americas (Greenland), the voyages of Eric the Red... The Norse, another of Europe's great discoverers and sea people. ✌️
@@pupysb6267 I've been debating about doing an age of discovery series and including the Scandinavian countries - they were most likely the first to make it to N America after all
Wow. These guys were super aggressive! How does one king have so much power? Ordering the Planet around, taking lives , stealing riches? I'm exhausted. 😮
What amazes most about the way the Portuguese built their empire is that it was carefully planned and executed. It wasn't like Columbus' harebrained plan of sailing West and see what happens. Columbus got lucky ; the Portuguese gathered decade upon decade of knowledge until they got the prize.
@@Janika-xj2bv yeah well said - this was a trade empire that was built on capturing and holding key locations that would in turn control everything else - needed a lot of strategic planning
@@Janika-xj2bv Ironically Columbus attended naval school in Portugal and was basically a Portuguese citizen. He even married a Portuguese noblewoman.
@@siimplykittxie8469 Indeed. There's a theory saying he WAS Portuguese, our man in the Spanish Court, with a mission to misdirect Spain on a wild goose chase, sailing West, as a distraction.
Proud to have Portuguese blood running through my veins. My father was from Coimbra, mother from Sao Miguel Azores. I am first generation Canadian. 🇵🇹
If they made Hollywood Blockbuster movies in a series about this, you need to be involved...what a daring tale from the pages of history!!!
@@SeanTolan_illuminated_imaging yeah this would be an amazing story to tell
I'd be all in.if only we got good shows like that
Please hurry with the rest of this series! we love it so much, we know this is hard to produce but understand that no one else has this content about Portugal.
I make them as fast as I can =)
Dudeeee @@FlashPointHx don't you rush anything, take your time.... pls. Every episode of these is absolute Gold
@@FlashPointHx Can't wait to see your videos on Afonso de Albuquerque (conquest of Goa and of Malacca)!
Love the series! Congrats Guys for your amazing and hard work! I will be ready to watch more episodes! 😀
@@goncalosm Any time ! I've already started planning the next three videos - Francisco de Almeida is up next!
I'm a catholic ( Syro- Malabar Eastern Catholic) which used to be nestorians mentioned in the video. It really is great to watch this video sitting from my home in Calicut.
An interesting fact; the kingdoms in Kerala ( state which includes Calicut, Cochin,Kannoor and Kollam) used to have a matrilineal dynasty. More specifically, the heir to the throne is always the king's sister's son, ie, his nephew. Hence the reason the nephew's of kings keep popping in the video.
That's probably the strangest dynasty system I ever heard about.
Not to insult my history teachers, or those who wrote the history books from when I was in school, but these 2 videos alone were sooooooooooooooooo much more effective on teaching me my own country history (from that period) then the school books or the teachers ever did, and on top that these videos are super entertaining and oh sooo well narrated. This is truly valuable stuff, I hope it gest translated to Portuguese (of Portugal hopefully) so not only the kids, but every Portuguese in general can learn our history, in a less "glorified" way, because truth be told, there's almost as much to be proud of as there is to be ashamed of. Anyway, amazing stuff, I truly have no words, congrats to all involved.
Thank you so much for such an awesome comment! I've been approached by two people who would be interested in translating into Portuguese - but it would be a lot of work. It may take a bit of time to produce. Again, thanks !
Here in the states we learned alot about France Spain UK but almost nothing about Portugal we knew they where players on the open sea but thats it
@@tyronemaroney335 and now what do you think Tyrone?
I think it may have something to do with the leftist-marxist run education system. They can't stand the fact the individuals achieved such greatness.
Sometimes i think i have been born in the wrong time. My blood boiling for the miss of some purpose bigger than life itself, like my ancestors had: travel on the unknow and fight for the king. Regards from Portugal.
@@ribaki10 wait till space exploration revs up ;)
@@FlashPointHx Astronauts are just space conquistadors.
How’s this guy Duarte Pereira not known as one of the greatest battle minds ever? That battle was impossible, it was insane, and he pulled it off brilliantly.
Totally agree
The Portuguese Achilles
He has some skills
@@pedroagbasto Let's just be grateful he didn't get shot in the foot or anything...
Unfortunately for most people, the Age of Discovery and the Portuguese role remain a secret
Genuinely this is among the best channels out there.
Thank you so much - appreciate the comment
@@FlashPointHx I just binged your 'age of discovery' series and loved it, can't tell why but i like your style much more than history marche's, kings and generals and invicta, thank you.
Absolutely right !! Super awesome
Amazing videos.
I am Portuguese and our history has always fascinated me.
It’s amazing to get this more in depth look at it.
Keep up the great work!
Stop that Netflix! I HAVE TO watch this Portugal documentary!!
"This is the fleet of the King of Portugal, my sovereign, who is the Lord of the Sea, the World, and also OF YOU!"
- Based Vasco da Gama. 😄.
I loved that quote - knew it needed to go into the podcast :)
Height of presumption
@@FlashPointHx It reminded me of this other quote:
"Following the god Neptune,
The first ruler of all that is sea
Was Manuel I, Portuguese king."
- Rainer Daehnhardt.
We need more men like him in this woke world :))
@@fabianojotanot if you have the guns to back it up
Amazing job, loved it! Can't wait for part 3! 😁 Netflix should really make a movie about these Portuguese heroic battles and their untold maritime adventures.
Hey thanks! Yeah hoping Netflix will do that one of these days. The first video of part 3 came out yesterday BTW
simplified language and colourful animation is amazing. I Was very enthusiastic about history of my country. Now i am bed ridden patient in hospital for a week. I am watching this channel day and ni8. Keep it up.
@@nageshpanchal6900 hey happy you liked my video - I wish you a speedy recovery. It sucks to be in the hospital. All the best!
I never comment on youtube videos but damn man 10/10!
Good work. Congratulations. Without wanting to monopolize, I suggest a look at the battle of Diu with Francisco de Almeida and the battles of Hormuz and Malacca by Afonso de Albuquerque, authentic works of art of military strategy from that time.
Funny that you mention it - Almeida and Albuquerque are up next
@@FlashPointHx
Beautiful!! 😊💙
The Battle of Diu is something as extraordinary as Lepanto, Salamis or Trafalgar, but unfortunately not as well known.
RUclips is far much better than school, they taught us Vasco Da Gama but i never picked much from the leasons, Here I'm hooked on the stories presented in an Entertaining way
Just need to make part 3, from part 2 to 1581
Part 4 from 1581 to 1668
Part 5 from 1668 to 1808
Part 6 from 1808 to 1851
Part 7 from 1851 to 1975 and 1999, 2002.
hahaha - I'll be doing Portuguese history for the next 5 years then
Think about it seriously, if you plan well many Portuguese will sponsor you. But you have to work your communication reach the public. The series should be about the longest European colonial empire, not so much about history. Cheers. @@FlashPointHx
Thanks for your amazing work. You’re one of the best if not the best in RUclips doing videos about my beloved country. A small country with such rich history. He had lots of conquests and brave battles to make videos.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much 😀
Nicely made series. Showing in depth research, good animation and very nice voice over. Good job team.
Plz also put up a content table in comment section with dates so we can follow the series without missing anything.
A perfect voice for narration. More great work, thank you. Great series.
Thank you for these videos, I know the time and work and research that takes to create this!!! Thank you for helping to share our history and to the world. Being such a small country I think it’s extraordinary how much we impacted the world. Greetings from Portugal!!
Hello!! Thank you for this awesome comment - your country’s history is so interesting. It needs to be shared! All the best!
what a wonderful video thank for these masterpiece about the history of Portugal as being portuguese i am very proud to see these, thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Portuguese (Armada) around African 🌍 content shores , on Indian 🇮🇳 Ocean surface ,and around Indian peninsula shores.. Portuguese 🇵🇹 Armada trade activities ,concurred flourish costs , expelling Muslims ☪️ traded, threatened others... So Portuguese was a top dog in its glory and shiny times ( 1500 AD forward ...thank you 🙏( flash point history )channel for sharing.
Hey - you are so welcome - really happy you liked my video
Brilliant work! I've been learning so much about our history with this series! Thank you so much
You are so welcome Bruno !
Just watched it fully! This is epic! What an amazing video you did! The battle for Cochin would make such an epic movie!
So impressed by this documentary! I watched the 1st part also, this one was even better!
Congrats, can't wait for the sieges of Diu!
Really happy you liked both videos - yeah I’m reading up for the next part even now
I can't wait for the next episodes! Amazing job! I like how you quote the sources and explain the different accounts without sharing only one
Thank you very much!
Thank you for this, I really needed an escape today. I just went to patreon and realized I never updated my card on there so here's some back pay 😅. Thanks for many past hours of education and entertainment and the many future hours I'm sure are to come
You are so welcome! Thank you for this as well - Appreciated!
I loved these two Portuguese Empire vids. Keep up the excellent work with the next episode!
Thanks, will do!
this entire series is a work of art. 👌
Thank you so much - took a lot to put this together
LOVE these long videos guys! Thanks!😊😊😊😊❤❤❤
Always appreciated Daniel!
@@FlashPointHx np
Great country and history!
Fun fact: here in Brazil we have a football team that is in honor of Vasco Da Gama, the team have the same name as the navigator, they won the Brazilian league 4 times, the Brazilian cup 1 time and the Copa libertadores, the biggest throphy in the continent 1 time in 1998, right now they are in bad situation they were relegeated 4 times and disputed the Second division 5 times, now they played in the first division but they were fighting against the releagation in the last season
The difference is that unlike Vasco the man, the team is always sinking…! (Just kidding…) 😂
Such a wild age in human history. Your work is incredible as always!
Thank you very much!
🤴💪🏾❤️ thank you for bringing history to life in such a beautiful way.
You’re so welcome !
Bravo, Bravo!! Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much. 😊❤
So happy you liked this ! Thank you!
Almost a 2h video! Yeah, definitely worth the wait. Thanks FPH!
Oh yeah !!
if my public school history classes were this engaging I'd still be in school 😂 amazing
First worldwide super power videos are always great. Such a great job right here. Thank you, from every human being.
Amazing that such a small country could do this much
@@FlashPointHx I do not think it is a small country. Roman Empire started from Etruria and Latium villages. Thank you, once again. For such great work I have been following should be seen to grow knowledge and understand the Western culture.
Speak for yourself mate, leave me out of this! ✌😏
@@FlashPointHxwe had the right people at the right place at the right time. Much like other meteoric rises, like Alexander, or the Fath, or Gengis Khan’s empire.
Great music for this type of video documentary 👌
Cabral - I found Brazil, I found Madagascar, I brought 6+ ships full of spice from half the world away.
Portugal - You are a failure.
Seriously - the man was given an impossible task and then they nobility was shocked he didn’t do everything
Perhaps because, just because, they already knew about Brazil. 😉.
@@SylvaHodracyrda Have you any link or page that explain your comment? I´d like learn much more about this era.
@@danielguerrero894it’s an old rumor that we already knew about Brasil at the time of the Treaty of Tordesilhas, since we were weirdly insistent on moving the boundary further west than the proposed line. But that might have been to secure the equatorial route we used to sail up and down Africa.
We’ll probably never know, since a lot of the relevant documentation went up in smoke in the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
@@feastguy101 Thanks
This era of Portuguese history is fascinating. There is a publisher in Portugal which has been dropping new editions of king's biographies. The Aviz ones are very good, João II and Manuel are out (João I and Duarte also), and Sebastião is in pre sale. Hopefully João III and Afonso V will come soon, to complete my collection.
I agree - this was the period that Portugal went from a backwater to world empire in a 100 year stretch
Those birds over the battlefield must have been time traveled drones? 🤣 Twisted Aerial Supremacy Theory
You deserve a statue in downtown Lisbon facing the Tagus River. Thanks!
That would be cool!
Is Vasco da Gama the GOAT admiral? He heard that 150 ships are coming to attack so he quickly attacks first and destroys everything... Multiple times and after getting away by a hair thread from his death? WTF? GOAT 🐐
He had nerves of steel - but also got insanely lucky
Indeed, super lucky at times. But the courage is unbelievable 🤣 these stories, these battles... It's hard sometimes to believe these men actually existed and they were of steel pretty much
@@kranffel emerging from the Reconquista - they felt that they were doing gods work and were favored by divinity to win - against any odds
Yeah and it worked 😄
@@kranffelfor a while… until it didn’t. Look up Mers Al-Qibir to see what I mean.
F.P.H.- Magnifico trabalho, perto de ser perfeito. Obrigado. 😊💙
Mais uma história contada com excelência, parabéns.😊
I love the maps in this video, really feels like you're going back in time to the age of discovery! Can't wait for part 3!
There are many great historical channels on RUclips, but this is very special. It may be due to a more profound presentation combining science and art. Keep up the excellent work, and thank you for bringing to light some lesser-known episodes from the past.
I really appreciate this comment - thanks !
Отличная работа! Вам огромное уважение и почтение за Ваш труд!❤👍
Никто так круто не освещал эту тему, кроме Вас. Привет ото всех ваших почитателей из России!
Saudações de Portugal
Greeting from America, sorry we're at war
@@davinfreeman1 Спасибо. У нас вполне хорошо относятся к простым американцам и не испытывают к вам никакой вражды, это я вам могу сказать со всей уверенностью)
Thank you so much! Спасибо!
@@primatons like putin said... there are no frontiers for russia... well try to invade portugal and you will see.. hahaha just kidding.
There are beautiful videos about Late Medieval Portugal by Schwerpunkt that I strongly recommend as a background
his voice is hard to understand and he rambles on about nonsense for way too long
I agree about him rambling about nonsense. He comes off pretty unhinged at times. I had to unsub after a few months.
I listened for about five minutes and gave up for the same reasons others have mentioned
he uses sock accounts to advertise his channel on like every other history related channel. Go away.
I truly enjoyed this man, was so immersed in the storytelling that I totally forgot that I was watching a youtube video.🙌
Hey - happy you liked my video!
Thank you for this videos! They make me feel really connected to Portugal
nas escolas do Brasil, aprendemos que Vasco da Gama chegou a Calicute, encheu as caravelas de especiarias e voltou para Lisboa. A ideia era de que os portugueses chegaram nas Índias e foram recebidos de braços abertos .... infelizmente a história não foi bem assim.
Na maioria das vezes só se aprende o nome do Vasco da Gama e do Pedro Álvares Cabral, sem se ensinar nem o motivo das expedições.
Francisco de Almeida and Afonso de Albuquerque the real makers of an empire.
For the algorithm gods!
Best youtube series ever, though...
keep up the good work!
Woot!!
@@FlashPointHx🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Well...Part 2 just as good, if not better than Part 1. Nicely done, turning the History into "Educational Entertainment". I learned SO much about the Battle of Cochin, I didn't know how strategic the Portuguese were - I used to think it was mostly..."Divine Intervention". So enjoyed UR work, that subscribing was a must. Thx for UR time, talents & effort. 🙏✨
Your video is outstanding and your depiction of the Battle of Cochin awesome. What a tribute to the memory of the valliant and noble DPP. Can't get tired of watching it over and over again!
@@Geraldo_Sem_Pavor the video on Almeida is out if you’re interested and I’m about to release another video in this series come Monday - happy that you liked it
@@FlashPointHx I'm very interested. Thank you!
Medieval European merchants' tagline: THE SPICE MUST FLOW
It is after all the most precious substance in the universe
@@FlashPointHx too bad the colonisers only used it to prophesy and not to season their food 😭
@@bethmarriott9292 The "colonisers" did use spices and to this day depending on the dishes.
@@bethmarriott9292Don't confuse the Portuguese with the British, the Portuguese use spices in their food (e.g. cinnamon in their desserts, peri-peri in their chicken, etc.).
This series is great! I'd love to see one about the Spanish Empire too!
Spanish are up next
Excellent work!
Thank you! Cheers!
The light and dark side bar of Vasco da Gama 🤣 btw, awesome work. Congrats from 🇵🇹 👌🏼
Yeah I'm big into Sci fi - that had to go in =)
Mis hermanos ❤ Iberians te Amo!!!
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Great video guys! Can't wait to see the rest of the series! Keep up the good work
Great video... very well done!
@@DutyandValor hey thanks ! Your video on Doolittle was amazing btw
i have a book from roger crowley about this adventures
really great
It's the best one on the topic written for the English-speaking world, for sure.
I'm Brazilian, and your videos had a big impact on me. Hearing how the pirates of the world, and how they take everything, the school story says with pride, made me see who Europeans are wild. And they still are.
Every age had its opportunists - every civilization was built on the blood of others
Mr. Neto! You never thought of the fact that
You are a descendant of those 'pirates of the world'? Your name tells the story......shame on you!
@@cesarsilva5605 Well, I am descendant of Jews who became New Christians in Portugal by the 1500s. That's a long time ago. And migrate to Brazil after that. But what that has to do with what I said? Shame on me? What?
And I never thought I am a descent ... lol
@@cesarsilva5605since when did one have to revere someone simply because they are an ancestor?
Yes! The full history in one video. Brings back wonderful memories of the Reconquista series.
Yeah - I love getting the smaller videos together for these larger compilation ones
@FlashPointHx I love the smaller ones too. I use these long ones for my round trip commutes and long drives; they ate a great way to pass the time.
This is epic, thank you! 🙌
Welcome :)
Wow what a great documentary. Really enjoyed it
Liked, commented, just doing my job Capitao!
Hahaa - appreciated !!
The quality of these videos is truly impressive. Congratulations!
Thank you - and agree with your other comment - Diu should be amongst the most impressive battles in history
Incredible video ❤❤
These videos are definitely my favourite way of learning history
Glad you like them!
Amazing content!🇵🇹
Lesson learnt - if a technologically advanced civilisation shows up with gunboats and wants to trade, don’t fuck them around
Well, both sides had gunboats.
@@SylvaHodracyrda the technological difference was immense. Like the difference between cannons and modern artillery
amazing series :)
Can you come to Portugal and teach our children the history of Portugal? Because no one does it like you. ❤
I definitely want to get to Portugal one of these days and my boy will definitely learn the history of Portugal before we get there!
@@FlashPointHx I don't know if you ever been to Portugal, but if you need any tips or advice, feel free to ask and I'll gladly help ;)
Sweet baby Jesus can't wait for part 3
Hahaha - I take it you liked my video
@@FlashPointHx I love them all and watch them multiple times and share them among Portuguese folks that don't even know their legacy. Thank you so much for this, I wish you could be the director of a hollywood movie portraying these adventurous and treacherous times.
Really appreciate you doing all that Edge - thank you@@edgeuplink
I love it how you're spreading the portugyese sayings.
I had to look up a series of Portuguese saying - that one seemed just right
So happy this came out!
Can't wait for your video on Francisco de Almeida
O "Xico" Almeida foi qualquer coisa de fascinante.
Epic! Thank you so much
Anytime!
This puts into perspective what happens in my number-based early-modern economy simulator whenever I send expeditions abroad from Europe. Then again, playing an early-modern economy simulator is not for those who aim for moral purity...
Makes me feel like i am playing a RTS game
Nice. I’ve always been a fan of RTS games
AMAZING #PORTUGAL I LOVE A LOT THE BEST IN EUROPE
Little confused, is this a compilation of all 6 of the previous videos played back to back to back. Just don't want to miss out on anything. I was in Kochi and Kerala this year so very cool to visualize what happened on the ground I once walked an seas near it. Still a lot of Portuguese presence there like old churches and a large Catholic population, plus random walls and buildings or ruins you can tell are old Portuguese stone that are hundreds of years old.
Yes - when I get to a major mile stone, I combine all the videos together into compilation videos. Some people really like the longer format. Its almost like an audiobook. If you're worried about missing out. Go to my YT home page and hit the 'Playlist' section. All the videos in all my series are arranged in order.
Here I am 6 years later, still waiting on Hernan Cortez 🤣🤣 great videos though, m enjoying it all the way
hahaha - yeah me too - never thought this journey would be this long =)
Excellent cant wait to watch this
Let me know what you think
Woohoo i was waiting for this.
Lusitânia ⚔️⚔️
Enjoy!
Interesting piece. Thanks.
Any time :)
A perfect example of punching above your weight.
Utterly fantastic video. I loved the story of the super human effort of the Miri’s temporary avengers. Poor people. Meanwhile, the Battle of Kochin is one of all the time great defenses. They were taking out 2,000+ invaders for each defender.
My heart goes out to the people of the Miri - and being a father myself, especially the children who were innocents in this incident.
@@FlashPointHx Yes. An absolutely cowardly act by da Gama.
Thanks
Hey thanks so much! Really appreciated!
Manuel is just spamming fleets
pls, doo something about Pero da Covilha, the 007 portuguese, he arrived in india 10 years before vasco da gama
I mention him in my video on B Dias. I wasn't able to find more information on the guy to do an entire video.
They had galleons that were scary at that time, just to name one, the Sao João Baptista, nicknamed Botafogo, the most powerful warship when it was launched (1534) by the Portuguese, it became famous during the conquest of Tunis. (1535) with a variable estimate between 80 and 200 cannons with varying shooting weights, mainly anti-personnel swivel cannons, they could do great damage to very well fortified cities.
@@jlima9973Doesn't Botafogo literally translate to "Spitfire"? If that isn't a chad name for a chad ship, I don't know what is!
TOP!!!
Good work!
Thank you! Cheers!
this is Portugal ! in god we trust.
i dunno if GOD speaks portuguese.. but these Canons Do!! Marchar, Marchar !!!