How did Portugal colonize the Azores?

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  • How did Portugal colonize the Azores?
    The land was beautifully forested with an abundance of useable water and had no current residents. The climate was also well equipped for farming, and the explorers were quickly excited by the seemingly endless possibilities this island offered. By 1420, Madeira was already beginning to fill up with new inhabitants and these eager settlers quickly began planting crops such as wheat and sugar cane. These efforts were rewarded with great success and significant support from the Portuguese Crown. Thanks to this, the idea of also colonizing the Azores, quickly became quite a good one.
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Komentáře • 670

  • @JoaoAraujo-mv9en
    @JoaoAraujo-mv9en Před rokem +394

    I am portuguese and died a little every time he said madaira. Great video :)

    • @nobody6293
      @nobody6293 Před rokem +39

      Lmao, I'm not even Portuguese but still died

    • @brunobaia7898
      @brunobaia7898 Před rokem +6

      Para mim foi nesse momento, e quando apareçeu no ecrã os nomes das ilhas...
      But aside from that, great video!

    • @GaudiaCertaminisGaming
      @GaudiaCertaminisGaming Před rokem +14

      UK here. I too was gritting my teeth.

    • @saalok
      @saalok Před rokem +14

      I don't mind pronunciation errors when people don't know the language, but "Madaira" was really funny

    • @stevebarcelos9008
      @stevebarcelos9008 Před rokem +6

      You gotta deal with non Portuguese speakers not saying it the way those of us who speak Portuguese but this is not even an okay English way to say it. And how he said Diego with the first guy? Jeez. I am not expecting perfection, just some effort.

  • @zagabeg
    @zagabeg Před rokem +98

    I was just dying everytime he tried to pronounce Madeira

  • @brunobaia7898
    @brunobaia7898 Před rokem +234

    As a portuguese I wanna thank you for this video. The content was great, however 2 minor nitpicks, the pronounciation and the names of the islands being displayed wrong on the screen, aside from that it was great.

    • @kristiannicholson5893
      @kristiannicholson5893 Před rokem +8

      pronouncing things wrong is this channels thing. Look up anything in which he says Papal

    • @KeyManiacLad
      @KeyManiacLad Před rokem +12

      @@kristiannicholson5893 Maybe so but it's annoying and puts me off. I lost concentration trying not to be annoyed by it!!

    • @The_Daily_Tomato
      @The_Daily_Tomato Před rokem +15

      @@KeyManiacLad I'm not Portuguese, nor do I speak the language and it even bothered me 🤣

    • @John-Smith-999
      @John-Smith-999 Před rokem +5

      The pronounciation kills me. Azores is consistently mispronounced but Azorian is pronounced correctly.

    • @afaria6173
      @afaria6173 Před rokem +3

      There were numerous errors in this video including that the Azores was never a penal colony or a place misfits ran to(complete bull shit). In addition the number of Sephardic Jews that settled in the islands was tiny. I have no idea why he even mentions Germans as settlers. There was a documented Flemish settlement but it was also pretty small. The Vikings settlement is currently in dispute the thesis supporting this was poorly done and has been heavily criticized for over a year and taken apart piece by piece.

  • @Alexramm69
    @Alexramm69 Před rokem +192

    Don't forget that Flores and Corvo (the westernmost islands) are also part of the Azorian archipelago. During the video you left those two out most of the time giving the impression to those who don't know or don't research that the azores is only 7 island insteed of 9.

    • @TugaTrekker
      @TugaTrekker Před rokem +20

      Was about to come here and say that, as an inhabitant of Corvo, I am disappointed with this but not surprised it happens all the time

    • @whyismyricewet1986
      @whyismyricewet1986 Před rokem +2

      @@TugaTrekker wait....there are people living in corvo??? Like, what is there to do???

    • @TugaTrekker
      @TugaTrekker Před rokem +5

      Everything you can do on the other islands, just less road to travel

    • @Alexramm69
      @Alexramm69 Před rokem +8

      @@whyismyricewet1986 Each island has it's beauty and perks. Corvo is no exception.

    • @whyismyricewet1986
      @whyismyricewet1986 Před rokem +4

      @@Alexramm69 yeah....mas o que que tem para fazer ali?

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami Před rokem +34

    “My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”
    - William Shakespeare

  • @uahistukraine1305
    @uahistukraine1305 Před rokem +54

    Portugal had quite strong sailors, nice history!

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami Před rokem +48

    "In New York, I am barely recognised, or people don't really care. When I go to Portugal, I go outside to a public place and am recognised constantly"
    --Sara Sampaio

    • @clintstewart5545
      @clintstewart5545 Před rokem +10

      Let's be honest why the american people would care about her ???? different in Portugal , like a nfl player in europe most people wouldn't know who they are besides tom brady can't name you another nfl player

    • @carliscris6586
      @carliscris6586 Před rokem +3

      @@clintstewart5545 Even though i think your point is right, the example you gave is arguably only true with nfl players and stuff like that. American musicians, movie stars, film makers, writers, streamers, etc are widley known all around the world.

    • @roejogan2693
      @roejogan2693 Před rokem +2

      @@carliscris6586 that's America's cultural influence is way more significant than that of Portugal

    • @clintstewart5545
      @clintstewart5545 Před rokem +1

      @@carliscris6586 cinema yes nfl , not so much like many soccer players as they us say it in general like to go to the us , because they can be more anonymous and obviously I am not talking about CR7 or Messi , like Dalot from man u I bet he could easily be anonymous in the us ...

    • @clintstewart5545
      @clintstewart5545 Před rokem +1

      @@carliscris6586 for example the only sport in the us I kind like it's basketball I couldn't name you without googling a baseball player for instance

  • @deanwinchester3249
    @deanwinchester3249 Před 11 měsíci +12

    I am born and raised in Hawaii and my ancestors came from the Azores. Very nice video as always!

  • @querlimfranco8466
    @querlimfranco8466 Před rokem +22

    Quite impressive how little Portugal managed to have such a large impact in the age of exploration!

    • @jeanjacqueslundi3502
      @jeanjacqueslundi3502 Před 8 měsíci

      Meh, a lot is made out of that. England are roughly the same size. The Netherlands are smaller.

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +158

    Portugal has great naval history and probably best of early time.

    • @wendtchr
      @wendtchr Před rokem +13

      Depends on what you consider early, they were long after great nautical cultures like the Phoenicians, Carthage, Polynesians, Scandinavians, and Chinese.

    • @antonioferreira2293
      @antonioferreira2293 Před rokem +6

      @The Philosoraptor traitor

    • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
      @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Před rokem +1

      Early time?..... 🤔😁

    • @clintstewart5545
      @clintstewart5545 Před rokem +3

      @The Philosoraptor Never

    • @alt1f4
      @alt1f4 Před rokem +1

      What about Venice??? They were much better

  • @tcbbctagain572
    @tcbbctagain572 Před rokem +56

    Fun fact: during the early stages of Portugal's occupation of the Azores, Portugal asked other kingdoms for some population to help populate those islands, the majority of them were from Northern France and some from the Netherlands and what is now Germany. That's why the Portuguese dialect from the Azores is so unlike any other dialect of portuguese. Sometimes it even feels like a separate language. That's why some dialects from the Azores sound like weird version of French.
    The dialect from Madeira is also a bit like this

    • @zepedro6666
      @zepedro6666 Před rokem +3

      Have you ever heard the Barlavento Algarvio accent? It's very similar to Açores accent, specially Ponta Delgada. FUN FACT: the first settlers were from that part of Portugal.

    • @vitorpacheco3519
      @vitorpacheco3519 Před rokem +14

      Calling the azorean accents a "dialect" shows ignorance, or perhaps just bad word choosing. Azorean accents (there are many) is comparable to any other differences that exists in continental Portugal (south, north etc). Yes, I give you that one, there are elements in our pronunciation from those countries you mentioned, but that is that. Trust me I know, born and raised in the Azores.

    • @tcbbctagain572
      @tcbbctagain572 Před rokem +3

      @@vitorpacheco3519 well yes that is correct that their mostly called "accents". But in a way you can also call them dialects, cuz some of them differ (some more than others) when it comes to phonology and pronunciation when compared to standard portuguese. A portuguese that comes from the mainland needs a while to get used to the way azoreans talk, especially people from São Miguel 😂

    • @tiagofonsecaesousa2232
      @tiagofonsecaesousa2232 Před rokem

      @@tcbbctagain572 Not really. The accent is just in certain words, most of them are the same pronunciation. Older people have "bigger" accent, but you can really compare it to Algarve's accent, it is same thing. And yes, in Azores there are some words that don't exist in the mainland, and that is part of the Azorean culture, but belive me is not enough to be called dialect.

    • @robertolang9684
      @robertolang9684 Před rokem

      that accent comes from the side of ignorance only people without school speak that way , people with high degree of education speaks normal pretuguese

  • @CitroTeam
    @CitroTeam Před rokem +26

    The Azores islands, as a national territory, are based on the continental plates of Africa, America and Europe. We can say that Portugal is African, European and American.

    • @Navpo01
      @Navpo01 Před 4 měsíci

      No AZORES is European!!!!

  • @tiagofonsecaesousa2232
    @tiagofonsecaesousa2232 Před rokem +95

    My friend as an Azorian I loved the video, but small correction I feel like I need to do. The Azores were NOT colonized, they were populated. This is because there was no one there when the Portuguese arrived. Just a side note that I would like to do. Thanks for the video!

    • @tadcastertory1087
      @tadcastertory1087 Před rokem +12

      Absolutely correct. They were land for the taking. Not colonies at all.

    • @goingfreenow3297
      @goingfreenow3297 Před rokem +5

      Yes that is what I understand. My family always signified that we are Portugal. However some on the continent don't agree.

    • @tiagofonsecaesousa2232
      @tiagofonsecaesousa2232 Před rokem +2

      @@goingfreenow3297 The fact that they don't agree doesn't make any sense, because this are pure facts

    • @carlosgarcao2847
      @carlosgarcao2847 Před rokem +3

      The same in Cabo Verde

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Před rokem +5

      Yeah, that confused me. They didn't colonize the islands, because nobody lived there. I think the better term would be they settled the islands.

  • @helenamedeiros1461
    @helenamedeiros1461 Před rokem +29

    I live in the "Açores" (in English, "Azores" ). Thank you for explaining part of our history to the World. The 9 Islands are: Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge, Graciosa, Flores and Corvo.

  • @MSDjMichaelSlash
    @MSDjMichaelSlash Před rokem +20

    As a Portuguese I just watch and say: Portugal caralhooo 🏁🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

  • @antonioferreira2293
    @antonioferreira2293 Před rokem +77

    English speaker starter pack: say "Madáira" or "Madira" instead of Madeira😂

  • @anthonyC214
    @anthonyC214 Před rokem +5

    My daughter, a graduate of SUNY Maritime, visited the Azores while on her training voyage. My daughter speaks fluent Brasilian Portuguese, as my wife is Brasilian. As it turned out, my daughter and her classmates were all treated very well by the people of the Azores, with my daughter as the translator. Whenever my daughter would speak, they could tell my daughter has Brasilian roots.

  • @andreferraz5618
    @andreferraz5618 Před rokem +19

    Porto Santo Island was discovered first and then after a year they discovered madeira.

  • @portuguesehydrangea4818
    @portuguesehydrangea4818 Před rokem +10

    I was just on mainland Portugal and the Azores. My heritage. Beautiful country.

    • @bragaboyz4435
      @bragaboyz4435 Před rokem

      the moors discovered and first settled those islands

  • @leniobarcelos1770
    @leniobarcelos1770 Před rokem +15

    I was born in Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, but I live in New England now. 💙 🇵🇹 🤍

    • @LennyCash777
      @LennyCash777 Před rokem

      Same here!! I was born in the same place and also now living on the Northeast coast of America. 🍻

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA Před rokem +1

      You mean in the new world?

    • @leniobarcelos1770
      @leniobarcelos1770 Před rokem +3

      @@KennyNGA Yeah, the New World. But the particular region I live in within the New World is known as "New England". It consists of six separate States: Namely, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.

    • @KennyNGA
      @KennyNGA Před rokem

      @@leniobarcelos1770 I thought you Mexicans all live in Texas and California

    • @leniobarcelos1770
      @leniobarcelos1770 Před rokem +3

      @@KennyNGA I guess you thought wrong, then. Today is a learning experience for you on here and you may now consider yourself less of a f-wit. Congratulations and I'm glad I could help you out with that, amigo.

  • @ricardomacarico818
    @ricardomacarico818 Před rokem +14

    The Iberian Union was a big problem to Portugal. We lost so much because of it.
    Im glad it took "only" 60 years ... 60 more then we wanted but still in one single life time!!
    Força Portugal!!

  • @southpark6757
    @southpark6757 Před rokem +6

    Born in the Azores (Reibera Grande) grew up in Canada and now live in Hawaii. Father always told me, once and island boy, always an island boy.

  • @michaelfoeofevil5587
    @michaelfoeofevil5587 Před rokem +6

    Man, the AZORES is one if no t the most beautiful place ever. I saw hundred of dolphin and nature and the people were the best of the best. I'm worried it will be over populated with tourist so I hope the government can preserve it's beautiful nature. For me Azores is like New Zealand had a child with Iceland......I went there for what was suppose to be a 5 day vacation and we stayed for one month,,,,,

  • @12ze34
    @12ze34 Před rokem +4

    The way he says Madeira gives me goosebumps.

  • @anasevi9456
    @anasevi9456 Před rokem +16

    Do Spain and the Canaries next, their conquest there of the Neolithic Guanches was pretty much a preview of their conquest of the Americas.

    • @tcbbctagain572
      @tcbbctagain572 Před rokem +13

      Fun fact: it was Portugal that started to colonize the Canary Islands

  • @NinjadaFajam
    @NinjadaFajam Před rokem +6

    If there were no inhabitants, do you still say colonize? Or populate would be more appropriate?

  • @carlosfontes5310
    @carlosfontes5310 Před rokem +20

    Para além de não mencionar duas ilhas também há nomes incorretos. Os nomes corretos são PICO, TERCEIRA e SÃO Miguel

    • @IrinaSilveira
      @IrinaSilveira Před rokem

      Não consigo compreender esse erro... Bastava uma pesquisa rápida 🙄!

  • @JDDC-tq7qm
    @JDDC-tq7qm Před rokem +38

    Força Portugal 🇵🇹

    • @bragaboyz4435
      @bragaboyz4435 Před rokem +1

      i recommend you read Mustafah Dhada's book *The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013*

    • @Exposingyou
      @Exposingyou Před 7 měsíci +1

      ⁠@@bragaboyz4435 😂 tell me your nation of origin. I can find bad things done by ANY group. History is long and you cannot pervert it 🤫

  • @mehdidaboub2697
    @mehdidaboub2697 Před rokem +7

    Is it colonization if the island was uninhabited ? Shouldn't it be settlement?

  • @AdrianoOliveiraBR
    @AdrianoOliveiraBR Před rokem +1

    One of those who left Pico Island heading to Brazil was my 2nd great-grandmother. That's why I ended up here on your channel. thanks for the video.

  • @eborges10
    @eborges10 Před rokem +33

    I am a first generation and direct descendant of Azorean immigrants. This video has some nice information on the Azores BUT the awful pronunciation was distractive and annoying. Also it tends to ignore the dire poverty that existed which prompted late scale emigration from the islands to the US and Canada during the 20th century.

    • @ddhsd
      @ddhsd Před rokem +1

      I read somewhere San Diego's Tuna fisherman who were Portegeuse were from the Azore Islands originally.

    • @jeanjacqueslundi3502
      @jeanjacqueslundi3502 Před 8 měsíci

      Why would it talk about azorean economy? That's not the point of the video....

  • @manny4449
    @manny4449 Před rokem +12

    When you showed the names of the islands it had many typos

  • @davidbatista2777
    @davidbatista2777 Před rokem +2

    I live in Azores in São Miguel island. I'm so happy tat someone outside Portugal know about here. Thank you!

  • @tonyagos1172
    @tonyagos1172 Před rokem +6

    Great video!! More videos of Portuguese history!!

  • @robertparmenter
    @robertparmenter Před rokem +41

    The story of the discovery of Porto Santo / Madeira by Zarco in1419 was a myth. The Portuguese "discovered" these islands in the previous century but kept this secret as this small fledgling nation would not be in a position to defend (it is rumoured the Romans first came across them). The Azores was probably the same.

    • @ilias8972
      @ilias8972 Před rokem +9

      The Azores or more probably the Canaries WERE DISCOVERED by the Romans. Plutarch, who lived in 1st century AD, in his work "Parallel lives", in life of Sertorius he writes that "sailors from the islands in Atlantic met him in the shores of Iberia".

    • @ladarienmichaelangelo4642
      @ladarienmichaelangelo4642 Před rokem +2

      that does sound pretty Portuguese

    • @ladarienmichaelangelo4642
      @ladarienmichaelangelo4642 Před rokem

      Portugal really does nothing but play/watch soccer, drink crazy amounts of super Bach n sagres 🫡 and make really good food and also stay beautiful don't change a thing that's why you're so unique the Azores everybody from there that's why there's such a sense of bond hood even with like people you don't even know at all all you have to tell somebody in Toronto is that you're from the Azores and boom you're in a good book instantly I swear to God I'm not even joking like I would just walk around with a hat it's "Portugal" in standard white text Just literally wine gum red hat white letters people would offer me jobs just based on the fact that I'm Portuguese I didn't even speak Portuguese very much my mom didn't really speak at at home and my dad wasn't from there so yeah literally just having a Portuguese bloodline is grandma in Portuguese privilege to do all the hardest work at the job site for a list of all the money 😂🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🫡

    • @tiagofonsecaesousa2232
      @tiagofonsecaesousa2232 Před rokem +2

      No, here in Azores the Romans never got here. The only possibility were the vikings, but there are not enough evidences to prove it.

    • @robertolang9684
      @robertolang9684 Před rokem

      @@tiagofonsecaesousa2232 azores were colonized by the phoenicions and the atlantian people , today portuguese are the same people

  • @antonioferreira2293
    @antonioferreira2293 Před rokem +24

    PORTUGAL CARALHOOOO

  • @Ilyaswashere
    @Ilyaswashere Před rokem +6

    Thanks for the video! Fascinated by the early Portuguese Empire!

  • @SusanaPRCoelho
    @SusanaPRCoelho Před rokem +4

    Well done, very accurate. I'm from Terceira Island, Açores, the island that was Portugal by it self twice, a beautiful and peaceful place to live as all the islands. Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.

    • @bragaboyz4435
      @bragaboyz4435 Před rokem

      the discoverers were the moors and the name is جزر الأزور

  • @OverTheTop85
    @OverTheTop85 Před rokem +4

    Love The Channel always stoked when I see it pop up on my sub list. I don't understand how you guys still haven't gotten pronunciation down yet!? But all good. Still love the videos. Thanks for the hard work. I will continue to always watch.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před rokem +1

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

  • @wazzup233
    @wazzup233 Před rokem +6

    Fun Fact: the lead singer of the 90s rock band Extreme was born in the Azores but his surname isn't a Portuguese one because there were many Europeans outside Portugal who'd migrated to that islands before like the Germans, French and even the British since both Portugal and UK had long diplomatic alliance since the 14th century.

    • @woozziewooify
      @woozziewooify Před rokem +1

      always thought the last name Bettencourt sounded english

    • @martinecarvalho6095
      @martinecarvalho6095 Před rokem +2

      @@woozziewooify it’s a French name :)

    • @module79l28
      @module79l28 Před rokem +1

      Nuno is not the lead singer, he's the guitar player. The lead singer is Gary Cherone.

  • @shellminator
    @shellminator Před rokem +1

    Great video, going to visit this saturday for the first some of the islands
    I know it's going to be a great trip!

  • @davidschmidt5709
    @davidschmidt5709 Před rokem +4

    Great job there guys ❤️👍

  • @EduardoLopes20
    @EduardoLopes20 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for the video. As a portuguese resident in Mainland Portugal I love the Azores and Madeira too.

  • @LuisBita
    @LuisBita Před rokem +3

    Best Regards from Portugal

  • @SuicaMapper
    @SuicaMapper Před rokem +1

    Thank you for this video, honestly I am eternally happy to mention two archipelagos that are often left out, as well as explain how they are from Portugal, Thank you, I as Portuguese thank you very much

  • @arghyasharma2290
    @arghyasharma2290 Před rokem

    Have been watching your videos for a long time and most of my knowledge about history is because of you. Thank yoi

  • @radix133
    @radix133 Před rokem +10

    Eu adoro essas ilhas!

  • @josephfernandes5809
    @josephfernandes5809 Před rokem

    Great video! Thank you

  • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
    @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

  • @JoDoSa
    @JoDoSa Před rokem +2

    Good video, well explained and a good way to aproach the discovery of the island than even among portuguese people is not exactly explained. Hope you continue with this quality and hope to see another new video soon.

    • @ftenzer
      @ftenzer Před rokem +1

      I see in this story the settlement by Portuguese people of areas that at the time were allegedly uninhabited, I need and want an empty area to move to, as you can see in my own comment on this CZcams video.

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Před rokem +16

    Make more videos on naval history :)

    • @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt
      @CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Před rokem

      AVEROF

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @The Philosoraptor The Nutterlands is the shadow of England. All they did was overshadowed by the English, and their language is basically redundant even in their own land now. Such self-respect they have, not. Good thing the liberal crazies imported Islam to deal with their liberalism cancer. How funny that liberals paid for their own solution.

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 Před rokem +2

      I want a video on the naval battle Lepento

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @@theawesomeman9821 Yes. Lepanto is important. The Spanish Empire, with Italians helping, stopped the Ottoman. Without Spain, Italians would be speaking Turkish. The Siege of Austria (no, not that one; the other one) had help from the Spanish also. It wasn't only the Germans as most believe.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @The Philosoraptor I didn't say anything about genocide.

  • @devinhendon1996
    @devinhendon1996 Před rokem +10

    Boom Portugal 🇵🇹 🙌🏾

  • @liveadventurously
    @liveadventurously Před rokem

    Great content 🔥🔥

  • @stephenmoerlein8470
    @stephenmoerlein8470 Před měsícem

    Very interesting content. Thanks for posting.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem

    Nicely done video

  • @onumero1212
    @onumero1212 Před rokem

    Great video!

  • @filipematos2689
    @filipematos2689 Před rokem +4

    Loved it, as both an Azorean and has someone that loves history as a whole! Fun trivia: the Azores were given that name cus the initial setlers confused the indigenous Kite Birds (we call them Milhafres, a bird of prey that resembles a hawk) with an Azor, a mainland european bird of prey. We have no Azors here 😅

  • @mmm1113
    @mmm1113 Před rokem +2

    Great video. I have ancestors from terceira and pico islands. No wonder I love yams, it all makes sense now! 🇵🇹

  • @fernandaleonardo9693
    @fernandaleonardo9693 Před rokem

    Great video! I'm Azorean from the Terceira island. Come visit and fall in love with the 9 islands🤗

  • @Leugim010
    @Leugim010 Před rokem +6

    Is it colonisation if no one lived there to begin with?

    • @Leugim010
      @Leugim010 Před rokem +6

      Also, the term colonisation makes it sound like we have an illegitimate claim to the Azores

    • @Ogeroigres
      @Ogeroigres Před rokem +2

      Exactly.

    • @nbgoodiscore1303
      @nbgoodiscore1303 Před rokem

      I don't know mate, I think the birds and the spiders were the rightful owners of those islands :/

  • @paulopaiva7509
    @paulopaiva7509 Před rokem +2

    Hello! From Azores. 🌍❤️🇵🇹

  • @pedrolopes3542
    @pedrolopes3542 Před rokem +100

    Portugal didn't "colonized" Açores or Madeira, because those archipelagoes were uninhabited, therefore, the Açores were occupied, not colonized.

    • @bernardopratta3076
      @bernardopratta3076 Před rokem +29

      Portugal did colonize, to colonize means to: "send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it."
      Elon Musk's mission is to colonize Mars, not to occupy it.

    • @pedrolopes3542
      @pedrolopes3542 Před rokem +25

      @@bernardopratta3076 you know very well that this is not the connotation/meanings that people give to the word "colonization". Stop being disingenuous about it.
      I am from Madeira and literally none of us from Madeira think of ourselves as having been colonized by Portugal, we think of Madeira as being part of Portugal and our ancestors came from mainland Portugal. We are Portuguese in full right.

    • @zanel4195
      @zanel4195 Před rokem +13

      @@pedrolopes3542 You’re ignoring the definition of colonization for your ignorant, perceived connotation of the word. Occupation is way more harsh and typically describes the act of stealing or taking land from others.

    • @philipponte5643
      @philipponte5643 Před rokem +6

      lol I’m shaking my head over here by the way he’s chopped up every Portuguese name. If I wasn’t reading them as he was saying it I wouldn’t of known what the hell he was saying. The only thing he got right was colonized.lol

    • @shaolinshowdown1123
      @shaolinshowdown1123 Před rokem

      @@bernardopratta3076 💯🤣

  • @Ogeroigres
    @Ogeroigres Před rokem +6

    I'm from the Azores, born and bred.

  • @acanpc333
    @acanpc333 Před rokem

    Mad-eye-ra 😅🙈🙈🙈🙈 and Jogo (Diogo)…
    I really like the video and I am super impressed that there’s even a video on this topic!! I am a second generation Canadian of Azorean heritage!! Super interesting!!! What made you chose this topic ?
    My humble opinion: Good to check pronunciation a few times . And because there’s a European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese and this video is about the European Portuguese world maybe pronouncing things with European Portuguese Ways make be something to consider if you make another video in this realm😊

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 Před rokem +1

    Nice video.

  • @MyLatinLife
    @MyLatinLife Před rokem

    Amazing!

  • @ghomem
    @ghomem Před rokem

    As an azorean, I enjoyed this video quite a lot

  • @danvelez5838
    @danvelez5838 Před 3 dny

    T-sarah..I'm a cabral.man they stayed on those islands A LONG TIME! My family left about 1900.

  • @wythore
    @wythore Před rokem +4

    Fun fact, the Azores were colonized by such a large group of german and specially dutch settlers that even today, the azores accent of portuguese is so weird and different to the "mainland" one that when we have news from the Azores and someone is speaking, subtitles are included. Madeira's accent is a bit similar to the Azores one, but to a lesser degree; if you know portuguese, you can look up interviews of Cristiano Ronaldo's mother talking and see for yourself (he himself lost his Madeira's accent since moving to Lisbon to play for Sporting).
    There's also a legend that the polish king Władysław III didn't die in the famous battle of Varna and instead lived the rest of his days secluded in Madeira where he was known as Henrique Alemão ("Henry the German") where he wed and had 2 sons (some accounts even atest that one of his sons was Christopher Columbus, but thats too much of a stretch hahah). According to the legend, a delegation of polish monks traveled there and certified he was in fact the polish king.

    • @goingfreenow3297
      @goingfreenow3297 Před rokem +1

      There were quite few Germans living there when I went to go visit.

  • @tieman733
    @tieman733 Před rokem +6

    As a portuguese:
    PORTUGAL, CARALHO!

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano Před 2 měsíci

    It makes sense that the Norse found the Azores first. The wind patterns in the Atlantic mean that it’s hard to sail directly to the Azores from Southern Europe. However the Azores lie directly along the return route from the Americas

  • @thadsul
    @thadsul Před rokem +2

    Loved the video, um salve brasileiro aos açorianos!
    About the mispronunciation of Madeira, I won't judge an english speaker for not being able to pronounce "ei" correctly, since I have seen what they do to the "eu" at the end of my own name...

    • @alaviaro3501
      @alaviaro3501 Před rokem

      I thought that is how European Portuguese pronounce ei.
      Ei turns into ai.

  • @carlossaraiva8213
    @carlossaraiva8213 Před rokem +1

    The açoreanos are tough people. Love from a fellow portuguese from the continent.

  • @phillippereira955
    @phillippereira955 Před rokem

    Azores is where my parents are from. Great video

  • @FilipeSilva-T89
    @FilipeSilva-T89 Před rokem

    I am azorean and we live a great life in Azores today,
    Tanks for the video 😉

    • @bragaboyz4435
      @bragaboyz4435 Před rokem

      the discoverers were the moors and the name is جزر الأزور

  • @evanneal4936
    @evanneal4936 Před rokem +5

    Wait how did Portugal grow crops like maise corn and sweet potatoes when America hasn't been discovered yet? Those crops are unique to the Americas...

    • @urracabolivar1374
      @urracabolivar1374 Před rokem

      I was wondering the same thing.

    • @Dracopol
      @Dracopol Před rokem +1

      If they count "early in the colonization" as the first 100 years or so, there would be time for new crops to be imported to the Azores.

    • @luistheserrano4785
      @luistheserrano4785 Před rokem +1

      The sweet potato Portugal introduced in the Azores came from India, you know, the real India, not the India that the hapless Columbus discovered

    • @urracabolivar1374
      @urracabolivar1374 Před rokem

      @@vanesenastar8525 Sweet potatos, potatos, Cocoa bean "chocolate", Cocaine,Pineapples, corn, Avocados, Tomatoes, Quinoa, Peanuts, Peppers, blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, farkleberries, Beans, passion fruit, Papaya, Cashews, etc, etc, are from America.

  • @FreaKCSGOHacker
    @FreaKCSGOHacker Před rokem +1

    BABE WAKE UP
    Knowledgia made a Portugal video

  • @Navpo01
    @Navpo01 Před 4 měsíci

    Not many people know about this hidden European paradise. I myself born and raised in St. Michael, Ponta Delgada! Live in New England Massachusetts now.

  • @VeraDonna
    @VeraDonna Před rokem +1

    Good video, but how did you manage to misspell the names of the islands like that?

  • @cookietrouble4637
    @cookietrouble4637 Před rokem +1

    There’s a guy here saying there are only 7 islands.. they are 9! Don’t let yourself get fooled by his ignorance 🤦🏻‍♂️
    Proud to be Azorean from Santa Maria 😁 thanks for the video!

  • @jorginalinhares-7016
    @jorginalinhares-7016 Před rokem

    Acores. Ainda. Tem. Muita. Coisa. Escondida. Orgullho. Em. Ser. Acoriano. Onde. A. Paz. Esta. A. Frente. Da. Porta. Onde. America. E. Canada. Continua. Sendo. O. Coracao. Onde. No. Brasil. Fomos. Sem. Volta.

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 Před rokem +1

    these islands are important not because they make good colonies but they are strategic staging grounds

  • @williamivanhoe8264
    @williamivanhoe8264 Před 11 měsíci

    Ah, the Flemish Islands! Where oxcart and windmills are still seen. Concerning the "relheiras" (rails i suppose), wouldn't be surprised for easier (ox?)cart transportation. But why (going seemingly nowwhere particular)? This we have all seen with the lineways (lijnbanen) for rope production. They need a track to span the cords, sometimes hundreds of meters. By twisting the different strains, the cord get tighter. Typical machinery to do so, is a moving cart (lopende bok). Azoren were very important hub for further sea-faring, especially tools and equipment were there produced/repaired. Wouldn't be surprised that early advanced rope production was one of the typical activities there.

  • @cristovaopt
    @cristovaopt Před rokem

    São Miguel here, don't forget to ask at restaurants for blikas fritas com molho laiã, it's tradition

  • @Gliese380
    @Gliese380 Před měsícem

    And as always no mention of the the Azores previously being called the Flemish Islands due to being settled by Flemish people, albeit under the Portuguese flag.
    "People from Flanders settled in the Azores beginning in 1450. By 1490, there were 2,000 Flemings living in the islands of Terceira, Pico, Faial, Sao Jorge, and Flores and because there was such a large Flemish settlement, the Azores became known as the Flemish Islands or the Isles of Flanders."

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd Před rokem

    They have good advisor stats

  • @Jonasfixethereal
    @Jonasfixethereal Před rokem +1

    My guy, how did you mess the island names so bad?:P

  • @RMAGGR
    @RMAGGR Před rokem

    Every time he says A-zorss I feel like I'm being poked in the temple.

  • @sergiobastos4274
    @sergiobastos4274 Před rokem +1

    Azores is composed by 9 islands, not 7. Nice vídeo.

  • @mcosta1819
    @mcosta1819 Před rokem +2

    The pronunciation of Madeira is killing me lol

  • @jonnyfodaw7282
    @jonnyfodaw7282 Před rokem +1

    AAAAnd now we are a touristic hotspot so...ya know... come here! E a toda a malta continental, apareçam por cá!

  • @dantevenne6865
    @dantevenne6865 Před rokem +1

    I mean this feels more like a school project rather than a knowledge channel when you don't research properly. (São Miguel, Pico Island, Terceira) The islands names and pronunciations were je ne sais quoi... Good video still 👌🏻

  • @homemurso1484
    @homemurso1484 Před rokem +2

    There's new discovered ruins and artifacts in the Azores Islands that point for a pre portuguese ancient civilization living here thousands of years back. Such as burial piramid shaped stone mounts, arrow heads, symbols and animals carved in stone and even big dragon shaped white stone.
    Check it out for yourselves.

    • @robertolang9684
      @robertolang9684 Před rokem

      where ? you can't find that in the net

    • @homemurso1484
      @homemurso1484 Před rokem

      @@robertolang9684
      Search for Prof Felix Rodrigues. James Cameron made a documentary called Atlantis Rising where Prof Felix showed what he found here.

    • @robertolang9684
      @robertolang9684 Před rokem +2

      @@homemurso1484 ha ha ha , i know that long ago , there tracks in the rocks from wheels dated from 7000 years ago the same ones in portuguese continente i guarda distric , that nobody know how it can be possible

    • @goingfreenow3297
      @goingfreenow3297 Před rokem

      @@robertolang9684 I watched the documentary. Atlantis rising

    • @veridicusmaximus6010
      @veridicusmaximus6010 Před rokem

      @@homemurso1484 Nothing about the Azores in that Doc.!

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Před rokem +1

    After watching this video, I'm immediately think of this scenario about sometime before Granada will be conquered, some members of the House of Nasr escaped along with some Muslim and Jewish refugees and established an independent state that is used as base of operation for privateering against Castile, Aragon and Portugal. Will this scenario worked? After all, this island has been known among the Europeans at least around the 14th century. So I see no reason why the peoples from the Emirate of Granada will not heard of this.

  • @hermitey
    @hermitey Před rokem +2

    And thanks to the Azores and by the Tordesillas treaty, Portugal got Brazil. Without the Azores they would have never gotten an inch of Brazil.

    • @sangasp2286
      @sangasp2286 Před rokem +5

      Actually no, Portugal got Brazil cuz of Cape Verde and cuz the portuguese king at the time wanted more land, basically.
      And thank God Portugal got Brazil

  • @kellyfaria248
    @kellyfaria248 Před 8 měsíci

    Came to this video to learn some history of where my family is from. I was on the continent last week and kept seeing my last names on signs in the northern parts of Portugal around Aveiro, Porto, and Braga. Turns out Terceira was actually populated by Northern Portuguese people and Sephardic Jews. Third island to be discovered and thats where the name comes from Terca which means Third in Portuguese. Great video but some of the pronunciation and spelling of the island names were off. Madeira is prounounced (Ma-day-rah). "-eir" in Madeira is actually found in a lot of Portuguese words and names.

  • @maryocecilyo3372
    @maryocecilyo3372 Před rokem

    Faz o vídeo sobre Dinamarca e Gronelândia

  • @Sierramaster
    @Sierramaster Před rokem +1

    As an azorean this video was really interesting, went a bit above what we learned in school, thanks

  • @eduardogoncalves4159
    @eduardogoncalves4159 Před rokem +11

    I'm sorry but your pronunciation of Madeira is the worse thing I have ever heard anyone say, it was brutal. Azores can be tricky to say but nobody should be mispronouncing Madeira that badly.

    • @Swaggedoutshorty
      @Swaggedoutshorty Před rokem

      Yeah well English is the worlds dominant language, sucks to be Portuguese.

    • @LennyCash777
      @LennyCash777 Před rokem

      As a fellow Portuguese, let me just say that I think you need to chill out a bit with the criticism of how English speakers pronounce Portuguese words. I'm pretty sure everyone, including us Portuguese, mispronounce things when it comes to words that are not of our native tongue. The narrator's pronunciation of "Madeira" could probably be better, but it makes sense for him to say it the way he does as a non-Portuguese speaker. That being said, I do find his pronunciation slightly amusing.

    • @briceni6136
      @briceni6136 Před rokem

      I don't think it's a phenomena you can associate with the entire English speaking community. It really does seem to be about which specific English speaking country in which you spent your life.

    • @eduardogoncalves4159
      @eduardogoncalves4159 Před rokem

      @@Swaggedoutshorty Why you hurt for? Also I live in England and was raised here, I know a lot of English people going to Madeira for holiday, I have never heard anyone say Madeira as bad as this narrator has. They say it the 'proper' English way, this narrator just invented a different way for some birazze reason.

    • @eduardogoncalves4159
      @eduardogoncalves4159 Před rokem

      @@LennyCash777 I never generalised English speakers in general, just this narrator...