Port Royal: The Earthquake that Destroyed the Infamous Pirate Den

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  3 года назад +37

    Join me on Wren and start offsetting your carbon footprint today! We'll plant 10 extra trees for the first 100 people who sign up! wren.co/start/geographics

    • @piratetaurussackinhaff9402
      @piratetaurussackinhaff9402 3 года назад +28

      That's a slick way to guilt people into giving money. Bravo.

    • @TheVethronx
      @TheVethronx 3 года назад

      Awesome!! I'm from Jamaica 🇯🇲 thnks for putting this out there. Enjoy your videos 📹 😊

    • @terryenby2304
      @terryenby2304 3 года назад +2

      I did the questionnaire and we use substantially less than anyone else on the graph… unfortunately I can’t afford to spend £10 a month making it even better… but I really hope someone who can afford this, does it!

    • @Grimley6666
      @Grimley6666 3 года назад +7

      Offsetting......not stopping or changing in any way

    • @roger3911
      @roger3911 3 года назад +5

      sadly, programs to offset carbon emissions by planting trees look amazing on paper but are proving to be logistically impossible......if we halted all such programs today, and immediately went to plant all the trees already committed to by such offset programs we would need land the equivalent of THREE Indias to plant solid in trees with no other development or use -- there is no such amount of land, so the program looks good and definitely sounds good but we don't have the land to do so already, not even considering any future commitments made even tomorrow......it is time we began to explore other options immediately

  • @ryancousins108
    @ryancousins108 3 года назад +419

    Hey @Geographics as a Jamaican historian and archaeologist who has worked in Port Royal I have to say bravo!! I watched the video to see if you’d get it right and you knocked it out the park. Glad to see another Caribbean site on the channel

    • @ALEX-ut4pp
      @ALEX-ut4pp 3 года назад +19

      We likkle but we talawah.

    • @allananonimozeta9345
      @allananonimozeta9345 3 года назад +2

      Two white guys heard the same story...must be true

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +4

      That is very cool.
      Thank you for sharing and giving this your "thumbs up" as well.
      Ignore the Internet Trolls...

    • @roberthall1379
      @roberthall1379 3 года назад +9

      @@allananonimozeta9345 I'm the 3rd white guy so it's valid.

    • @ryancousins108
      @ryancousins108 3 года назад +43

      @@allananonimozeta9345 I'm white?? Damn! Always thought I was black, guess my parents have some explaining to do

  • @christophergreen7616
    @christophergreen7616 3 года назад +55

    As a Jamaican that loves this Channel I want to say Great Job Simon and Crew... Big Up yourselves👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @vulpsturm
    @vulpsturm 3 года назад +158

    Can you imagine what a crazy place that was? Brick buildings, multistory, just built on the sand.

    • @nickyfield137
      @nickyfield137 3 года назад +35

      Like an old version of Dubai !

    • @derpderpus6075
      @derpderpus6075 3 года назад +19

      And Castles built on sand melt into the sea eventually.

    • @KeitieKalopsia
      @KeitieKalopsia 2 года назад +4

      @@derpderpus6075 nice poetry bro

    • @Dr_Footbrake
      @Dr_Footbrake 2 года назад +3

      You basically just described San Fransisco

    • @Endonkulation
      @Endonkulation Год назад +1

      Hendrix

  • @omfgstrid
    @omfgstrid 3 года назад +46

    All right…you didn’t get anything wrong lol. Me and the other Jamaicans here seem to have been watching extra closely and YOU DID NOT SLIP. Kudos!

  • @nathanielbrett3768
    @nathanielbrett3768 3 года назад +40

    How very ironic that the place known as the wickiest city on earth is now the most peaceful place in Jamaica. The only problem with Port Royal is that it's flood prone but other than that very beautiful place, very peaceful, the people live as one and it's a lovely tourist attraction. I hope one day the government would revive that part of Port Royal that sank so that Port Royal and Portmore can become one again.

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +3

      Interesting...
      So there's been very very little excavation
      Surely, one day, lots will be dug up...

    • @nathanielbrett3768
      @nathanielbrett3768 3 года назад +1

      @@Leshic2 i hope so trust me.

    • @RaterProTrickster
      @RaterProTrickster 3 года назад +4

      One aspect of the pirate life I find interesting is that some of them were kind of liberal in how they organised on the ship. It was of course a mixed batch but a general sense of equality is what many left their former lives to attain.

    • @shotakazehaya17
      @shotakazehaya17 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@RaterProTrickster There's no equality under Liberalism.

  • @aasgier9091
    @aasgier9091 3 года назад +93

    Port Royal is a town with an interesting history.
    I caught one 'error' though - there are already places referred to as 'Pompeii of the Caribbean', in the shape of the town of Saint Pierre on the French colonial island of Martinique, which was buried under a pyroclastic flow/nuee ardente from the volcano Mont Pelee in 1902. The term has also been used for Plymouth on the island of Montserrat - which has also been buried under pyroclastic flows (though far less disastrous as people evacuated).

    • @FreeFallingAir
      @FreeFallingAir 3 года назад +3

      Thanks for the info!

    • @chrisfrench8006
      @chrisfrench8006 3 года назад +3

      Thank you for the knowledge share. Now I know what I’m gonna research today.

    • @slcpunk2740
      @slcpunk2740 3 года назад +7

      This response is the Pompeii of RUclips.

    • @duncancurtis1758
      @duncancurtis1758 3 года назад +4

      One man survived thanks to his mighty thick prison walls.

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 3 года назад +1

      This needs to be bumped up.
      Researched and then documented by Whistler.

  • @HuckelAR
    @HuckelAR 3 года назад +63

    Always a good day when there are new Simon vids!!! Happy New Years.

    • @marcoarnaud3964
      @marcoarnaud3964 3 года назад +1

      Happy new year for you too

    • @rob1tnt
      @rob1tnt 3 года назад

      Haha there's new Simon video EVERYDAY, enjoy all those good days and happy new year!

    • @jeffernoodle8652
      @jeffernoodle8652 3 года назад

      Cheers

  • @TheMightyDC
    @TheMightyDC 3 года назад +44

    This makes me incredibly sad. I would have loved to have visited a preserved pirate town!

    • @TheMightyDC
      @TheMightyDC 3 года назад +3

      @@19thcenturyman95 haha different type of pirate 🤪

    • @ophel1a
      @ophel1a 3 года назад +1

      As would I. However, it's not as though this city would have been preserved if it HAD survived, so...? I don't understand. xD

    • @figo007tv
      @figo007tv 3 года назад +2

      There’s one in USA. It’s in Tampa bay, called buccaneers 🏴‍☠️. Pay it a visit if you can

    • @fang8227
      @fang8227 2 года назад +1

      @@figo007tv I type up buccaneers and it comes with some sport team

    • @maxbracegirdle9990
      @maxbracegirdle9990 2 года назад

      It would be interesting to see how the massive melting pot of all the different races got along but that's about it I recon, mostly it would just be stocked with faux-pirate crap. Check out recent tifo's video about pirate speak. They were just normal dudes.

  • @christopherrhodes3228
    @christopherrhodes3228 3 года назад +8

    *Buccaneer:* "You know what else is cool? Grenades."

  • @pawelkorzeniewski4897
    @pawelkorzeniewski4897 3 года назад +51

    The eye patches were not to cover a lost eye. Rather, they were to adapt one eye to darkness thus allowing for good eyesight when fighting below deck.

    • @TheCorpsehatch
      @TheCorpsehatch 3 года назад +10

      Was about to mention the same thing. Also for when they had to go into the cargo hold with no light.

    • @alexrossouw7702
      @alexrossouw7702 3 года назад +5

      I heard it was to navigate better at night

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +2

      Are you serious?
      or just pulling my leg?
      This makes sense, but at the same time, doesn't...

    • @Ashannon888
      @Ashannon888 3 года назад +14

      @@Leshic2 Yep. You can try it yourself. If you wake up in the middle of the night to say use the bath room, keep one eye tightly closed. Turn on the light and do your business. When done and you turn off the light, it's really dark right? Now open that other eye and you can see a hell of a lot better.

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +12

      @@Ashannon888 I'm floored to hear this for the first time about the pirate's eye patch in my 40s, almost 50s.. Amazing.. Learn something new every day..

  • @fangslaughter1198
    @fangslaughter1198 3 года назад +6

    I visited Port Royal in 72.
    My grandmother with the Canadians taught school in Kingston.
    Even at age 12 it was amazing history

  • @876Jamaicans
    @876Jamaicans 3 года назад +3

    Hey Simon Whistler I watch every one of your videos from day one now finally you're talking about my country🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад

      That's got to be a very cool feeling.. Congratulations.
      Thank god for people like Simon and all his channels... Doing a better job than big production TV shows.

  • @magnificus8581
    @magnificus8581 3 года назад +3

    Christopher Columbus: best Yelp review ever

  • @tknispel
    @tknispel 2 года назад +10

    Have you covered the 1755 Lisbon earthquake yet, Simon? Would love to see you cover that!

  • @debm1889
    @debm1889 3 года назад +15

    Jamaican here 🇯🇲 always loved going to Port royal .... fry fish and bammy... miss it.😉🙂

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 3 года назад +1

      What's bammy?

    • @dripkidd8572
      @dripkidd8572 3 года назад

      I was surprised that he did Port Royal, but he always talk about pirates, and what's pirates without Port Royal

    • @dripkidd8572
      @dripkidd8572 3 года назад

      @@cleverusername9369 Good stuff

    • @nathanielbrett3768
      @nathanielbrett3768 3 года назад

      @@cleverusername9369 it's a traditional flatbread that was a created by the arawaks, Jamaica's first inhabitants.

    • @bugsy791
      @bugsy791 3 года назад

      @@cleverusername9369 its Cassava Root that's grounded to a consistency that's a little coarser than flour...it can be fried or steamed....Jamaicans usually have it with fish

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 3 года назад +8

    As a Brit, It's a little Scary that its over 90 Years since since the Country was hit by an M6 Quake nevermind a M7.5, Building Standards here are not designed for Quake Damage. Considering how many Towns & Cities are built on Reclaimed Land and Flood Plains, Liquifaction would seriously Catastrophic!

    • @willowtdog6449
      @willowtdog6449 3 года назад

      Earthquakes are also getting worse because of the larger effects of climate change, like the shifting weight on the crust because of ice melt. Things are going to get really bad if we don't drastically change quickly.

    • @christineholung7826
      @christineholung7826 Год назад

      Brit was who built the structures at Port Royal at the earthquake time.....

    • @christineholung7826
      @christineholung7826 Год назад

      At the earthquake time when Port Royal in part, sank.

  • @roger3911
    @roger3911 3 года назад +7

    Hispaniola, and the pic used, are modern day Haiti and the Dominican Republic.....collectively they are still called Hispaniola today

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад

      Interesting.. Didn't know that..

  • @TheJaxx12
    @TheJaxx12 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for the history lesson on my country 🇯🇲🇯🇲, I appreciate this alot!!!

  • @louise-yo7kz
    @louise-yo7kz 3 года назад +2

    Happy New Year Simon and co. I feel a connection to this story as a person from the Caribbean

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto 3 года назад +6

    Not having seen the Tortuga video, I'll guess that "dad joke" involved the wholesale price that pirates charged for corn.

  • @thnktank1
    @thnktank1 3 года назад +3

    Rarely this early and I was born with a stopwatch. 🙃
    Always ready for a new video.

  • @tamsmith291
    @tamsmith291 3 года назад +2

    Happy new year geographics team!

  • @bugsy791
    @bugsy791 3 года назад +3

    im surprised he failed to mention "Giddy house"...a tilted single story structure left after the 1907 earthquake...arguable the most famous landmark in Port Royal

  • @Aramis419
    @Aramis419 3 года назад +5

    Admiral Penn didn't found Pennsylvania, his son did. As a matter of fact, William Penn the Younger didn't even want to name the colony that. He originally proposed "New Wales" and "Sylvania", but the Privy council insisted on adding "Penn" to "Sylvania" in honor of Admiral Penn.

    • @Itsthatoneguy371
      @Itsthatoneguy371 3 года назад +1

      East Ohio would have been a good one. Lol

    • @Aramis419
      @Aramis419 3 года назад +1

      @@Itsthatoneguy371 Stay on your side of the...Ohio! XD

  • @gnadenhofluna3388
    @gnadenhofluna3388 3 года назад +1

    Simon’s videos brighten my days…

  • @CYCLONE4499
    @CYCLONE4499 2 года назад +2

    Always a fascinating story and you tell it brilliantly not forgetting the history of its pirates and buccaneers 👍

  • @PTQ4Q4Q4Q4
    @PTQ4Q4Q4Q4 3 года назад +3

    Omg thats crazy to think that people sunk down only to have the ground become firm again, scary.

  • @gridlore
    @gridlore 3 года назад +7

    Hispanola is home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 2 года назад

      Same island same climate same resources, stunningly different destinies.

  • @NorthOntarian
    @NorthOntarian 3 года назад +2

    Listening to this while I work... Heard "Chamber pot elegantly glazed" and my mind went to a silly and disgusting place.......

  • @overdsemedia
    @overdsemedia 3 года назад +2

    "Execution by catastrophe." THAT'S AWESOME!

  • @harjutapa
    @harjutapa 3 года назад +27

    Wren doesn't seem to understand that over 70% of carbon emissions are due to just 100 companies: big industry, especially gas companies. This isn't tracking the emissions from consumers using their products (so not counting personal vehicle use), just their own business practices.
    So sure, lower your own emissions if you'd like (I'm responsible for roughly 30% that of the average US citizen), but don't think that it will save us.

    • @cromBumny
      @cromBumny 3 года назад +17

      Wren its just another business. Mining not gold or oil but guilt.

    • @AvB.83
      @AvB.83 3 года назад +4

      Depending on how they calculate, the carbon footprint does inlcude all your consumptions. Fuel for your car, electricity for your house, the carbon footprint of your steak or avocado etc.
      Yes, the amount of CO2 anyone of us directly sets free by burning stuff is negligable. The top 20 of greenhouse gas emission contributors are all in the field of oil, coal or mining. I know I'm being a bit naive here, but in theory, if everyone in Europe for example changes their habits a bit, we'd need less ships carrying stuff all across the world for no real reason, less trucks carrying stuff all across the continent, less electricty produced by burning coal or gas, all of which contributing to lowering the emissions of the companies involved in supplying the fuel for this madness... but overall I'd agree, Wren sounds like they're just trying to cash in on guilt.
      Personally, I decided to help saving the world by making sure that my kids will never be responsible for the emission of a single gram of greenhouse gases by not having any. Easiest, most efficient & cheapest option by far.

    • @DivineDawn
      @DivineDawn 3 года назад +7

      its just a way of getting personal data to sell is all.

    • @slyguythreeonetwonine3172
      @slyguythreeonetwonine3172 2 года назад

      It's cool. I use roughly 7 times the carbon foot print just to take away more from y'all shrinking away yours!😂

    • @dongiovanni4331
      @dongiovanni4331 2 года назад

      That report is a missaracterization of where the emissions come from. Not only do they condense industries into single companies (example: Chinese coal, Russian coal) or are primarily state owned enterprises. Of the top 10 firms on the list, 2 are publicl, and none are in the top 5.

  • @50factsabout
    @50factsabout 3 года назад +56

    Simon deserves the sponsorship money for keeping a straight face and not laughing during the advertisement of it :) I have an uncanny feeling we will see Wren on a future scam documentary. Let's hope I am wrong. Anyone that claims to burn something in zero oxygen has me raising my eyebrow... additionally, if the can pay all these advertising costs, it is a for profit company, not a charitable organisation.

    • @yourdadsotherfamily3530
      @yourdadsotherfamily3530 3 года назад +5

      Annnnnd gee it makes me wonder whyyyyy they removed the dislike button.. almost like we cannot voice our opinion against a sponsor we do not like as viewers

    • @celticlass8573
      @celticlass8573 3 года назад +1

      @@yourdadsotherfamily3530 ? It's there...

    • @Owlr4ider
      @Owlr4ider 3 года назад +1

      @@celticlass8573 It is but the amount of dislikes is hidden, though easily unhidden with a simple ad-on.

  • @IrishMike22
    @IrishMike22 3 года назад +13

    A movie about the Spanish hiding in the rainforest and waging guerilla warfare on the British would be incredible.

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 3 года назад +3

      It would if it's somewhat properly documented. Otherwise it could easily become a bunch of speculating content stretching...

    • @deadboltzz5199
      @deadboltzz5199 2 года назад

      And then make one with the aztecs waging guerrilla warfare on the Spanish.

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine 10 месяцев назад

      @@andersjjensen No reason you can't make a nice piece of fiction inspired by historic notes.

  • @lonnieclifton8307
    @lonnieclifton8307 3 года назад +8

    1 in 4 buildings were a tavern, a gambling hall or a brothel...my math says that's 3 in 4 buildings...let me guess, the other building was probably a church lol

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +1

      HAHAHA!!!!!!!!! That is so funny!!!

  • @goodysmarts
    @goodysmarts 3 года назад +4

    Barbados is in the house.

  • @andreabenz1199
    @andreabenz1199 3 года назад +1

    Happy new year thanks for all the content on the many channels you provide

  • @teaganwalsh7011
    @teaganwalsh7011 3 года назад +5

    I'd put my money on Wren either being made by or paid for by some oil company. Most companies that emphasize individual carbon footprints are.

  • @Amarianee
    @Amarianee 3 года назад +1

    Need a warm filter for that light vampire Simon

  • @princessolmeca2933
    @princessolmeca2933 3 года назад +1

    PORT ROYAL!
    Cry of freedom on the sea!
    PORT ROYAL!
    Whoooooaaaaaoooooaaaaa!

  • @collinhenry3722
    @collinhenry3722 2 года назад +1

    The next earth quake will be at helshire as the beach is being pushed under by the fault line

  • @jeremyjackson8196
    @jeremyjackson8196 3 года назад +7

    How far away from "Help erase your carbon footprint, erase yourself", are we?

    • @cromBumny
      @cromBumny 3 года назад +4

      Already there, ever talked to a white person that supports blm? What's their view of abortion?

    • @paganjoe1
      @paganjoe1 3 года назад +3

      @@cromBumny WTF does that have to do with anything?

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 года назад

    Thanks

  • @drewlovely2668
    @drewlovely2668 3 года назад +1

    Simon's beard is looking extra nice today. Must be the blaze.

  • @Slydog43UTube
    @Slydog43UTube 3 года назад +2

    Thanks, Love your vids

  • @qekelelemike4608
    @qekelelemike4608 3 года назад +1

    I like the sponsor theme for this episode, brilliant!

  • @galacticpondofficial
    @galacticpondofficial 3 года назад +15

    Simon, please do a story on the 1991 Halloween storm, a.k.a the Perfect Storm

    • @Code6Bravo
      @Code6Bravo 3 года назад +2

      Watch the movie.

    • @giselematthews7949
      @giselematthews7949 3 года назад +1

      One of my most favorite movies!

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 3 года назад +1

      @@giselematthews7949 that movie contains my favorite bad Boston accent of all time: "THEYAH GOW'N RIGHT INTAH DA JWAHHS AV DA MWONSTAHH!"

    • @duncancurtis1758
      @duncancurtis1758 3 года назад

      Or the 1755 Lisbon quake which increased church patronage.

    • @duncancurtis1758
      @duncancurtis1758 3 года назад

      With its so sad ending

  • @realchilldude1271
    @realchilldude1271 3 года назад

    The pocketwatch was a very nice finishing touch.

  • @simul8rduude
    @simul8rduude 3 года назад

    This was a good one. I especially liked the bit about the watch. Real nice closer that was.

  • @Anya_whatling
    @Anya_whatling Год назад +1

    It wasn’t just Christopher Columbus that found San Salvador it was also my pirate ancestor John watling

  • @killerdeathbat
    @killerdeathbat 2 года назад +1

    I'm doing extra work to help add to my carbon footstep to overwrite those trying to "help"

  • @authoritariangentleman7570
    @authoritariangentleman7570 3 года назад +3

    Port Royal is also an awesome benchmark program to run on your PC.

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад

      You are right! That is so funny!

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter 3 года назад +2

    Good video 👍

  • @iambiggus
    @iambiggus 3 года назад

    Good to see Wren as a sponsor. Ma Earth needs all the help she can get atm.

  • @Luke-pk9fe
    @Luke-pk9fe 2 года назад +1

    So the governor and the Reverend were splitting a bottle of wine on a Sunday morning hitting the pipe. Most pirate Entro ever.

  • @morrisminor56
    @morrisminor56 3 года назад +1

    Well shiver me timbers!

  • @theg.c.142
    @theg.c.142 3 года назад +2

    Home sick, time to binge Simon's lifeswork

  • @FreeFallingAir
    @FreeFallingAir 3 года назад +18

    Simon I see they let you out to release a couple hours of content today! Get some rest buddy! Great video as always! Happy new year!
    Edit: Being trapped due to soil liquefaction has to be about my worst nightmare, freaking horrifying

    • @willowtdog6449
      @willowtdog6449 3 года назад +1

      I'm terrified of it, personally!

    • @FreeFallingAir
      @FreeFallingAir 3 года назад

      @@willowtdog6449 Yeah I live in South Carolina, and we're not exactly known for our earthquakes, but recently we've had a few and this video popped/comment popped up, coincidence? 🤔

  • @joanbrate
    @joanbrate Год назад

    Love this channel.

  • @duncancurtis1758
    @duncancurtis1758 3 года назад

    Simon loves his pirates me hearties.

  • @EmilyJelassi
    @EmilyJelassi 3 года назад +1

    Another fantastic and fascinating video. Happy New Year Simon and everyone! 😊🎉🍾✨❤

  • @kimmydreful
    @kimmydreful 3 года назад +1

    Have pic of present day port royal with some sunken buildings and the abandoned naval hospital

  • @archstanton6102
    @archstanton6102 3 года назад +2

    The wickedest city in the Americas - that title now held by Jacksonville

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад

      Ha. Boston!
      "That's wicked!!"

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 3 года назад +1

    Thank you .
    🐺

  • @ThestuffthatSaralikes
    @ThestuffthatSaralikes Год назад

    I swear, I see a title that piques my interest, I glance up to the thumbnail and it’s SIMON!?!!!! Do you not sleep man!? I swear he’s on everything and anything I find interesting and entertaining!!! Like having a private tutor at this point!!

  • @MuddieRain
    @MuddieRain 2 года назад

    “Everyone is a monster to someone. Since you are so convinced that I am yours. I will be it.”
    Captain Flint

  • @javidaderson
    @javidaderson 2 года назад

    I haven't seen an episode in a while, that beard is glorious.

  • @vasilerogojan4520
    @vasilerogojan4520 3 года назад +1

    Time for the "Pompeii of the Caribbean". I'm gonna enjoy this.

  • @The_Daily_Tomato
    @The_Daily_Tomato 3 года назад +1

    Happy new Year Simon and crew.
    I shall look forward to you, your 1000 channels and that amazing beard of yours 😉

  • @Vinceras
    @Vinceras 3 года назад

    Great watch! Thanks!

  • @iceman4660
    @iceman4660 3 года назад +2

    Simon, you forgot to mention that the Arawaks replaced the Tainos by the time the Spanish arrived.

  • @d.c.8828
    @d.c.8828 2 года назад

    I would love a Biographics episode on William of Orange!

  • @asherdie
    @asherdie 3 года назад +2

    I use Wren to see how high I can get my footprint.
    Thanks Wren.

  • @amyeagleton697
    @amyeagleton697 3 года назад +1

    So it's not just 'you're terrible', it's 'you're terrible, give us money'. Okay then

  • @Humanh8red
    @Humanh8red 3 года назад +1

    Wren sounds absolutely amazing. Definitely checking that out.

  • @ecocodex4431
    @ecocodex4431 Год назад +1

    11:05 "Could an economy so largely based on exploitation and warfare actually be sustainable?"
    The US and England: 👀👀

  • @Owlsley88
    @Owlsley88 3 года назад

    Thank you Simon. From Ja

  • @noahadams7784
    @noahadams7784 Год назад

    I find this story of port royal very poetic and could teach us a valuable lesson even today. Port Royal was essentially born out of piracy, out of human ignorance the port was founded, and also was destroyed by the same ignorance. Perhaps the people of the port were just living their lives, unaware of what dangers awaited them and continued their lives as they have been. Something that I believe we have yet to recognize as a civilization is that people who do not learn from the mistakes of the past, are doomed to repeat them. The people of Pompeii were blissfully unaware that the beautiful mountain they had risen to every morning, would be the demon that imprisoned them all within their own misjudgment. the people of Port Royal had failed to learn from the past earthquakes, and so god sent a great one to remind them of their weakness and in turn make them stronger than before. Perhaps we should learn from these instances that it isn’t blind ignorance that seals one’s fate to a demon of the past, but a failure to learn from those mistakes that created the demons to begin with

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 3 года назад +2

    Scientific studies have shown that beards contain fecal matter.
    And so does wren.

  • @nmxsanchez
    @nmxsanchez 3 года назад +7

    We can't individually do anything about climate change. It needs to be done on a societal level by governments and big business. Individually we are a drop in the bucket... don't let them shift the blame

  • @michaeljohnston6856
    @michaeljohnston6856 3 года назад

    Thank you for helping us make it through these last few years. Do you have a video on Betty white?

  • @thepretenda
    @thepretenda 2 года назад

    The word, "Piratical" had entered the lexicon

  • @daimianhodges3242
    @daimianhodges3242 3 года назад +5

    I’m Jamaican and there’s a lot more about port royal that only the locals know about just say it was one of the evils place on earth at one time I’ll leave it at that happy new year to all god bless

    • @Leshic2
      @Leshic2 3 года назад +1

      Interesting..
      Thank you for sharing.. I would imagine there's a good number of ghost stories/experiences..

    • @booblam6919
      @booblam6919 Год назад

      And was once called the richest city on earth

  • @mathew85
    @mathew85 3 года назад +5

    Nature: "that's a nice port you have there. Whould be a shame if something happened to it😏😏😈😈

  • @yux.tn.3641
    @yux.tn.3641 3 года назад

    you should make a vid on new madrid earthquake as well

  • @dougm5341
    @dougm5341 2 года назад

    Simon rocks the beard

  • @JohnXina54
    @JohnXina54 3 года назад +2

    Love this channel in particular because it covers both geography and history

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings 3 года назад +16

    The smartest thing the fossil fuel industry ever did was convince us that it's up to us to deal with pollution etc, not governments or the industry itself.
    Hence, we get nonsense like Wren, at least Simon is getting paid to promote it.

    • @Darryl_Frost
      @Darryl_Frost 3 года назад +4

      They convince us that carbon causes climate change, when in fact climate change causes carbon, global warming has been happening for the past 15 thousand years, WITH increase in carbon.
      It's not carbon making it hot, it's hot making it carbon, and it is a regular NATURAL cycle about ever 120,000 years.

  • @cwj9202
    @cwj9202 3 года назад +3

    Wren, yes, help me lower my standard of living, so the billionaires and mult-millionaires can live better!!! Whoopee.

  • @j.e.pouccoui3
    @j.e.pouccoui3 3 года назад +2

    Port Royal Was Swallowed By The Ocean Blue....
    In Sixteen Hundred Ninety Two

  • @vincegonzalez2171
    @vincegonzalez2171 2 года назад +2

    Pretty disrespectful to say that Hispaniola is present-day Haiti and completely ignore the Dominican Republic.

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes 3 года назад

    I just recognise it from the 3DMark raytracing benchmark test.

  • @iroekyjHD
    @iroekyjHD 3 года назад +1

    I dump oil into two foot holes in the grass, tell me my carbon footprint

  • @stevestolarczyk8972
    @stevestolarczyk8972 2 года назад

    Anyone else a little disappointed that Columbus's "The fairest island..." quote wasn't put on the screen formatted as a Yelp review? Rare missed opportunity.

  • @keon5100
    @keon5100 3 года назад +1

    My mom was telling me how she use to visit the memorial sight on school trips as a child so I was literally looking up captain Morgan and this today. Then this video popped up 😂😂😂

  • @rednightfire2655
    @rednightfire2655 3 года назад +2

    when you're so early the timestamp guy isnt here yet
    *sad skipping noices*

  • @millymollymrst3537
    @millymollymrst3537 3 года назад

    Love stories about pirates

  • @mattwilliam5522
    @mattwilliam5522 10 месяцев назад

    I love how this guy comes across as the smartest guy in the room when all he does is read Wikipedia in a British accent

  • @thegodofz8230
    @thegodofz8230 2 года назад

    Watched torture after this. The dad joke did NOT disappoint. 4.5 stars

  • @kingnaldo4058
    @kingnaldo4058 3 года назад +1

    Nice documentary on my 🏝 indeed 👍 👌 👏