When I have to get to the word count of an essay: "some of them are large, some are small and some are of medium size"

@shakohat6876

4 жыл бұрын

That's 13 words already on just describing sizes, nice

@johnnyfelcher8156

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@brianshissler3263

4 жыл бұрын

That's weird, as I read this comment the video stated it word by word.

@not_the_same_

4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@linrocio

4 жыл бұрын

😂

Love how he slides in that complaint about the ships he was given. "I did awesome, but I could've *really* discovered some cool shit with better ships, buy you know it's whatever."

@TheFeralcatz

4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha

@christopher6337

4 жыл бұрын

For real, I love learning about old world shade and disses. Really connects to history 😂

@manofcultura

4 жыл бұрын

Who knew that glassdoor reviews are actually older than we thought.

@derekbutts2660

4 жыл бұрын

Humans never have changed lol. "You know if you hadn't been so stingy btw."

@hiddensaint3251

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Boyle facts

I just love listening to these. Makes you better understand the mindsets of historical figures and you get a real feel of the time.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@BunnyUK

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was narrated brilliantly - I could picture Columbus scratching his quill pen on paper and thinking about what to write to Ferdinand.

@alabastardmasterson

4 жыл бұрын

More of a "reel" feel

@g--br1el985

4 жыл бұрын

Are you finnish?

@azchris1979

4 жыл бұрын

@ANT BANKS How so?

Dear Mama, It's so frustrating, I have been in China a week now and STILL haven't found a good Chinese takeout... or even a city. Love Chris

@Yallan

4 жыл бұрын

This should have more likes

@rzomg

4 жыл бұрын

why the fuck are you in useless China?

@fusion9619

4 жыл бұрын

I went to China for 3 years... couldn't find any dragons. Came back.

@adamhonestyanddecency5054

4 жыл бұрын

SpeakUp RiseUp Took me a second.🙂

@hiboomer1191

4 жыл бұрын

@Shreyas Misra well maybe because he didnt know there was a fucking continent in between asia and europe through Atlantic

As a Dominican I really wish more information was preserved on the Taino people. It always shocks me how they were the first native Americans to be contacted by Europeans yet there’s barely any information on them.

@knowitall3892

4 жыл бұрын

Kailey gg ummm think 🤔 about why!!

@Diesel257

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically they were big time conquerors.

@peashooter8228

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 60 years old and had no idea?! I couldn't help but pity these kind innocent indians. ... Knowing how they were taken advantage of..🥺

@brendanbloomberg3283

3 жыл бұрын

@@peashooter8228 oh those poor "innocent" (not indians) indians who were guilty of nothing.

@fultonvrental

3 жыл бұрын

Little Bean123 That’s because we are the taino people. They try to steer melanin people away from knowing that we are the native Americans. They’re not killed off. The only race of people that were killed were the mixed (with European) Native American people with the straight here that look the same as Mexican people (who are also mixed). Real native Americans look just like us with darker skin and thick hair. They did not take us from Africa we were already here and had left Africa 100s of thousands of years ago.

Ah, yes, the classic Chinese province of Cuba.

@lujitsu1251

4 жыл бұрын

Ya ' easy for us to make fun of, but consider what they had done.......for the first time, mind you.

@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540

4 жыл бұрын

@@lujitsu1251 Vikings beat him by almost a millennium, as did St. Brendan of Ireland.

@lujitsu1251

4 жыл бұрын

Just Beyond The Corner Productions you missed my point. He was the first to the islands. If he wasn't there would be some sign of the Vikings arrival and the Irishman.

@prolibertate4924

4 жыл бұрын

@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 Ah but neither of them changed the course of history for the entire planet now did they? Columbus's discoveries are far more historically important.

@GeeRad

4 жыл бұрын

@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 You should read the Voyage of Saint Brendan, it's pretty darn mythological

Not usually one to gush but I can't get enough of this channel. There's something so satisfying and uplifting in hearing the thoughts and musings of ancient people. Do the letters of Cicero!

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@iateyursandwiches

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention how soothing his voice is to listen to as he reads.

@HwoarangtheBoomerang

4 жыл бұрын

@Steing Groburf Are there any real intellectuals today? Real ones. Not the Starbucks philosophers.

@Sunshine_Daydream222

4 жыл бұрын

@@HwoarangtheBoomerang how about Nassim Haramein?

@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr

10 ай бұрын

Uplifting? Did you even listen to the letter?

I like how Columbus on one hand refuses to let his men con the villagers out of their valuables, but is fine offering them to the king of Spain as slaves.

@EmhyrvarSpice

4 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. Also how he was talking about converting them to christianity early, then is like "want some heathen slaves?" later.

@celeridad6972

4 жыл бұрын

It goes to show that you can't judge the actions of men 500+ years ago with a 21 century mentality, only ignorant or people with agendas do it.

@aeloh6921

4 жыл бұрын

​@Xaris Xeros He literally used the phrase by force in the letter. And he directly refers to them as slaves.

@aeloh6921

4 жыл бұрын

@Xaris Xeros Perhaps you're right, I'm not an expert but considering how common slavery was at the time it seems likely to me.

@phosphoros60

4 жыл бұрын

You do have to remind youself how insanely class- (or rather estate-)aware people were back then. Honestly, they were probably more estatist than racist (i.e. a King of another race would still count more than a peasant of one's own). So it's just normal to Columbus to not want his dirty, ragged, outlaw men to mistreat the natives, but the King... well, he *can't by definition* mistreat anyone. He's the *King* ! He's been annointed by God. The natives would count themselves lucky to serve the glory of his Majesty... and so forth.

"I took possession of these islands for our king by making a public proclamation and unfurling his standard. Nobody making any resistance." No shit, they didn't speak Spanish.

@jobdylan5782

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@zmanx88

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@XixiSplash

2 жыл бұрын

Be careful most Puerto Ricans will flip out saying ppl who don't speak Spanish ain't really Rican.

@wtr3059

2 жыл бұрын

Nor did they even know the significance of flags

For those of you wondering why Columbus writes with such a preoccupation with pagans and heathens, remember that his voyages began the same year as the final Moorish Kingdom in Spain was defeated; at the time it was quite topical, and should explain why he was insistent on converting the islanders and having them recognize the King of Spain.

@Michael-st9ky

3 жыл бұрын

The reConquista turned into the conquista

@THEEck5000

2 жыл бұрын

That’s makes so much sense. It’s so good to understand where ppl come from geographically, culturally, and personally

@nawfmemphise2607

Жыл бұрын

Wisdom ✊🏾

@stoicpoetry

Жыл бұрын

*queen of Spain Isabella I

I wonder who disliked this video. This is an extremely important primary source and first-hand account. Great channel!

@rickrozen2341

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t dislike youtube videos

@Ilsimeone

2 жыл бұрын

@@rickrozen2341 yeah, they turned off this feature unfortunately.

This was an amazing video. I was entranced by the letter, and your voice was perfect for it. Well done! :)

This shows an interesting human element to these explorers and colonizers. We often attack historical figures for their ties to things like slavery or colonial exploitation. Yet they were human like us, living as a product of their times. They understood concepts such as "justice" (when Columbus forbade his men from taking advantage of the natives), but they also forcibly kidnapped with the aims of religious conversion and economic gain. Its a hard thing to reconcile, but these types of videos go a long way.

@jordan_8329

4 жыл бұрын

Columbus made 4 total trips to "the new world" and was summoned back to Spain from his 3rd trip and actually imprisoned for a time due to his cruel governorship in Cuba. He is an interesting figure in history, but not a good dude at all.

@lourencoalmada1305

4 жыл бұрын

@@jordan_8329 it was Columbus's political enemy who spread rumors that he was brutal in his governorship, once he was arrested he was quickly found innocent. But hey, white man bad, am I right?

@jordan_8329

4 жыл бұрын

@@lourencoalmada1305 There is plenty of material available from his own journals and those of his men to prove the case he was killing off natives in Cuba and other islands. He was not "proven innocent", but was released and allowed to make one more voyage, but his titles and land in Cuba were never returned to him due to his cruelty.

@jordan_8329

4 жыл бұрын

@@lourencoalmada1305 Its really not some "white man bad", liberal, or SJW issue. It boggles my mind how ppl want to defend every last inch of ground in a "columbus wasn't such a bad guy" argument. He had thousands of natives hands cut off ( causing them to subsequently die) because they were unable to mine or even find gold for him to repay his financers.

@gaiusjuliuspleaser

4 жыл бұрын

@@jordan_8329 Don't forget child sex trafficking.

Dude...native Cubans were such sweethearts it breaks my heart knowing what awaits them in future.

@NikovK

4 жыл бұрын

Cannibalism by the Caribs who were moving into the region?

@skumomcbee1255

4 жыл бұрын

The modern cubans I've known are also rather nice.

@skumomcbee1255

4 жыл бұрын

@themailman43 yeah, Cuba's always had something fucky with them. hopefully they'll find peace and freedom.

@edmann1820

4 жыл бұрын

@themailman43 Yes because it was an absolute paradise before the revolution..................

@edmann1820

4 жыл бұрын

@themailman43 LMAO oh the irony. Places that are run well do not have revolutions. Places where there are dictatorships. Mass torture and state sanctioned murder do tend to get people to overthrow their governments. Funny how that's a common theme, huh? I hope you don't see President Kennedy as a pro-communist source. In 1953 the average Cuban family had an income of $6 a week with about 20% unemployment. 1/3rd of the population lived in poverty. "At the beginning of 1959 United States companies owned about 40 percent of the Cuban sugar lands-almost all the cattle ranches-90 percent of the mines and mineral concessions-80 percent of the utilities-practically all the oil industry-and supplied two-thirds of Cuba's imports." - JFK "Fulgencio Batista murdered 20,000 Cubans in seven years ... and he turned Democratic Cuba into a complete police state-destroying every individual liberty. Yet our aid to his regime, and the ineptness of our policies, enabled Batista to invoke the name of the United States in support of his reign of terror. Administration spokesmen publicly praised Batista-hailed him as a staunch ally and a good friend-at a time when Batista was murdering thousands, destroying the last vestiges of freedom, and stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the Cuban people, and we failed to press for free elections." - JFK Damn commies destroying Cuba!

Obligatory comment complimenting your natural hesitations.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Splendid 😊

@histguy101

4 жыл бұрын

@@VoicesofthePast The hesitations are glorious, and entertaining... However, I do have a small objection. It's possible to change the meaning of the text by using them in a certain. When he speaks of the natives experience with weapons, and you pause before he says "....adapted" it changes what is a neutral and objective observation into something sinister.

Notice how Columbus called the islands beautiful. In his multiple journals he wrote about the islands in ways that expressed how much he loved the scenery. He was the only European explorer to write this way about the locations that he explored.

@torbreww

4 жыл бұрын

Grug Urgh I know because I read it somewhere. I don’t hate whites. White people are my favourite people. Especially Italians like Columbus.

@jamestown8398

4 жыл бұрын

For a long time it was considered shameful to admire beauty in nature. There's even one account by the poet Petrarch where he climbed a mountain, admired the view, then felt ashamed of himself for giving to nature the adoration he felt belonged only to God.

@torbreww

4 жыл бұрын

Jamestown in our time sentiments are reversed. Sadly we exalt the creation and disregard the Creator. I wonder if Petrarch would be shocked.

@ccdiez8326

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he describes the beauty before graciously offering the native ppl as slaves to the king 😂😂 pls dont romanticize it.

@jamestown8398

4 жыл бұрын

@@ccdiez8326 He doesn't advise the King to enslave them, he merely states that they're not a martial society. Moreover some translations say "subjects" or "servant of God" (i.e. Christian).

If you ever happen upon the journal of the physician for Columbus' 3rd, maybe 4th expedition, it's interesting. He sees what he takes to be mermaids. He was disappointed. Based on his description he was seeing manatees.

@AngryNegativeHistoryProject

Жыл бұрын

Lots of people say they had sex with them. It's hilarious

please do Cortez writing to the king of spain about the Aztecs empire and its capital Tenochtitlan.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Already have done a little 😁

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

Yes he admires their capitol and says many good things about them. While just a little bit afterwards completely destroys their world. Kind of the same thing Columbus does here.

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

@@si4632 cortez' men were so amazed by the aztec's capitol that the questioned if it was real or a dream. And Cortez was amazed by all the Aztecs accomplishments while not having any contact with any other nation.

@si4632

4 жыл бұрын

@@JC-mn2ll yep true but he wasn't so amazed by the human sacrifices

@si4632

4 жыл бұрын

@@JC-mn2ll remember he could only conquer with the support of other native tribes the Aztecs had been slaughtering

This should be taught in all history classes.

@Sleepless4Life

4 жыл бұрын

Keep dreaming fam! It will never be taught! We're here because WE love History and anything related to it.

@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr

10 ай бұрын

No way, Republican outrage dictates everything, and there's no way they're going to let teachers show their students how evil and cruel Columbus really was.

That was amazing to hear.. I love history told this way.. you really get a "feel" for what it was like.. (Lucky he didn't venture north to say queens or the Bronx it would have been him that was terrified..) Thanks so much for your great narration and your great choices in material... Carry on..

@gwynedd8179

4 жыл бұрын

@@rafewheadon1963 I believe it was a joke.

@histguy101

4 жыл бұрын

@Hannable Thuh Princeindeed, a bit of dry humor

@tinkmarshino

4 жыл бұрын

@Elle Morgan Elle, you didn't get it.. you must not be from New York then, those are a couple of dangerous boroughs there.. I do not know how you got a reference to My black and brown brother from this.. Your so eager to right what you think is a wrong that you do not even know what the subject matter is.. little Darling.. slow down.. there are plenty of white people there to hon.. it was a reference to the tough streets of New York.. not a reference to black and white.. When you grow up and get a little older you will learn to read something first.. before you say silly things.. But thanks for the effort.

@Represent1

4 жыл бұрын

tinkmarshino I agree with Elle. It was a poor attempt at racist humor. Smh

@tinkmarshino

4 жыл бұрын

@@Represent1 Really? did it come out like that.. in that case I am ahamed.. it was never ever intended to be a racist thing.. I have never judge a person on race, religion nor creed.. only on the fact of their actions.. To all of those that thought I might have made a racist comment I ask for you forgiveness .. I have always been a man that has spoken his mind and for 68 years now no one has ever called me a racist.. truly this was not an attempt to start to be one.. Thanks for letting me know how it seemed..

Please do more on the America's. The natives perspective on Europeans would be fun.

@braisedtoast9002

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't write.

@sleepisthecousinofdeath7395

Жыл бұрын

@@braisedtoast9002 🤣

I could listen to the narrator all day long ... awesome channel

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! There's lots more

@mustardseed3624

4 жыл бұрын

The narrator should not be British. It would sound better if he had an italian accent. Christopher Columbus was Italian. Cristobal Colon.

@Latro84

4 жыл бұрын

@@mustardseed3624 you must be fun on party's

Meanwhile, in an alternative reality: Columbus: "Ah, I have reached Cathay. Now to claim the islands for Spain, and capture some natives to send back as proof. Wait, what's that noise?" Sailor: "Sir, 100,000 Chinese soldiers have just turned up, asking wtf were doing?"

@johnr797

3 жыл бұрын

In 1492? China would have been surrendering immediately lol

Could you find any accounts of the Guanche people of the Canary Islands dating from the 14th century when the Spanish encountered them?

Thank you so much for doing these. They're really interesting and present a real insight into history. Thank you.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

There were no bananas in the Carribean in 1492... Cotton is mentioned numerous times in part bc it had a similar value to silver at the time by weight.

@alejandromedina4597

4 жыл бұрын

In 1615 Quixote Book, Dutch linen was described as a treasure like gold or silver. Good quality fabrics were very expensive back there.

He doesn't sound evil.

@NCXitlali

4 жыл бұрын

He just said he Kindapped a few by force.

@kpimkpim349

4 жыл бұрын

That's not actually him talking.

@htoodoh5770

4 жыл бұрын

@@kpimkpim349 I know, but he doesn't seem as evil as I thought.

@NCXitlali

4 жыл бұрын

@@averydennie728 only if necessary. Abortion is immoral no Matter how you look at it but it is a necessary evil when it comes to rape victims

@YeiPi18

4 жыл бұрын

Plenty of times he made a point of how peaceful and nonconfrontational the natives were and how easy it would be to overpower them and lay waste to their lands. Read between the lines.

i don't care what anyone says i like Columbus and James Cook

Can you do one of Henry Hudson's first voyage to New York? Would really like to here that if theres any writings since im from New York

You present the words of Columbus with such elegance, especially the part where he literally “took by force“ the friendly native people from their homes… Humanity has been effectively dumbed down. The fact that Columbus is celebrated is direct proof of it.

@mrrrokas

4 жыл бұрын

Look for christus in your heart to forgive him

@Spark-In-The-Dark

4 жыл бұрын

Rokas Peleckas, his crime against humanity is still ongoing. They are not the type of people you can forgive and expect them not to do it again. They will shoot you in the back and rape your baby girl. War has been waged and most of humanity is so brainwashed that they don’t even realize they’re under attack. The very sad part about that is that your children and grandchildren will pay severely for it. Even worse than what we are subjected to today.

@gaiusjuliuspleaser

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrrrokas Christ is one of the excuses used by the colonists to slaughter and subdue the natives.

@algonzalez6853

4 жыл бұрын

ok jew

@qboxer

4 жыл бұрын

@@algonzalez6853 a supremely unChristian thing to say. Shame.

BUT, I love the way your channel narrates these letters...spot on!

Could you do Pero Vaz de Caminha's letter about the discovery of Brazil?

@sjrnmmaessen1229

4 жыл бұрын

Discovery of Brazil?

Nice. So interesting to here things from the very people who were involved. Only problem is it is easy to judge from our hind sight view the merit to their enterprise. Not sure we really understand or can make full sense of the cruel and selfish actions of others when we can’t really take responsibility for our own actions and acceptance of this lifestyle we live now. Interesting none the less, thanks for your efforts, love this style of presentation that you use.

@burnsloads

4 жыл бұрын

Even after listening to this, you still believe the communist interpretations you've been fed? You're pretty fucking stupid.

@raspberrypie1706

4 жыл бұрын

@Antony Ruiz The natives were killing and enslaving each other well before they ever saw a white man, the idea that natives were these perfect peaceful people who communed with nature like Disney Princesses and never hurt anyone ever is romanticized bullshit. It wasn't the Europeans that built the aztec skull pyramids. People in the past were mean to each other, get over it. Of course it only matters to you when you can use it to try and guilt trip white people today who are separated from the events by hundreds of years.

@martymethuselah

4 жыл бұрын

@@raspberrypie1706 The First Contact of Columbus was like a meteor strike on the planet...he caused a whole new climate change called the ANTHROPOCENE ..it also resulted in a new bible (KJV 1600c)...a new religion called Protestantism....a reformation..Muslim invasions of Germans and Austrians....child rape and trafficking for Italian mercenary armies in Papal wars as well as a market for new found beans from the new world .... it caused an orbis spike in 1610 that defines the way science and weather patterns are predicted today (by ice core sampling done back as early WW2 by Germans and British).. it destroyed a way of life based on the amazon grid basin and secret of terra preta... one of the most tragic act of the Brazilian (pro Israeli) government of Bolsonaro was burning the national museum (it was intentional not reported though) .. that museum held the records of the ancient past and was sacrificed like a holocaust... up in smoke....the new world was called Eden or Zion or a new homeland by the 'pilgrims'... www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/fire-engulfs-brazil-national-museum-rio

@stiannobelisto573

4 жыл бұрын

@Antony Ruiz Nobody said "white man" was innocent, funny you need to use race so you can drag millions of people into a group to blame them. Conquest and wars was a global thing back then

@user-uw3fi2zg4t

4 жыл бұрын

@@martymethuselah notice nobody else replied to you, have a nice day

Great vid!

Thank you for this video please keep reading more of Columbus's writings.

Columbus says that there is an island there where men are born with tails.but it appears that he was told this by the inhabitants of other islands and did not witness it himself. Interesting. It's too bad that he did not go to that island in person to see if this story were true.

@ValensBellator

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve always loved in these old historical accounts how absurd the descriptions of neighboring people get once they’re far enough away that you can’t verify it for yourself... reminds me of the people who speak only by screeching like bats that Herodotus described 😂

@arsgnm10

4 жыл бұрын

I think he does in his other letters

@iapetusmccool

4 жыл бұрын

@@ValensBellator I have an old Scottish history book (from 1500 or thereabouts I think) that claims some of the English have tails.

@walsh9080

3 жыл бұрын

@@iapetusmccool There's also French depictions of the English having tails too. It's a bizarre piece of propaganda that seems too absurd to have stuck long.

@diegoyuiop

8 ай бұрын

It was not true

I have read the diaries of Columbus. He was not a cruel man, though some of those sailing with him were. We would not ship a tribe back to the king and queen but he thought he was doing a good thing to protect the natives and to redeem those he thought were "cannibals". I get so angry at the slurs on his character. One has to understand the times.

@AbbeyRoadkill1

4 жыл бұрын

The horrible way he treated the natives on his subsequent voyages is well documented. He was not a great guy. He deserves credit for being brave enough to sail into the unknown, but what he did once he got there doesn't deserve praise.

@taz7352

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your indignation of facts that are disputed by his own words. When he sailed back to make report to the king and queen, those he was forced to take with him took advantage of the natives and the young girls. Please understand the length of the trip back and the length of stay. When he found out this was reported to the king and queen and he was outraged. There was a lot of politics involved and false charges made. Some biographies are based on false premises.. Please dig further.

@jordan_8329

4 жыл бұрын

In the diaries you've read does he mention having the hands of thousands of natives cut off in Cuba during his third trip to the new world due to them not mining enough gold for him to pay back his financers?

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

@@taz7352 i read a part of his diary where a native girl refused to be raped so they flogged her until she allowed it.

@taz7352

4 жыл бұрын

@@JC-mn2ll .Columbus NEVER did. He was a Godly man

1:30 The people who ran away were the smart ones.

@celeridad6972

4 жыл бұрын

Not really, quite the opposite in fact

@cruz7542

4 жыл бұрын

@@celeridad6972 What do you mean?

There are thousands of descriptions like this from Spanish French English Portuguese about the la Florida and the ppl of it and they are way different than we are taught..

@kyomademon453

4 жыл бұрын

Rule number 1 about America's history disregard everything the english wrote about themselves and anyone else, its like believing the earth is flat

@kyomademon453

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbatvs8959 i wouldnt say theyre inferior just less relevant to global history

@Azlorn

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbatvs8959 as if. Spanish are jsut gelly.

@kyomademon453

4 жыл бұрын

@@barbatvs8959 both the spanish and the english were racist, racism is still present in both countries

I loved hearing about the places he found and being like “that must be Cuba”

They neglect to leave how he had Hebrew interpreters on his voyage so he can communicate with the ppl on the new world who are of the 12 tribes.

@illerac84

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, so which of the expelled Jews did the Spanish Crown keep around for just this, eh?

@vestland3877

2 жыл бұрын

You black isralites and your insantiy. Or is this mormon propaganda.

@YUNGJVM

Жыл бұрын

Tribe of judah from western Africa . Historians believe native Americans spoke a Hebrew Phonetic type language

@nicocola284

2 ай бұрын

True, natives of cuba were jews (history won't tell you)

Well, I know what I'll link on my Facebook page next October.

@illerac84

4 жыл бұрын

@Gjr Hatz Because? It's a primary source.

@PairOfCatEyes

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon

Amazing work, and this is truly fascinating.

This isn't the primary source. We don't have the primary source. I'll also note there appears to be some context cut about the cannibalistic Caribs. Its interesting to read how in later voyages the Spaniards changed attitudes when the Taino died off from diseases but the cannibalistic Caribs, who were the reason the Taino were so fearful of men from the sea, persisted.

Does this channel have a podcast? My internet isn’t always strong enough for video.

Yeah, this project is so cool! Really takes you there.

Just watched the mini series..1492... Conquest of paradise.. ( about Christopher Columbus)it was superb..and after watching your video.. one can really relate to what was happening at that time... hat's off to the voice actor who read out the " letter".. thanks for sharing..!!!!

This translation is missing very important parts. He starts his letter saying: "This great victory God has given me..." which this video doesn't say. He also makes several references to Spain, Christendom, and Tenerife that are also missing. If you want to know about the past, read straight from the source.

Going to hit 100k subscribers in no time. Well read, well presented and great content.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully

@glenmorris110

4 жыл бұрын

Only thing full of lies

11:40 I'm sorry, TAILS?? No follow up on that one Chris? Does anyone know what he's talking about?

@ethanschoof4953

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? Lol what the heck

@PiscesSista

Жыл бұрын

Google humans born with tails.

This was posted a little late.

@thisismyname3928

4 жыл бұрын

Early for Thanksgiving.

I think that whoever is adding these pictures of "spaniards killing indians" is quite offensive to all involved ['atrocity propaganda']. 17:55 It is not coherent with the reading thus making the reading itself sarcastic instead of purely historical. The whole joy of these readings is to allow the listener to get into the mind of the writer instead of staying within the obviously biased modern worldview of these events. What is the point of listening to these things unless one is willing to enter into the mind of the writer himself, without a modern filter? Resposted 4 truth.

@iateyursandwiches

4 жыл бұрын

You can get into the mind of the author quite well and see things from his/her perspective without agreeing with them all the same. You know this, right? I don't see anything profound about your statement.

@fullfist

4 жыл бұрын

​@@averydennie728 It's quite obvious the editor wanted to smear Christopher's letter right at the point he is most pious in the Holy Christian Faith therefore making this video disgusting AntiChrist propaganda. The natives were treated more fairly by Columbus than today's ultra-wealthy atheists treat the peoples of the world.

This was so beautiful.

When anglos cross the language barrier and realize with a KZread video that the Spanish Black Legend is a distortion of History and Columbus was not the evil demon people claim him to be.

@TheFeralcatz

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Trodpint-A

4 жыл бұрын

Right they just have a bs false agenda to promote

@LiteralCrimeRave

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Hansen Did you miss the part where he enslaved them. Did you miss the wars of Religion that were due to start about 30 years after this. Did you miss the Inquisition, where supposed holy men cast out your Gods chosen people, and falsely accused countless innocents just so they could steal their money.

@SirRichard94

4 жыл бұрын

Is he not? He did started transatlantic slavery by packing hundreds of slaves in a ship, un prompted by the way, to which the queen insisted to treat the natives as free men not as slaves. Under his government he used torture and mutilation as punishment and allowed the prostitution of little girls. Due to his transgressions he was even removed as governor, so even for the time he was pretty out there. So I ask, what is your interest in defending him?

@LiteralCrimeRave

4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Hansen Never said that you were Jewish, I am saying that the idea that in the late 15th century, saying that everyone in europe was a moral person, then saying that it was due to religion, is completely false.

This is my new favorite KZread Channel!!! How have I lived without you?

What an absolute monster. "There were lots of people there already, so naturally I immediately claimed and renamed everything as mine! Silly natives!"

9 ай бұрын

It's called "conquer" and it's something humans have been doing for the entirety of our existences. If you can't accept what Colombus has done as relatively normal for the time, I can't imagine what would you think about Gengis Khan, Cortéz, Shaka, Rhodes or any other historical figure of relevance in any culture in history. I think, however, you'll learn about them soon, as we use study their stories in High School and you seem to be the age necessary to enter those instituitions in four or five years.

@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr

9 ай бұрын

@ Wow, you are a straight up sociopath. I hope you're seeing a counselor. And just so you know, "humans" haven't been doing this, _men_ specifically have been doing this.

Havana just celebrated 500 years since its foundation,

Once again, thank you. This is amazing, unique content.

@VoicesofthePast

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great channel. I always love seeing a glimpse of how ppl thought and spoke throughout time.

9:50 - 10:05 turn on closed captions

While listening to this, one realizes that Columbus was a very good man, with very good intentions. One may fault his inference of enslaving heathens, but bear in mind that at the time that his letter was written (and throughout most of human history) the presence of slaves was a normal thing. We understand in modern times that slavery is wrong and immoral. But it is a bit unfair to fault Columbus for being at ease with something that was perfectly acceptable in his day. All in all, his intentions were good and honorable. He was not the murderous butcher that professors at most universities paint him as today.

@MrBooYa-yd5er

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes history must be pushed forward. It was destiny.

@cam4636

4 жыл бұрын

I will never understand the mental gymnastics necessary to think like this

@12345678900987659101

4 жыл бұрын

The problem is the translations over the centuries have variations of phrases, the slave one is especially tenuous as it could be referring to slavery as we see it or servitude (IE Serfdom, as he was claiming the land for the Castilian and Aragonese crowns).

@seanhammer6296

4 жыл бұрын

@@12345678900987659101 Don't be so daft. He literally talked about how easily a few of his men could subdue them.

@pattheplanter

4 жыл бұрын

I am pretty sure there were real Christians at the time who realised that taking slaves by force "as many heathen slaves as your majesties could possibly eat" and the "increase in temporal prosperity" went against the teachings of Christ. Torturing heretics, Jews and Moslems was acceptable at the time and I am quite happy to criticise that. To enslave and ultimately destroy a guileless, defenceless and friendly race who just wanted to be allies and share their fun stuff? Despicable in any age.

What a great and noble man. We should all be thankful and feel fortunate to learn from his blessed example. Your all just gelly.

@musicguy20

4 жыл бұрын

This douche had no idea where he was, too busy kissing Spain’s arse.

@Azlorn

4 жыл бұрын

@@musicguy20 your jsut gelly.

@musicguy20

4 жыл бұрын

Lol stop brown nosing a dead man 😆

How do we know this is a primary source? I was under the impression these were very difficult find and that they have been edited and revised several times throughout history.

@jordan_8329

4 жыл бұрын

People hundreds of years ago liked documenting and recording things just as they do today. He's writing to the royals of Spain. Such correspondence was often preserved and archived. Obviously letters like this do get lost over time but if the royal archives kept such letters then if someone else made a forgery it would be fairly easy to call it out.

@My-Name-Isnt-Important

4 жыл бұрын

Columbus's writings had been well preserved and documented. Copies have been made and translated into English and other languages but this isn't from some lost to time ancient civilization's writings, where mistakes could be made. Its from Spain and was written in Spanish, there have never been revisions of the letters either.

Great stuff! Thanks.

I have read 2 Spanish version of this document. There's a lot Lost in Translation. And there's straight up mistranslations. For example Spain is never mentioned because Spain didn't even exist. Columbus refers to Castilla not Spain. The so called fort it's not a fort at all is a villa he never uses the word fort.

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

Spain didn't exist? Ya that's why he named one of the islands Hispaniola, right?

@sirluisray1974

4 жыл бұрын

@@JC-mn2ll España as a country did not exist yet. So he did not make references to it in the letter. Not in the Spanish version or the old Spanish version. He said Castilla not España.

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirluisray1974 ok so where did he get the name "Hispaniola" then smart guy?

@sirluisray1974

4 жыл бұрын

@@JC-mn2ll smh. go look for your self dumb guy.

@JC-mn2ll

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirluisray1974 lol that's what I thought.

Viva España 🇪🇸

@microcosmonauta

4 жыл бұрын

Cristobal Colón era Genovés, Italiano.

@alvaro701

4 жыл бұрын

So?

@augcaes

4 жыл бұрын

microcosmonauta Anacronismos. Como decir que Julio César era italiano. Colon hablaba castellano y en esa época Génova ya era parte del ducado de Milán, frecuente vasallo del los monarcas españoles y franceses.

@thebrocialist8300

4 жыл бұрын

microcosmonauta ‘Italy’ didn’t even exist at the time, ballbag. More evidence suggests Colon was Portuguese or even Catalan.

Love the montage at the end juxtaposing Columbus' letter with villages being burned. None of this letter points to any evil or exploitative intent on Columbus's part. Human beings however are varied in their appetites for conquests. Thanks for your hard work putting these together. Respect. ✌

@jl9211

3 жыл бұрын

Because you've been taught literal political slander about him. The source was a rival who wanted his position

I cant stop watching these. Every time I finish one video there is another one. The next one in line is the founding of Rome.

Oh cool

Please do Yazegrads III letter to Abu bakr.

@user-hh2is9kg9j

4 жыл бұрын

It is to Omar. But it was written centuries after the supposed correspondence so I am very skeptical of its authenticity.

The native peoples were wise to see through their gifts

@javierlandaverde8680

Жыл бұрын

Even if they did, which i kinda doubt (could be wrong) they lost because of their isolation and lack of hostility

Thank you!

Natives on first Europeans?

@reee2589

4 жыл бұрын

no thanks They didn’t write.

@syddoku

4 жыл бұрын

The library in mesoamerica was burned, so most writings from back then is destroyed

@robertoserranogibson

4 жыл бұрын

I think europeans burned down most of those scripts, but maybe there is something left

@reee2589

4 жыл бұрын

@christopher snedeker Yes but writing had started to die down by the 1400s.

@programSense

4 жыл бұрын

There's a book with this info. The broken spears.

Who did he send the letter with?

@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg

4 жыл бұрын

The Santa Cristina, I believe.

@arsgnm10

4 жыл бұрын

there was no ship called Santa Cristina, the three ships were the Santa Maria, la Pinta and la Niña. He writes the letter on board la Niña.

Can you do some of Civero's work? The trial of Verres, perhaps?

I am the first citizen of my country to go to Slovenia and my compatriots know nothing about this tiny country. I'll claim the "man who discovered of slovenia".

Renaissance explorers: _exist_ modern revisionists: _autistic screeching_

This video's comments: "Christopher Columbus wasn't enslaving them he was just saying subject to the king." Viking Funeral witness Idb Fadhlan's comments: "People are just saying you can't trust his account because he's a Muslim." Me: But can we really trust anyone who wrote stuff down? Just because you can write doesn't mean you can't lie.

@notgonnapay

4 жыл бұрын

Nich Adams but why write lies down when surely nobody in Spain would care if he wrote that his men took tons of gold off of the natives while only giving them small, useless bits of crap they had on their ship? Do you think he’s lying to make a bunch of people hundreds of years into the future believe he wasn’t a bad guy or something?

@PorkChop1874

4 жыл бұрын

@@notgonnapay he is writing directly to the crown of spain who he has to impress. The land and peoples of the new world are now direct possessions of the crown and any valuable taken by his troops for personal gain can be considered theft. That is how I understood it.

@KayLee-lw5iv

4 жыл бұрын

@Based Log they didn't have draft animals

@owenswabi

4 жыл бұрын

notgonnapay yeah exactly.

@moodist1er

4 жыл бұрын

@@PorkChop1874 stealing > enslavement, it's what you're saying.

Where can I find the translation used here. I have located the same letter translated into English, but when it isn’t the same translation, there are a few word order differences. I would really like to examine this deeper.

@johnr797

3 жыл бұрын

This wasn't Columbus' original letter, if yours has differences you're probably reading the original

This was great to listen to, very well narrated. Columbus writes very well. There must have been a lot going on that wasn't written, Columbus forbids minor things like trading trifling things but then later on enslaves some of the natives. He also had to deal with a ship full of criminals

Thank you for this fascinating video. I would love to hear you read Paul Revere's accounting of his ride warning of the red coats coming to confiscate the arms of the minutemen before the battles of Lexington and Concord in the Revolutionary War

@AbbeyRoadkill1

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Revere's ride is mostly a myth, kinda like Valley Forge. There are a lot of myths surrounding the Revolutionary War that get perpetuated by lazy textbook writers.

@kittybitts567

4 жыл бұрын

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 do you have any proof of this? Paul Revere documented his account of that night, meaning he wrote down his experience. Were you there that you're in a position to deny the validity of what he wrote? This is a site where first hand accounts or records current to historic events are read in a believable and eloquent fashion and illustrations are provided. I don't take issue with any of the first hand accounts written here.

Except of course he didn't discover America. The first Europeans, that we know of, came 500 years earlier, and had a settlement at L'anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The first humans to discover it, apparently came from Asia at least 13,000 years ago, and probably much earlier.

@arsgnm10

4 жыл бұрын

hard to discover "America" when that name comes from a dude that went there years after Columbus. Also the vikings didn't discover the continent as they only got to an island where L'anse aux Meaows is. At least Columbus step foot on the mainland in his third and fourth voyage.

@clark9992

4 жыл бұрын

@@arsgnm10 Newfoundland is as much part of the Americas as Vancouver Island, and as Britain is part of Europe, Madagascar is part of Africa, Sri Lanka is part of Asia. Tasmania is part of Australia. This is universally accepted. Not counting you of course. And as for no one being able to discover America until Amerigo Vespucci arrives, that's like saying your mother didn't give birth to whatever your name is, because there was no birth certificate yet.

@clark9992

3 жыл бұрын

@easter worshipper Maybe you should eat my shorts.

The audacity of this maniac. "They thought I was from heaven." "We took some of them by force."

@Averyofthemain

Жыл бұрын

not very audacious, more opportunistic.but no more than the situation called for.

@Acr6gAttt-mq2hr

10 ай бұрын

@@Averyofthemain Spoken like a slave owner

Amazingly executed! Very eye opening on how Spaniards /Europeans were thinking at the time of the greatest world explorations ever. Thank you :)

I love your work... it makes me so joyful to travel back in time every time I have a long route at work Can you perhaps do a Russian explorer in Alaska?

Fantastic and written with greater intelligence than I had ever expected.

Love that the letter begins with his straight up kidnapping people.

@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied

Жыл бұрын

You are beyond ignorant. Pathetic.

Some men are more equal then others.

Beautiful, Columbus the brave!😊

@jjmbeausoleil

4 жыл бұрын

Nope

@ccdiez8326

4 жыл бұрын

More like the Parasitic colonizer

Beautiful words, and of course perfectly narrated! 👌 What a man was Columbus! 😌

Such a shame that they were welcomed with open arms and yet in the end the indigenous people would be persecuted and slayed with cruelty.

14:48 well... Wasn't expecting to hear about my ancestors in this video

@israelbolet9348

4 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine a good name Caribs were known cannibals, did you not know?

Columbus was a relative latecomer plenty others had been before. The viking sagas recorded on the things they saw there 500 years earlier.

Columbus is widely remembered today for his discovery. In addition to the holiday, other things named after him include an entire country (formally just Columbia, but the US was informally known as Colombia), three States/Provinces, 16 cities, five counties, four streets, and a Catholic Organization (the Knights of Columbus).

next should be hernando de soto journey to north america and the encounters if the native americans!

@Yingyanglord1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

Columbus did not discover America, he discovered the West Indies. Amerigo Vespucci was the first mid European to discover America which bears his name. The vikings were the first Europeans to discover America, and there were many tribal groups who discovered it long before any of them. US history is full of this type of crap.

Wow this sounds like the start of a great friendsh-- (remembers history) Oh. Oh.

@jjgf8412

4 жыл бұрын

Better friendship than the one between british and natives that's for sure.

@YeiPi18

4 жыл бұрын

@@jjgf8412 nah

@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied

Жыл бұрын

So many of the tragedies of history, were based on misunderstandings. Like most things. It never changes. But, they didn’t have the advantages we have now, of so much recorded history, to reference. When they ran out of a resource, they had to get in a boat, cross their fingers, and search for more. We have no excuse for our own ignorance.

@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied

Жыл бұрын

@@jjgf8412 based on what? Your woke History teacher, or professor? You have to start over, completely. You got a crap education.

@jjgf8412

Жыл бұрын

@@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied based on que me comas la polla guiri sucio.

When Columbus set sail, he didn’t know where he was going. When he got there, he didn’t know where he was. And when he left, he didn’t know where he’d been! And yet the whole time, he _thought_ he knew where he was. Until the day he died he never realized he had discovered a new continent.

@wendybedoya5424

3 жыл бұрын

YOU CAN'T DISCOVER something that had people already living in it. He made a discovery for the Spanish whi didnt know it existed, however it was Indian territory, they just found a great way to exploit it and take advantage. So. It all about perspective. Thanks!

@kramarancko1107

2 жыл бұрын

@@wendybedoya5424 you’re wrong.

11:41 Wait what?

Cuba, Portugal... not a coincidence-