Pedro Álvares Cabral - Age of Discovery

The Portuguese Armada sets sail under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral - born of noble birth, a knight of the Order of Christ - he's a man not shy to indulge in his aggressive nature. The time has come for Portugal to return to the Indian Ocean and this time it comes in force.
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  • @capueiradosfrangos3267
    @capueiradosfrangos32676 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your videos about Portugal. Being a portuguese I get sad when I remember that we had such an interesting history and yet you find nothing about it on the internet and in media in general, but here you are doing 2 hours+ worth of amazing content about Portugal. Thank you man, you have teached me more than school.

  • @seandawson5899

    @seandawson5899

    6 ай бұрын

    It's a shame our heritage doesn't get talked about more.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey my pleasure - happy that you liked this!

  • @lost_porkchop

    @lost_porkchop

    6 ай бұрын

    It's even worse than that - people either don't know we exist or think we're Spanish

  • @pedrorexSWG

    @pedrorexSWG

    6 ай бұрын

    Actually we learned all about this in school from 7th to 9th grade, you where just not interested enough probably. But is great to remember and the graphics are amazing!!

  • @RodolfoGaming

    @RodolfoGaming

    6 ай бұрын

    Second this, our history gets sidelined to Spain's history on the international stage unfortunately.

  • @J.O.J.61
    @J.O.J.616 ай бұрын

    As a Portuguese, I am very grateful for the time you dedicated to making these episodes about the age of discoveries. Obrigado. 🇵🇹💯👏👏👏👏

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @ChevyChase301

    @ChevyChase301

    6 ай бұрын

    You should out my short video on the Dutch Portuguese war!

  • @t16205

    @t16205

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHxI cant wait for the 2. voyage of Da Gama!

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ChevyChase301 the first real world war, fought in the 5 continents

  • @vitorpereira9515
    @vitorpereira95153 ай бұрын

    10:20 - And to the eternal joy of the world, Brazil entered the scene.

  • @MrPauloteixeira21
    @MrPauloteixeira216 ай бұрын

    As a Brazilian, I am very proud of the history of my Portuguese ancestors, pioneers, determined, courageous, my surname "Teixeira" participated in many of these adventures.

  • @oliveira1294

    @oliveira1294

    6 ай бұрын

    Finally, someone who doesn't judge us for all the gold we took ! 😂

  • @MrPauloteixeira21

    @MrPauloteixeira21

    6 ай бұрын

    No, this "Portugal took our gold" thing usually comes from people here with a low intellectual level or who have been indoctrinated with left-wing political views, as it is necessary to "blame something" for the country's failure on some issues, in addition, the costs of colonization were not paid for even with the gold that arrived in Lisbon, in the end Brazil still ended up in profit by inheriting gigantic and truly rich lands. @@oliveira1294

  • @vitorpereira9515

    @vitorpereira9515

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@oliveira1294What is done is done, and cannot be undone. So let's grow stronger together.

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    That's the spirit, Brother! 🇵🇹❤️🇧🇷

  • @vitorpereira9515

    @vitorpereira9515

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@oliveira1294We didn't do anything that they didn't do themselves.

  • @patrickrg1746
    @patrickrg17466 ай бұрын

    The way you put this all together has never been done before. This series , (Portuguese age of discovery) Is a masterpiece right here on YT. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! Happy that you liked this Patrick

  • @roman648
    @roman6486 ай бұрын

    As a Brit, Portuguese history has always fascinated me, a story much like our own. A little nation making itself known.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Sic parvis magna :)

  • @andreoliveira685

    @andreoliveira685

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx By that time Portugal was a small nation of one million people, England was not that small with some 5 million inhabitants. England was recovering from wars in France and the wars of the roses. The first involvement of the British with India was corsair activity during Portugal-Spain union from 1580 to 1648. Then came the first British colony in India, Bombay, which was a gift (in the form of a dowry for the marriage of princess Catarina with Charles II in 1661).

  • @lolzudo1590

    @lolzudo1590

    19 күн бұрын

    This guy...

  • @roman648

    @roman648

    19 күн бұрын

    @@lolzudo1590What?

  • @gabrielruiz3221
    @gabrielruiz32216 ай бұрын

    I've studied history all my life, but the way Flash Point focuses on characters' points of view is like a perfect spice that brings all the flavors together. Please don't stop making them.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    I have always felt that if you recount history and make it on a personal level it creates an environment where anyone can relate. Even if they lived 500 years ago, they were going through the same thoughts and emotions that we do now

  • @earthlymatters888

    @earthlymatters888

    6 ай бұрын

    The real spice 🔥 🔥

  • @dcanedemboyz7431
    @dcanedemboyz74316 ай бұрын

    One of the greatest series

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey, thanks so much!

  • @dcanedemboyz7431

    @dcanedemboyz7431

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx thank you so much for your work

  • @mustko999
    @mustko9996 ай бұрын

    Absolutely love this series, my favourite by far. Astonishing work on one of the most important times of human civilization!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Chaos - really appreciate the comment!

  • @ricardosalazarrey2424
    @ricardosalazarrey24246 ай бұрын

    As a teacher I’m very grateful for 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 video for students ❤

  • @lfsm9380
    @lfsm93806 ай бұрын

    Extraordinary. Thank you. Despite creating a magnificent, enlightened civilization in southern Iberia, when Muslim armies invaded Western Europe in 711 (then, the Visigothic realm) little did they know that they were opening up a Pandora Box. In time, the Iberians first, and then other Europeans, would expel them from Europe and start to chase them around the globe. Unfortunately, the consequences of this clash of cultures are still being felt today. The Portuguese were hell bent on waging a crusade whenever and wherever they encountered Muslims, even when terribly outnumbered. Cabral, with all his flaws, was such a crusader. Regrettably, innocent Hindus were caught in the barbaric crossfire between Christians and Muslims. On a side note: Bartholomew Dias was, most probably, the most extraordinary and accomplished navigator and captain of his day. He did not get there by being from the high nobility (he was not). Competence and merit alone explain his feats. And it is quite fitting that he lost his worthy life having one more go at the iconic, menacing cape that he discovered for Europe and that truly embodies the clash between Indian and Atlantic civilizations.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    You have a good point - Christianity was reeling from the fall of Constantinople in 1453. When Ferdinand and Isabella completed the reconquista in 1492, the spirit of crusading was invigorated. Granted the Portuguese were crusading in N Africa even before then, but after that , they were on the war path.

  • @eljanrimsa5843

    @eljanrimsa5843

    6 ай бұрын

    The innocents were not "caught in the crossfire". They were fired upon by ship guns.

  • @insideimagery133
    @insideimagery1336 ай бұрын

    At last, this power house is covered. It has been a joy, to see empires like Carthage and Portugal being shown, instead of the vikings and the brits. Time for hollywood to pick up on the new winds. Fantastic job with the videos and history, amazing work!

  • @pedroroque829
    @pedroroque8296 ай бұрын

    The most underrated empire on history!

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    Yet the first Global Empire of the World! And that will never change! ❤🇨🇳🇯🇵🇲🇾🇹🇭🇱🇰🇮🇳🇲🇿🇦🇴🇬🇼🇸🇹🇨🇻🇲🇦🇵🇹🇧🇷

  • @Darth_Enigma
    @Darth_Enigma6 ай бұрын

    Watching so many different history channels not only gives you different perspectives on these events, but it also fills in an intricate timeline that, for so long, had been filled with large gaps. When watching videos like this I can't help but think about how other events that are happening concurrently, like the rise of the Ottomans, the dissolution of the Timurids, the stagnation of the Golden Horde, the consolidation of the Great Ming etc. It's all so fascinating and almost overwhelming, yet fills me with such wonder and amazement!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    History can sometimes surpass fiction it the breath of what has happened in the course of humankind. You're right - its overwhelming in its complexity.

  • @rorschach775

    @rorschach775

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah I know almost nothing about Portuguese history or the age of exploration and it is a wild story so far. It's like 50% survival rate. That is an insane number to have so many volunteers repeat the journey. But the idea of meeting people you know nothing about. Landing in Brazil must have been one of the most interesting places to be in all of human history. And I'd love to see more about the Indian ocean. To be so unimpressed by someone who just sailed around Africa is so funny. To arrive in a foreign city demanding to murder people for their religion has to seem like one of the more insane things, but I'm sure shit like that happened many times in the history of humanity.

  • @Dossan1989
    @Dossan19896 ай бұрын

    Pêro Vaz de Caminha was the writer of a beautiful letter sent to king Manuel describing the first contact of Europeans and natives of Vera Cruz. It can be found on the Internet. This writer was one of the men who died on the attack to the PT post in Calicut.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah that’s exactly right

  • @calafiori
    @calafiori6 ай бұрын

    This is amazing work. It is great to see Portuguese history in YT being told by non-portuguese speakers.

  • @gabrielpaesbernardinelli3071
    @gabrielpaesbernardinelli30716 ай бұрын

    Fantastic Work, Viva Portugal e a Terra da Santa Cruz!

  • @louielove7514

    @louielove7514

    5 ай бұрын

    Tu eres Portuguese?

  • @gabrielpaesbernardinelli3071

    @gabrielpaesbernardinelli3071

    5 ай бұрын

    @@louielove7514 Não Amigo, eu sou da Terra da Santa Cruz.

  • @louielove7514

    @louielove7514

    5 ай бұрын

    @@gabrielpaesbernardinelli3071 oh ok amigo muy bien. Yo soy decendente de la tierra del sol🇲🇽

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    That's the spirit, Brother! 🇵🇹❤️🇧🇷

  • @joelsantos456

    @joelsantos456

    4 ай бұрын

    ​Este hermano es de Brasil 🇧🇷, la tierra de Vera Cruz, nombre dado por los navegantes Portugueses quando allí llegaron en sus barcos. Yo sí que soy de Portugal 🇵🇹 e te saludo cordialmente desde acá hasta México 🇲🇽 Saludos a todos los hermanos Mexicanos. Um Abraço a todos os irmãos Brasileiros. Que Deus abençoe todo o povo, tribo e nação à face da terra! Em nome de Jesus Cristo, Rei dos Reis!

  • @phoenix0000
    @phoenix00006 ай бұрын

    I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT STORY. I'M FROM ETHIOPIA. BTW CHRISTOPHER DA GAMA ALSO SAILED TO ETHIOPIA TO HELP AN ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN KING THAT WAS DETHRONED BY THE MUSLIMS HELPED BY THE TURKS. IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT IT SINCE IT'S RELATED TO PRESTER JOHN

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Vasco is up next! Btw - don’t think I’ve ever had a person from Ethiopia in my audience - happy to have you here

  • @phoenix0000

    @phoenix0000

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx Thanks. I think Christopher was the son of Vasco DA Gama. He died fighting for the Ethiopian king.

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    That is another unbelievable story!

  • @Iktius

    @Iktius

    5 ай бұрын

    I love Christian ethiopia

  • @cybermonkey7884
    @cybermonkey78845 ай бұрын

    Hooolyy... This was simply brilliant, this whole series of Age of discovery should be mandatory in portuguese schools. Cant wait for more!

  • @parvuspeach
    @parvuspeach6 ай бұрын

    Great stuff! Incredible how for quite a while Brasil was put on the back burner, as all the focus was on India, the spice trade and thwart Muslim presence over there. Can't wait for the nest episodes!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Next episode is already in the works

  • @ScipioAfricanus_Chris
    @ScipioAfricanus_Chris6 ай бұрын

    Another historical and cinematic masterpeice Nitin! It saddened me to learn that a great man like Cabral died in disgrace despite his incredible accomplishments. The cliffhanger has ensured that my life will be on hold until the next video. P.S. please do a live stream for the next video!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    I love doing the live stream premieres - my place is undergoing renovations so time was limited this time around. Definitely next time. Happy that you liked this Chris - always good to see your comments here

  • @scforza
    @scforza6 ай бұрын

    Thanks you for posting this. All this history and adventure would make awesome blockbusters Films. The Portuguese History is owerwarmly RICH.

  • @Baddy187
    @Baddy1876 ай бұрын

    Flash Point History has the #1 narrator on KZread, hands down. Also their soundtracks are just so damn good, they set the mood so well.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Ah thanks! Appreciated

  • 2 ай бұрын

    As a brazillian, we received just a glance of the history, in school. As an adult, I've learned about a portuguese that already "discovered" Brazil years sooner than Cabral, but this portuguese was on a mission focused on the Treaty of Tordesilhas, so he kept sailing to the caribbean sea, instead of going south (as Cabral did). This video showed me the sequence after Cabral "discovered us" here in Brazil. Thank you for this and the other videos of the portuguese explorations.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    2 ай бұрын

    Don't forget the video on Duarte Pereira then =)

  • @bolsa3136
    @bolsa31366 ай бұрын

    Was yesterday at Belmonte. Lovely little village. Its amazing the politics of the pre-Vasco da Gama Indic Ocean. Please explore more of this and how the Portuguese broke it. Looking forward for Afonso de Albuquerque, the Portuguese Mars.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    I’ve only seen Belmonte on google earth - looks like a quaint mountain village

  • @rossyuill5842
    @rossyuill58426 ай бұрын

    So interesting loved every second thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    You're so welcome!

  • @joaodiogo72
    @joaodiogo726 ай бұрын

    I love this series! Such an underated part of history.

  • @hermanosoares3860
    @hermanosoares38606 ай бұрын

    Nice vídeo!Obrigado!❤🇵🇹💪

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome !

  • @josesilva4171
    @josesilva41716 ай бұрын

    Wow! Thank you very much for giving us another amazing episode. The implications of these events changed history forever!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome Jose.

  • @earthlymatters888
    @earthlymatters8886 ай бұрын

    This series has blown me. Fucking outstanding! Sincerely A history nerd from Australia. I hope theres more of this series!!!! Im in love!!!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Happy that you liked my video - there are several videos prior to this and I’m making the next one now

  • @earthlymatters888

    @earthlymatters888

    5 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx i watched all of them in one go. Excited for the next.

  • @Skillionaire005
    @Skillionaire0056 ай бұрын

    Beautiful! Great to find out about the Portuguese and their story.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 😃

  • @heldermartins8523
    @heldermartins85236 ай бұрын

    Os portugueses eram os líderes absolutos do oceano Índico no século XVI. Viva Portugal!!! 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

  • @andreascovano7742
    @andreascovano77426 ай бұрын

    Another banger. I've seen you slowly but surely climbing the KZread historian ladder! I was here from almost the beginning! I cannot wait until you get 250k and then 500k!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    It’s been a journey for sure - I’ve been loving it - thanks for watching for so long

  • @tacodias
    @tacodias6 ай бұрын

    Goosebumps after that “unleash his dark side”! Can’t wait for Darth da Gama

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha - that’s awesome - ‘Darth da Gama’

  • @FallDownist
    @FallDownist4 ай бұрын

    As a portuguese, loved the "quem não arrisca, não petisca" quote at 11:50

  • @kaskorraky9473
    @kaskorraky94732 ай бұрын

    thanks man. the history of.my ancestors from Extremadura ❤

  • @Cptnbond
    @Cptnbond6 ай бұрын

    What an amazing series. Thanks for your effort, and times flies when watching quality historical material. Cheers.

  • @carlos-ju7ce
    @carlos-ju7ce6 ай бұрын

    As a dual national of Portugal (having been born in the overseas province of Mozambique) and growing up in South Africa, I am a product of the age of discovery, as both the aforementioned southern African countries were halfway houses between Europe and Asia at the outset. Thanks for the really detailed video and superb artwork portraying the events that Portugal used to carve its place in history, both good and bad. I like the thought that the king picked a diplomat to carry out his wishes ('walk softly'), but gave him a stick, in the form of an armada, 'just in case'.

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    Like Eusébio was! Now he rest eternally in the Portuguese National Phanteon amoung other great Portuguese People that contributed for our Nation. My father is also Mozambican-Portuguese. I was already born in Portugal in the 80's. 🇵🇹❤🇲🇿

  • @marcosdiego4780
    @marcosdiego47806 ай бұрын

    I don't know if Cabral's journey or if FPH's journey in creating this was more epic.

  • @duartealexhenriques
    @duartealexhenriques6 ай бұрын

    Great stuff man!!! You are covering some episodes of the most powerful King in Europe in that time. "By the grace of god, Manuel I, King of Portugal and the Algarves, From mainland and over the sea in Africa, Lord of Guinea and Lord of Conquest, Navigation and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia and India." more episodes please!!! :D

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    We’re going back to Vasco da Gama for the next one - it will be his final episode

  • @7ubaltm

    @7ubaltm

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx I can't wait to see it. Back at college, about 15 years ago, I've made a research work about Vasco da Gama's second voyage, very lesser known than his first. It was a voyage of conquest, no longer of discoveries. Although my major is in Archaeology, I enjoyed that research a lot, since I had to read some chronicles of the time. I was shocked by the cruel tactics used then, something we don't usually know about if we stick to most of the modern synthesis texts that portrait just the heroic version of the facts. Keep up with the good work.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    @@7ubaltm awesome that you did this research - Vasco was a Sith Lord on his second voyage

  • @andrewwilson5901
    @andrewwilson59016 ай бұрын

    Here we go! Thanks for this. Just back from Lisbon and excited to see this!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Nice! Lisbon is high on my list of places the go. Closest I’ve been was Madrid

  • @andrewwilson5901

    @andrewwilson5901

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx well worth a visit! So much to do. Lisbon and Sintra are a must!

  • @fsantosneto
    @fsantosneto6 ай бұрын

    Pedro Álvares de Gouveia was his correct name. Cabral was his father's surname. Pedro had 6 brothers and was the youngest and, for this reason, according to the custom of the time, he did not receive his father's surname but rather his mother's. However, due to the fame he acquired as a navigator, he came to be known as Gouveia, the son of Cabral, with the name Cabral later incorporated by historians as a surname. Ref. "Brasil - Segredo de Estado" - by historian and brazilian former ambassador in USA, Sérgio Correa da Costa.

  • @FelipeHawk1
    @FelipeHawk16 ай бұрын

    Pedro Teixeira, the Portuguese and Brazilian hero, who together with the Indians and our Brazilian People, defeated the English and Dutch, who tried to take our Amazon. The Hollywood political and film industry doesn't make a film about this story...

  • @martinklampfl3055
    @martinklampfl30556 ай бұрын

    Everytime I listen to a new episode on your podcast I am looking forward to the KZread video. I am so grateful for your amazing content. Thank you for your efforts and your work.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey my pleasure - I think its really hard to tell history without having a map to look at and images to see.

  • @jaikumarjadhav6575
    @jaikumarjadhav65756 ай бұрын

    In Indian History, we read how Portuguese were the 1st to arrive and the last foreign power to leave India (1498 till 1960) they were less in population, but extremely influential and brave. There's a dish in my state (Maharashtra) called Pav Bhaji. (Pav = Bread = Paõ) so there's lots of cultural exchanges that took place during Portuguese rule.

  • @leftsidem5030

    @leftsidem5030

    6 ай бұрын

    😂 Macedonias and others arrived Thousands of years before

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    Portuguese landed in 1498 in a not really united India. And only Goa was a Portuguese State till 1960. A lot of Portuguese have Goense Ancestry. The family of our Prime Minister (António Costa) for the last 10 years is Portuguese-Goense. India and other Asian Regions influenced Portuguese food a lot. Specially in the use of spices (pepper, curry, cinnamon, etc). There's a lot of Indian, Nepalese, Chinese and Japanese restaurants in Portugal. I love Indian food! 🇵🇹❤️🇮🇳

  • @brixcosmo6849

    @brixcosmo6849

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@leftsidem5030 You're not wrong. "The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great began in 327 BC and lasted until 325 BC. After conquering the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the Macedonian army undertook an expedition into the Indian subcontinent. Within two years, Alexander expanded the Macedonian Empire to include present-day Punjab and Sindh in what is modern-day Pakistan, surpassing the earlier frontiers that had been established by the Persian conquest of the Indus Valley."

  • @BBD1
    @BBD16 ай бұрын

    AMAZING WORK! Love it! Want more!! Want to see what happens next with the new fleet! :)

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Next episode in the works

  • @SeArCh4DrEaMz
    @SeArCh4DrEaMz6 ай бұрын

    AWWWWW mannnnnn... ending the video in that way was such a freaking tease lmao xD I cant wait for the next upload goddamit !!!!!!!!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    hahaha - happy that you liked it

  • @stephenmoerlein8470
    @stephenmoerlein8470Ай бұрын

    Fascinating history. Thanks for posting.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    Ай бұрын

    Love you man!

  • @PsychoAlfaSchizo
    @PsychoAlfaSchizo6 ай бұрын

    The narration and animation are superb!! It really brings the history to life. I’m hooked.

  • @luisferreira6040
    @luisferreira60406 ай бұрын

    Amazing work!

  • @pedroteixeira9903
    @pedroteixeira99036 ай бұрын

    BEFORE COLOMBO - And of course you will have to go to the museum in Toronto to recognize the Portuguese presence and prove that the navigator João Vaz Corte-Real was in Canada in 1473. “History is very complex, as there are always several versions of events”, highlighted the president of the Real Canadian Portuguese Historial Museum

  • @thomasmayer9032
    @thomasmayer90326 ай бұрын

    I watched a lot of history stories, this was one of the best! But somehow I got the feeling it could be talked much more about this.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah - there is a lot that I read while researching these videos that end up on the cutting room floor so to speak. Sometimes it’s about preserving the flow of the narrative

  • @sillypuppy5940
    @sillypuppy59406 ай бұрын

    Thank you this great video. It's very interesting to hear about the creation of the first global empire.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @jorge6207
    @jorge62076 ай бұрын

    Fun fact. The first written record of the word Brasil to indicate the land was as early as 1502. It was spelt 'Brazill', and it was used by a Portuguese captain, António do Campo (the 4th time a portuguese expedition went do Brazil) instead of Vera Cruz or Santa Cruz (both were used). This suggests that the usage of Brasil was almost as old as Vera Cruz.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Do you know how they came upon that name?

  • @jorge6207

    @jorge6207

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx The widest accepted version is that the name comes from the Brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata), a tree that yelds a red dye which was a very sought out product. The name itself probably came from the Portuguese word Brasa (eng. ember), as the wood is red in appearance. Apparently the Portuguese recognise the tree as some sort of Sappanwood, which was already used to produce the red dye [edit: but very scarce]. In time, the economic root of the name superceded the political/religious one, apparently in common use at least in 1502.

  • @aofg

    @aofg

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@jorge6207There was a mythical island in the Atlantic called Brazil. It appears as Brazil on the Catalan Atlas of 1375. So I bet that's the true origin of the name. When the news arrived in Portugal of Cabral's discovery, they thought it was that Island of Brazil and the name was picked up by people, even if it was officially called differently.

  • @hotman_pt_
    @hotman_pt_6 ай бұрын

    Thanks again for the detailed masterpiece!

  • @AlexOnAdventure
    @AlexOnAdventure6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for video, we are waiting for Alfonso Albuquerque :))

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    He’s definitely coming!

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    Mighty Alfonso de Albuquerque, you wouldn’t cross his path….

  • @Tusiriakest
    @Tusiriakest6 ай бұрын

    Best KZread series ever made! You are awesome!!!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Wow, thanks!

  • @Tusiriakest

    @Tusiriakest

    6 ай бұрын

    @@FlashPointHx I really hope this gets famous because Portuguese history deserves it, but specially you deserve it. The work you put into these videos, the quality, the care, is amazing! I do hope you'll do Francisco de Almeida, Afonso de Albuquerque, and my favourite one, the knight, the astronomer, the geologist, the diplomat and the military genius that was Duarte Pacheco Pereira. Keep up the good work and thank you from deep in my heart for what you are doing for Portuguese History in particular, and Western and World history as a whole!

  • @pedrocsantos8
    @pedrocsantos86 ай бұрын

    I'm loving this series, can't wait for the next episodes. 🙌

  • @BorisMarques14.88
    @BorisMarques14.886 ай бұрын

    Would love to see a tv series of this events

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Agree!

  • @jorge6207

    @jorge6207

    6 ай бұрын

    It's difficult as the zeitgeist in Portugal passed from nationalist orthodox exaltation immediately to a state of constant self guilt, with nothing in between. On the other hand, the negative reaction to something like that would make for perfect promotion. The historiography is way more balanced since the 1960s, but it never spilt over to popular conscience.

  • @tomaslopes8824
    @tomaslopes88246 ай бұрын

    Like always, absolutely brilliant. I think we're all hoping for a next one on Vasco da Gama second voyage 🙏

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Vasco truly unleashes his dark side next

  • @pedromoreno717
    @pedromoreno7176 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all your work. I loved the Atila the Hun podcast, you make my 12hr shifts so much better ❤

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    I don't care what you do, a 12 hour shift is tough. Happy I make it better for you =)

  • @haiack57
    @haiack576 ай бұрын

    This series is just brilliant thanks so much for your work! Super insightful and well sourced

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    You’re so welcome !

  • @Kruvzkaya
    @Kruvzkaya6 ай бұрын

    I found your channel just a couple of weeks ago and I've binged everything. your documentary on Isabel I y la reconquista was incredible, especially because you focused on such and interesting (but very often) forgotten historical figure, and from HER perspective. I would love to see more documentaries on other queens and their turning points in history! This episode was incredible and I cannot wait for the next one. Thank you so much for the content you are putting out!!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    I’m really happy that you liked my content - I was very happy with the way Isabella came out. I had been telling the story of the Reconquista - alternating from the Christian to the Muslim prospective and for the ending I figured it would be interesting to show it from her point of view. Again - appreciate you reaching out about this

  • @KHK001
    @KHK0016 ай бұрын

    Always great to see more FPHs videos!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey my pleasure as always K

  • @ptlemon1101
    @ptlemon11016 ай бұрын

    It's very likely that the Portuguese already knew about the existence of America. It the 1470 decade, Danish and Norwegian king, Christian I, knowing that the portuguese were becoming some of the best sailors in Europe, hired for a joint Danish-Portuguese Expedition to reclaim contact with old viking settlements in Iceland and Greenland. Naval tech and knowledge had expanded a lot since then so it's not too farfetched to say the danish and the portuguese easily reached those places through island hoping and go even further, reaching Canada in North America. This would have given the portuguese the knowledge that even if they don't exactly how much or the shape of the land, that knew there was something to the west, way before Columbus, and tried to keep it a secret form Castile. Some feitorias even popped in Canada but their maintenance was costly and didn't bring much that the portuguese wanted. With Vasco da Gama reaching India and the riches from it, those feitorias were quickly abandoned because money was on the East.

  • @eljanrimsa5843

    @eljanrimsa5843

    6 ай бұрын

    Not many islands on the way to do the hopping.

  • @hansfabri6906
    @hansfabri69066 ай бұрын

    That was fantastic. You just keep omproving. Fantastic!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much !

  • @arandomwalk
    @arandomwalk6 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait for the next part, notification of this upload woke me up and im glad it did

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Gonna start on the next part tomorrow

  • @Iktius
    @Iktius5 ай бұрын

    Heróis do mar, nobre povo

  • @ArchonShon
    @ArchonShon6 ай бұрын

    Another beautifuly done video! Fascinating to learn about these lesser known (in my case) explorers.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @giuliorobertoful
    @giuliorobertoful3 ай бұрын

    Without him we wouldn't exist as we do today, Brazil national Hero 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @rsautos
    @rsautos6 ай бұрын

    as a portuguese i thank u ! great great work !

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Welcome !

  • @kikoempis
    @kikoempis6 ай бұрын

    What an amazing work you are doing! Great videos on this series. I'm a fan.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Happy that you liked this kiko

  • @antonietadeoliveira4900
    @antonietadeoliveira49006 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I am grateful 🇧🇫

  • @Imperium-YT
    @Imperium-YT6 ай бұрын

    Thanks alot for putting effort in telling the history of my country I know how hard you work, I just started to make videos too it´s very time consuming I hope you get all you deserve for all you offer to us viewers.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    It's my pleasure

  • 5 ай бұрын

    Great work with the videos! 5 stars! Can't wait to see the continuation of the Portuguese Age of Discovery series, featuring Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Afonso de Albuquerque? 🙂

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    5 ай бұрын

    Don’t forget Almeida

  • @PauloRibeiro1978
    @PauloRibeiro19786 ай бұрын

    After 2 weeks of your video release I was overwhelmed with such information -and so proud!. Let me tell you we did not learn this bit of our history this way at school (early stage). I'm supposed to know better. For a start, and based on your amazing videos, I will get The Conquerors book (the base to produce this "version" - with all due respect). (So sorry for the bad grammar by the way). And thank you very much for this view. Not proud nor ashamed - those were different times. In a positive way of seeing things, what a bunch of crazy guys mastering, or trying to master the seas and winds. To explore and to expand territory - but at what cost? (to the "conquered/discovered" people). Definitely different times, different people, different feelings, different minds. Thank you for this approach. Now I have another book to read, so I hate you ;)

  • @ithallosiqueira7914
    @ithallosiqueira79146 ай бұрын

    Pedro Alvares Cabral is a hero for me, a Brazilian. Being descendent of such brave men who explored the unknown in the name of the cross and the king, im proud to say. Thank you, Portugal. It is only by you, portuguese people (mainly D.João VI) that today my country is united. Even if the liberals keep trying to obscure OUR history, I, and my family, shall not.

  • @thealexprime

    @thealexprime

    6 ай бұрын

    Eu hein .😂

  • @ithallosiqueira7914

    @ithallosiqueira7914

    6 ай бұрын

    @@thealexprime como asssim? Falei alguma coisa engracada?

  • @thealexprime

    @thealexprime

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ithallosiqueira7914 deixa eu imaginar : seus outros idolos paulo kogos , bozo e o morto de carvalho 🤣😁😂🤣

  • @powervr

    @powervr

    6 ай бұрын

    @@thealexprime deixa-me adivinhar ... é apoiante do lula ... o amante dos ditadores (russia e irão)

  • @pedrocsantos8
    @pedrocsantos86 ай бұрын

    Fantastic, keep the good work!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Will do :)

  • @MrTripleAgamer
    @MrTripleAgamer6 ай бұрын

    thanks man learning so much

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Awesome to hear this !

  • @IWS107
    @IWS1076 ай бұрын

    Great video as always! Can not wait for the next one to come out...

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Vasco part 3 is already in the works

  • @RevenantIgor
    @RevenantIgor6 ай бұрын

    Very interesting and engaging video, thank you so much for great content!

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike6 ай бұрын

    Great work on yet another masterpiece minidocumentary!

  • @jwink7795
    @jwink77956 ай бұрын

    flashpoint releases are like being woken up, mid week by your parents when you were 6 and being told, "listen, go wake up your brother, we gotta jet, we're going on holidayyy!!!" HOLLLLLAAaaaAAaAAAaa

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Boo yaaaahhh!!

  • @jayhuxley2559
    @jayhuxley25596 ай бұрын

    Now, we need the video of Francisco de Almeida!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Who? Nah just kidding he’s just around the corner!

  • @dansmith4077
    @dansmith40776 ай бұрын

    Excellent video thank you for all the great content.

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    My pleasure

  • @amudhankulothungan3013
    @amudhankulothungan30136 ай бұрын

    Outstanding Video, hats off 👏 ❤

  • @carlospaiva2307
    @carlospaiva23076 ай бұрын

    brint it, its awesome, nicely done as usual, muito obrigado :)

  • @marcelosousa.2022
    @marcelosousa.20225 ай бұрын

    Amazing job!!!

  • @muhammadscott1488
    @muhammadscott14885 ай бұрын

    This is high quality stuff, thank you

  • @MrThunderFx
    @MrThunderFx6 ай бұрын

    Best history channel on youtube

  • @josesilva4171
    @josesilva41716 ай бұрын

    There is, of course, a very dark side to it but the drive, skill and tenacity of the likes of Cabral, Vasco da Gama, Francisco de Almeida, Afonso de Albuquerque and Duarte Pacheco Pereira is inexplicable. Small country, small population, very far away from home and not a great technological advantage how did they manage to set the global world and control world trade?

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    Reading about each one of these characters kept me on edge and still can’t believe how they succeeded

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    It was against all odds

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    It was an insane amount of determination and lucky that made these men succeed

  • @lost_porkchop

    @lost_porkchop

    6 ай бұрын

    People were just tougher back then. They weren't as afraid of death because they had seen it all their lives. Not wanting to be a peasant probably also kicked their asses into high gear.

  • @josesilva4171

    @josesilva4171

    6 ай бұрын

    @@lost_porkchop That is not enough to explain events like the battle of Cochin.... 100k army + home advantage + similar technology against 150.... 1:1000? That Duarte Pacheco Pereira was unreal.

  • @54032Zepol
    @54032Zepol6 ай бұрын

    Another great video! Keep up the great work! Your quality content has only improved! 😎

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks a ton!

  • @cat_pb
    @cat_pb3 ай бұрын

    I need to wait for the compilation!!!

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah this is such an amazing battle that I wanted to have a few videos out there - hopefully one will go viral - this encounter is all but forgotten by history

  • @seandawson2335
    @seandawson233520 күн бұрын

    Great video! How fascinating!

  • @brixcosmo6849
    @brixcosmo68496 ай бұрын

    Thanks! ❤🐺🇵🇹

  • @FlashPointHx

    @FlashPointHx

    6 ай бұрын

    Welcome =)

  • @alexisleon23
    @alexisleon236 ай бұрын

    Great 👍 film mister. !!!! A friend from Greece

  • @nhajas1
    @nhajas15 ай бұрын

    Just subbed, looking fw to thr next in series 🎉

  • @injectorplanet4306
    @injectorplanet43066 ай бұрын

    just perfect!

  • @JustAnotherGuy382
    @JustAnotherGuy3825 ай бұрын

    🙂 Thanks from Eddie Holloway Cabral

  • @grenity
    @grenity6 ай бұрын

    This video is spectacular.