Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory

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  • @RealLifeLore
    @RealLifeLore  Před 2 lety +2162

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    • @squa_81
      @squa_81 Před 2 lety +12

      Note:
      Portugal wasn't the last colonial empire. Just look at the overseas territorry of france today, and i'm also curious as to know who lefy africa last, france with algeria or portugal?

    • @dawg7_7
      @dawg7_7 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kieran939 yeah

  • @forgivezhariondissapointed4234

    Netherlands: I fight the Sea
    Britain: I sail the Sea
    China: I claim the Sea
    Portugal: I AM THE SEA

  • @mandategaming
    @mandategaming Před 2 lety +7290

    Plot twist: all the team sea funds go to Portuguese naval expansion

  • @fatkrab7556
    @fatkrab7556 Před rokem +618

    As a portuguese, the resumed explanation why this is happening is very simple
    -Portugal likes fish
    -Atlantic sea has good fish
    -Portugal conquers the atlantic sea
    -Profit

    • @volgshtein
      @volgshtein Před rokem +9

      I found few mistakes in the video, want you to clarify one potential mistake: why the canaries on the map in the video don't have the ocean territories belong them, just Portuguese islands?

    • @fatkrab7556
      @fatkrab7556 Před rokem +2

      @@volgshtein Good Question... If i had to guess, since i cant quite seem to fully understand your question, it is because portugal is divided into several methods of division, being the least defined NUTS I and the most NUTS III. In the NUTS I, there is only 3 portuguese divisions: Continental Portugal, RAA(Região Autonoma dos Açores, Autonomous Region Of the Azores, AKA Islands in the middle of the northern atlantic ocean, amazing place), and the RAM(Região Autónoma da Madeira, Autonomous Region of the Madeira Islands, AKA Islands next to the Spanish Canary islands and birthplace of Cristiano Ronaldo). Since the Madeira Islands are a Huge part of the portuguese territory in what comes to a possible expansion, its clear the maps representing the Already-in-usage territory expansion would wish to detail the fact that portugal owns territory in the african continent, expanding their water borders by a huge landslide!
      Does this awnser your question?

    • @faustino1327
      @faustino1327 Před rokem

      @@volgshtein then costa spends the money money, and puff, we fucked again

    • @volgshtein
      @volgshtein Před rokem +4

      @@fatkrab7556 thank you. I'm trying to say that on the maps in this video you can see all ocean territories around Portuguese islands are belong to Portugal, but i guess that the same should be for the Spanish islands and for territories of other countries with access to the sea, like Morocco. So this is not shown on this maps and I don't know how is the real division on the water works.

    • @volgshtein
      @volgshtein Před rokem +2

      @@fatkrab7556 i found the answer: savage islands

  • @fjcrod
    @fjcrod Před 2 měsíci +9

    Back when I was a student at university in the early 1980s, I took a legend and myth history course. One of the lectures involved her discussing Portugal's roll in the great age of discovery. The following class, the professor had mentioned that after the previous lecture, many students had come up to her to discuss what they had just learned. They were all astounded at the magnitude of Portugal's role in discovering the new world. As a result, the professor dedicated that day's lecture strictly to the influence of Portugal during those centuries of great exploration. Being of Portuguese background, I felt so proud that these students were finally understanding just how important role Portugal played in the centuries coming out of medieval Europe. Yes, Portugal kick started one of the most important periods in world history. Portugal is the sea.

  • @BHuang92
    @BHuang92 Před 2 lety +5246

    Netherlands: We are expanding our territory by making land!
    Portugal: *We are expanding our territory...metaphorically*

    • @bcchiriac4512
      @bcchiriac4512 Před 2 lety +50

      By making that possible, that would require a lot of work and nobody would want to expand the country double its size for what and talk about the rising sea level that's not possible.

    • @Cocosluvsu
      @Cocosluvsu Před 2 lety +42

      Netherlands is the Russian guy of the party

    • @neonbunnies9596
      @neonbunnies9596 Před 2 lety +17

      China: *We are expanding our territory for political gain!*

    • @Duck-wc9de
      @Duck-wc9de Před 2 lety +52

      its very hard to do that kind of infrastructure in portugal. the north sea is 20m deep on average, and the estuaries in the netherlands dont get much deeper than that. in portugal, the coast starts rigt at the depth 80m in the end of the tagus and 500 m just a few kilometers of the coast.
      this helps the upwelling and that's one reason why the portuguese beaches are extremely cold.
      in the canon of nazaré it can get to 2000 m even closer to the coast. even the duch cant polder this far... i mean... lets not give them ideas.....

    • @rodrigopires5261
      @rodrigopires5261 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Duck-wc9de Bro, in algarve the water temperature was 23 celsius thats very hot, only the side facing the ocean is cold and not "extremely"

  • @user-xp8nq5mf9y
    @user-xp8nq5mf9y Před 2 lety +5708

    There’s literally nothing wrong or crazy about territory expansion, all the fish jn the water are Portuguese and should pay their due taxes.

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 Před 2 lety +278

      With their flesh!!!

    • @fullmetaltheorist
      @fullmetaltheorist Před 2 lety +129

      If fish could pay taxes the British would have never let their navy diminish as much as it has.
      And I see that your profile picture is from the world War 2 meme.

    • @pedromedeiros1186
      @pedromedeiros1186 Před 2 lety +49

      @@genghiskhan6809 Kinky…

    • @x-treme9248
      @x-treme9248 Před 2 lety +9

      And if they cant pay taxes they will have to die

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      @johnfran3218 Před 2 lety

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  • @AjarTadpole7202
    @AjarTadpole7202 Před rokem +47

    "Last one to leave"
    Spain sweats nervously

  • @taserrr
    @taserrr Před rokem +90

    I don't think most people would mind the extension of their EEG.
    Actually 2-3 decades ago they had found a large reserve of oil fields a few miles from the mainland coast. They held a referendum and the majority of people (like over 80% if I remember correctly), voted not to drill oil. The reason is that it would probably affect their coastline and tourism, a major part of Portugese economy. So yeah, they have a lot of resources in the sea but aren't using them to attain their countries beauty, and if you've ever visited Portugal it has a beautiful coast.

    • @ericjohnson7234
      @ericjohnson7234 Před rokem +2

      Yet the money that this EEG would assembly line in, would give Portugal the necessary funds to keep its prestine coastline prestine. Using the money revenue, and may even lead to another technology that environmentalists would love, liek clean coal, clean ocean gas. Could you imagine how many places around the world could benefit from something like this? Far reaching potential, that we would deny ourselves? Is just sad.

    • @bernardopratta3076
      @bernardopratta3076 Před rokem +2

      Não acredito que esse referendo tenha acontecido...

    • @Betokan
      @Betokan Před rokem +2

      ​@@ericjohnson7234 Studies were done at the time. Portugal was hardly going to profit from the exploration due to the agreements that were in place with the oil drilling companies.

    • @ericjohnson7234
      @ericjohnson7234 Před rokem

      @@Betokan that is still alot of natural resources that can help Europe out of a spot if we are to retake Europe for the good of its people. sounds like a broken record but im not done yet. I want Europe returned to its peoples hands. perhaps that can still be done through the gods hands. a godlike wonder. perhaps? A miracle?

    • @EchoesOfVoid
      @EchoesOfVoid Před rokem +4

      The decision not to explore oil in Portuguese territory was probably one of the best decisions of the last 60 years in Portugal and the Portuguese who think otherwise are very stupid. The Portuguese state would only receive +- 45 thousand euros/month for all occupied land areas and 575 thousand euros/month for maritime areas. and royalties (value paid per barrel) 0.1% to 5% per barrel in maritime explorations and between 3% to 8% in land explorations depending on the production volume. To make matters even worse, all oil and gas discovered would belong entirely to the concessionaire with no obligation to stay in the country.

  • @ShortHax
    @ShortHax Před 2 lety +9126

    It's funny to think that Portugal might eventually encompass a larger population of aquatic life than people

    • @TheHotBlade
      @TheHotBlade Před 2 lety +678

      Hahaha those fish will have no clue that they're being ruled by a goverment.

    • @Darkerio
      @Darkerio Před 2 lety +41

      e

    • @supermaster2012
      @supermaster2012 Před 2 lety +827

      That's already true for literally every single country with coastline...

    • @platinum-or3y
      @platinum-or3y Před 2 lety +146

      @@supermaster2012 Or lakes

    • @mandategaming
      @mandategaming Před 2 lety +38

      Only country that has already done that is us Australians ._.

  • @tiagoandrade6994
    @tiagoandrade6994 Před 2 lety +2782

    "If you live outside the Iberian peninsula you probably don't think about Portugal a lot."
    Football/soccer fans: Oh, you underestimate me

    • @mrconfusion87
      @mrconfusion87 Před 2 lety +39

      Yup! And the football/soccer nation is LEGION! 🤣

    • @chombus2602
      @chombus2602 Před 2 lety +108

      @Alex ' I think they are talking about Cristiano Ronaldo

    • @DonCristian_DP
      @DonCristian_DP Před 2 lety +107

      @Alex ' Portugal's teams are very respectable and well-known in European competitions, such as the UEFA Champions League. Saying that only their national football team gives them recognition in the football world is pretty ignorant and disrespectful.

    • @Wakeuptorealityman
      @Wakeuptorealityman Před 2 lety +31

      Who doesn't know Portugal in football

    • @locobot
      @locobot Před 2 lety +3

      @Cristian_DP "respectable" yeah right... all of the top 3 teams getting smashed 5-0 in the champions league

  • @miguelribeiro5759
    @miguelribeiro5759 Před rokem +54

    Both my grandparents fought in ultramar war, One in Angola and Moçambique, the other one in Guiné. The two are still Alive and the things they tell me are about the war times are so interesting and some sad like my grandpa carrying a dead friend for kms while wonded by a frag grenade, or running from crocodilos and what surprised me the most was that they didn't want to fight, they were all friends but the governments ideals are always like this. A lot of the Middle ages society in Portugal was born in the old overseas territories, my mother was born in Luanda, Angola In the Middle of the fight with shots bursting through the hospital. My uncle in Maputo, Moçambique and the majority of my friends parents were born there also. Portugal is for us the best country because of all the history that is hidden in this little piece of land 🇵🇹

    • @JohnnyDoh
      @JohnnyDoh Před rokem +10

      Respect from a part Portuguese American 🇺🇸❤️🇵🇹

    • @carinamurillo2150
      @carinamurillo2150 Před rokem +3

      I can attest to that. My own mother was born in Moçambique too.

    • @jeanlundi2141
      @jeanlundi2141 Před 9 měsíci

      I'm portuguese and most of my cousins were all born in Moçambique.

  • @mari0auseva
    @mari0auseva Před rokem +163

    Portugal, one of the very best nations of the world to live in. Weather, friendly people, awesome culture and beautiful land. You portuguese should be proud of it. From a Spanish brother...

    • @joaoandre3357
      @joaoandre3357 Před rokem +20

      thanks man, from a portuguese

    • @andrediego6131
      @andrediego6131 Před rokem +1

      but if you cant speak portuguese, good luck trying to interact properly with anyone outside the big cities

    • @mari0auseva
      @mari0auseva Před rokem +12

      @@andrediego6131 well, we can say that on the vast majority of the countries which are non english-spoken as first language. Obviously there can be exceptions, like in the north european countries but that's not the case on the rest of the world...ask any Japanese or chinese, for example, in English and you'll be surprised

    • @animalia_144
      @animalia_144 Před rokem

      Portugal literally enslaved the African children in Angola and Mozambique. It caused mayhem across Africa.

    • @andrediego6131
      @andrediego6131 Před rokem +3

      @@animalia_144 and so did many other countries?

  • @forgivezhariondissapointed4234

    Canada now: Oh Portugal, it's that faraway country I hear about in exotic tales and history books.
    Canada in the future: Oh hello neighbour. How aboot some beer?

    • @electro10306
      @electro10306 Před 2 lety +25

      Yeah, Portugal also had colonies in Canada before Colombus arrived

    • @MartimCorreia10
      @MartimCorreia10 Před 2 lety +28

      Yeah we discovered new foundland that's why it's called Terra Nova and newfoundland

    • @heldercardoso8552
      @heldercardoso8552 Před 2 lety +33

      Canada is called Canada because the Portuguese name it this way ,CA Nada ,meaning nothing here

    • @AliAhmed-xc7zf
      @AliAhmed-xc7zf Před 2 lety +7

      @@heldercardoso8552 tf fr? Lmao.

    • @rafalopes7812
      @rafalopes7812 Před 2 lety +3

      @@heldercardoso8552 Theory*

  • @lemagnifique1573
    @lemagnifique1573 Před 2 lety +3210

    Portugal : *extended the ocean territory*
    China : finally a worthy opponent

    • @therealnynetynyne360
      @therealnynetynyne360 Před 2 lety +37

      Portugal is an 🐜 compared to China, which also pollutes more than any nation on earth except India. No single nation could stand up to China atm. I wish that wasn't the case but it is.

    • @alexknox1596
      @alexknox1596 Před 2 lety +4

      OK!

    • @exynth1a215
      @exynth1a215 Před 2 lety +150

      @@therealnynetynyne360 dzul is comparing china to portugal because they both want more ocean territory, thing is china is actively taking the ocean territories of other countries

    • @MeneTekelUpharsin
      @MeneTekelUpharsin Před 2 lety +42

      @@therealnynetynyne360 China can't even stand up to itself. It's facing serious birth issues.

    • @emiliospowerballer1441
      @emiliospowerballer1441 Před 2 lety +18

      France: LOL, amateurs

  • @tierno3790
    @tierno3790 Před rokem +35

    I don't understand how this map can show the Portuguese EEZ from Madeira going straight up against the Canary Islands, which belong to Spain. Surely Spain also wants the sea area 200 miles around the Canary Islands?

    • @AjarTadpole7202
      @AjarTadpole7202 Před rokem +1

      Spain is just a rebellious part of portugal anyway

    • @rodri_rf9200
      @rodri_rf9200 Před rokem +12

      because we own a few rocks there, we claim that part of the EEZ

    • @woofwoof7226
      @woofwoof7226 Před rokem +1

      Exactly. Seems like a poorly planned subject matter for this video

    • @fatkrab7556
      @fatkrab7556 Před rokem +1

      @@rodri_rf9200 Obrigado por explicares, estes marmelos não conseguem ir ver o mapa de portugal sem começarem a chorar

  • @shudust
    @shudust Před rokem +1

    been watching ur vids for a lil bit now and ive quickly become a fan. i dont mind the low volume music that accompanies your voice but i would definitely appreciate it more if it was music without percussions. the hats in this mellow trap beat for exmample can be a bit distracting when i im trying to pay attention to the monologue. cheers mate!

  • @GrandAudio
    @GrandAudio Před 2 lety +2078

    Kudos to those people who are actually clearing up the beaches!

  • @HF06
    @HF06 Před 2 lety +3196

    Just a correction: when Portugal was ruled from Rio, Brazil wasn't a colony anymore, it was part of the Kingdom, so Portugal wasn't ruled from its colony.
    It was called the United Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil.
    I think it's impossible to be ruled from a colony since if the royal family settles there it automatically becomes part of the country.

    • @afonsoguedes6108
      @afonsoguedes6108 Před 2 lety +394

      Actually, it was called the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves. Because the official name of Portugal was Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves, so when Brazil became part of the kingdom, they had to change the name

    • @stalinumonwotblitz7743
      @stalinumonwotblitz7743 Před 2 lety +27

      @@afonsoguedes6108 exactly

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard Před 2 lety +24

      @@afonsoguedes6108 The Algarve was a Kingdom too, even if only by name.

    • @afonsoguedes6108
      @afonsoguedes6108 Před 2 lety +29

      @@GumSkyloard it was part of Portugal

    • @l0rdcroissant
      @l0rdcroissant Před 2 lety +5

      it's interesting since I was told they hid in the Azores and made that their new home.

  • @leito1257
    @leito1257 Před rokem +22

    This is great news for Portugal 🇵🇹
    Hope they succeed in them goals.

  • @Annoyingeditzwaddlesarc2012
    @Annoyingeditzwaddlesarc2012 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This was really informative and interesting! Keep making insane videos!😊

  • @bernnh
    @bernnh Před 2 lety +1856

    pulling sea related shenanigans is basically in my blood at this point, I’m half Dutch and Portuguese xD

    • @DonCristian_DP
      @DonCristian_DP Před 2 lety +51

      That's a very nice combination for sure haha

    • @unclegardener
      @unclegardener Před 2 lety +110

      @@DonCristian_DP Yeah both invaded my country Malaysia. Very nice indeed. 😂

    • @LorisTheUntethered
      @LorisTheUntethered Před 2 lety +87

      Well your ancestry means your family tree stole the spice trade from itself which is cool I guess.

    • @renanassis9598
      @renanassis9598 Před 2 lety +55

      @@unclegardener I'm brazilian, and both also invaded my country!!

    • @felicitations3529
      @felicitations3529 Před 2 lety +16

      the sea is both your best friend and worst enemy

  • @BrunoRibeiro-po2bv
    @BrunoRibeiro-po2bv Před 2 lety +1546

    In Portugal, this plan is extensively talked about in schools. Thank you for the video, and for putting Portugal in the spotlight 🇵🇹

    • @_JPTS_
      @_JPTS_ Před 2 lety +27

      @Anti-socialist brazilian. hahaha verdade finalmente um brasileiro com sentido de humor
      E já agora socialismo é a maior doença do século 21

    • @LUN4RA
      @LUN4RA Před 2 lety +21

      this won't go well, there's parts where the portuguese EEZ touches with Spain's territorial waters and also with their own islands, so they can't do some of them

    • @LUN4RA
      @LUN4RA Před 2 lety +23

      @Anti-socialist brazilian. Spain won’t let them LOL, they’re very touristic islands

    • @diogocosta7881
      @diogocosta7881 Před 2 lety +3

      Nos falamos sobre isto
      Eu n me lembro 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹

    • @jypsridic
      @jypsridic Před 2 lety +7

      @@LUN4RA I was under the impression that spain is currently in a state of financial ruin and would be happy to offload some territory for a few stacks of cash

  • @sublimelove23
    @sublimelove23 Před rokem +50

    Learning about Portugal and Spain’s naval history is always amazing. They ARE the sea.

    • @PiotrDzialak
      @PiotrDzialak Před rokem +6

      it is full of genocide, I am not sure if "amazing" is the right word...

    • @boomyminecraft2more
      @boomyminecraft2more Před rokem

      @@PiotrDzialak well, the portuguese discoveries were fueled by the templars which all fled to portugal as it was the only country in europe who would house them and protect them, so you can't really be surprised of a few purges of heretics and pagans...

    • @nelsonteixeira3804
      @nelsonteixeira3804 Před rokem +9

      @@PiotrDzialak a lot of countries with amazing feats also made very bad things, that doesn't change the fact that an amazing feat, is in fact amazing

    • @forrest16
      @forrest16 Před rokem +1

      @@nelsonteixeira3804 like hitler , we the same fr

    • @Brockliy
      @Brockliy Před rokem +2

      @@forrest16 we didn’t commit genocide so how are we the same as hitler

  • @caveman88647
    @caveman88647 Před rokem +146

    Hi, I'm Portuguese, and I must say, this is the most synthetic and accurate analysis short video I could see about Portugal's colony history (with all the bad and racist policy but also the European political analysis). An astonishing true historic description. Even learn details! I'll keep my curiosity subscription for sure. If this demonstrates the quality of all the other's curiosity, I'm in. Congrats.

    • @euclois
      @euclois Před rokem +7

      it's not the most accurate analysis but gives a rough idea and it's good enough.

    • @PiotrDzialak
      @PiotrDzialak Před rokem

      It omits two essential facts: Transatlantic Genocide (so-called Slave Trade) and burning of the whole nations along the African coast. The video has some good qualities but is heavily white-washed...

    • @spiritofecstasy1517
      @spiritofecstasy1517 Před rokem

      Looking at your nation's evil past of racism,proselytizing,massacre,I couldn't say if you're equally evil as your country HAHA

    • @DashRiprock513
      @DashRiprock513 Před rokem +3

      skimmed right past the whole slavery thing

    • @John_the_Paul
      @John_the_Paul Před rokem

      Synthetic?

  • @PeoSabido
    @PeoSabido Před 2 lety +658

    As a Portuguese citizen, I am not sure what to think of "The Portuguese always have a creative way of seeming much bigger than they really are." 😏 😤

    • @tiagob7121
      @tiagob7121 Před 2 lety +45

      Well we were fighting the Ottoman Empire during the spices route. So I’m guessing small in size, but never an underdog?

    • @Costikeke
      @Costikeke Před 2 lety +6

      @@tiagob7121 u fun at party

    • @tiagob7121
      @tiagob7121 Před 2 lety +42

      @@Costikeke what sort of reply is that?

    • @franciscohenriques9322
      @franciscohenriques9322 Před 2 lety +21

      @@tiagob7121 ignora, o gajo é só burro mesmo...

    • @hondaservicecenter
      @hondaservicecenter Před 2 lety +2

      @@Costikeke how long u pp

  • @ultraspirex3710
    @ultraspirex3710 Před 2 lety +1810

    I like how you’re calling this insane when it’s just Portugal petitioning to the UN for more seafloor

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 Před 2 lety +139

      It's still insane due to all of the red tape they have to go through for that, only a man who already lost his sanity to bureaucracy is able to go through that much paperwork

    • @motttta
      @motttta Před 2 lety +305

      @@sephikong8323 "only a man who already lost his sanity to bureaucracy" Believe me, the Portuguese are well versed in insane bureaucracy

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 Před 2 lety +42

      @@motttta I am french myself so I know way too well what the Portuguese have to go through on a daily basis (and then some)

    • @meio_feio
      @meio_feio Před 2 lety +10

      Big American moment

    • @AdvancedSoul
      @AdvancedSoul Před 2 lety +43

      @@sephikong8323 I'm portuguese myself. Look up who is running the un now.

  • @NomadxElliot
    @NomadxElliot Před 2 lety +18

    Geez, this makes me want to move to Portugal and own a ship to man across The Portugal Ocean for fish and camping in islands.

  • @NewYorkPickers
    @NewYorkPickers Před 8 měsíci +1

    Informative, useful, and helpful.

  • @InvincibleSucks
    @InvincibleSucks Před 2 lety +1260

    “If you live outside of the Iberian peninsula, you probably don’t think about Portugal a lot”
    Me who is a Manchester United fan: You underestimate me
    I always get the most weird and unnecessary replies-

    • @schnuffelschnuffel141
      @schnuffelschnuffel141 Před 2 lety +19

      manchester united reminds me of everyone in my english texts book, they're all manchester united fans . . .

    • @sylvy16
      @sylvy16 Před 2 lety +4

      @@schnuffelschnuffel141 Guess that explains why everyone seems to hate us. Or why most people seemed to hate man u on sunday.

    • @ice711real
      @ice711real Před 2 lety +14

      siuuuuu

    • @woafy4967
      @woafy4967 Před 2 lety +7

      @@ice711real Salah >

    • @riskinhos
      @riskinhos Před 2 lety +3

      madeira isn't portugal

  • @Del_S
    @Del_S Před 2 lety +4488

    Portugal: *Starts colonialism and world-spanning empires*
    Britain: "Write that down, write that down!"

  • @FranciscoPerezCambur
    @FranciscoPerezCambur Před rokem

    I watch youtube all day, I watch around 50 videos a day. This is the best video this year, congrats.

  • @LucyWithAWhyy
    @LucyWithAWhyy Před 2 měsíci +1

    My parents are from Portugal. My dad was stationed in Mozambique. I have some great pictures of him there. He was there in the early 60s I believe.

  • @ricazz3054
    @ricazz3054 Před 2 lety +2309

    Portugal being the country of sea makes sense,after all our hymn literally starts with "Heroes of the sea "

  • @GazilionPT
    @GazilionPT Před 2 lety +333

    The map shown at 7:18 is a 21st century PARODY, it's not a real map from the Salazar era. That map is a parody of the authentic Salazarian map shown at 7:19

    • @tomi2205
      @tomi2205 Před 2 lety

      I thojght it was weird when I first looked at it lmao

    • @GazilionPT
      @GazilionPT Před 2 lety +10

      @@tomi2205 Both the original and the parody are weird maps... The parody perfectly copied the style of the original.

  • @DefenentlyNotPlayer1
    @DefenentlyNotPlayer1 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much for the video

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @acommenter4300
    @acommenter4300 Před 2 lety +240

    Portugal: We will be the largest sea nation
    TeamSeas: We'll clean that up for you

    • @NimiMariam
      @NimiMariam Před 2 lety +4

      @Lobster Reviews cool bro

    • @TheHotBlade
      @TheHotBlade Před 2 lety +2

      Let's hope there isn't too much trash floating about in their EEZs by any chance.

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 Před 2 lety

      @Lobster Reviews did ya?

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Před 2 lety

      Team-Seas is epic, but what about Team-Science?
      Will that be a Thing?
      I mean, Anti-Science is on the Rise, isnt it?
      So why not recommend some education-channel to each other? I think that will do something,
      so i recommend Hbomberguy and many others, even when no one asked, so to spread some Education.

  • @xylven5918
    @xylven5918 Před 2 lety +350

    Coincidentally, today (November 1st) is the 266th anniversary of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake.

  • @maxibennymicas
    @maxibennymicas Před rokem +1

    Excellent video, congratulations!

  • @Derek_Wyld
    @Derek_Wyld Před 2 lety +8

    lol I was never told shit about Portugal in high school or community college except like basic info on 3 Portuguese explorers. Honestly learning that Portugal started the age of European Imperialism as far back as 1415 and that Rome at its apex did not have all the land assets that Portugal did was crazy!

  • @gustavomatias2089
    @gustavomatias2089 Před 2 lety +658

    Just a correction, Portugal was liberated before end of napoleonic wars, in fact, portugal and england fought together to liberate Spain, before invaded toulousse, in france. The 3 napoleonic invasions to portugal failled.

    • @Alvar2001
      @Alvar2001 Před 2 lety +1

      Demasiado vinho do Porto bebes tú, vecino portugués. Os dais una importancia los portugueses que parecéis que estais todo el día borrachos. 1808 Bailén, España, primer ejército napoleónico completamente derrotado en Europa, 20.000 franceses prisioneros de los españoles. Los portugueses y los británicos siempre descansasteis durante los inviernos en Torres Vedras mientras eran los españoles los que seguían haciendo la guerra en su territorio. Hay que joderse que venga un portugués a decir que libertó España. Vosotros solos no sois nada, nunca lo fuisteis.

    • @nunoalvaresrpereira3676
      @nunoalvaresrpereira3676 Před 2 lety +48

      @@Alvar2001 " Torres Vedras mientras eran los españoles los que seguían haciendo la guerra en su territorio. ", Tambêm abusas do vinho tu ,não? para as tropas de Napoleão chegarem a Portugal passaram a Espanha toda ,certo? "Vosotros solos no sois nada, nunca lo fuisteis." Sempre fomos resilientes e sobreviventes e tudo o que outrora foi alcançado foi pela coragem e determinação dos nossos antepassados e se a natureza em 1755 nos trouxe tragedia e morte ,Castela em 60 anos que anexou as duas coroas e tentou controlar 2 impérios só conseguiu fazer Merda e levar porrada por todos os lados ,portanto guarda a garrafa e deixa lá os Portugueses serem felizes a sua maneira . Eu pensava que no Pais vizinho encontrariamos hoje um Pais Irmão mas pelas tuas palavras noto que alguns de vocês ainda nos guardam rancor e ainda têm a mania que são superiores aos Portugueses , mas não são . Viva Portugal Caralho

    • @gustavomatias2089
      @gustavomatias2089 Před 2 lety +26

      @@Alvar2001 Dont be mad... Put some ice and go to sleep, tomorrow its another day and you will wake up in the reality.

    • @Alvar2001
      @Alvar2001 Před 2 lety

      @@gustavomatias2089Estou moi san, compañeiro, e non gusto do alcol, por iso non paso por alto que un portugués quere presumir falando a lingua do seu dono dicindo que eles e os británicos liberaron a España. . Os portugueses non gañaron unha soa batalla contra os franceses, sempre acompañados de británicos ou británicos e españois. Os británicos non gañaron nin unha soa batalla por si mesmos contra os franceses. Os españois si, dende 1808 ata 1814. Preto de 400.000 franceses morreron loitando en España na meirande parte mortos por españois, son as contas francesas. E uns 500.000 españois, militares, mulleres, nenos, morreron loitando franceses. Bastante máis que británicos e portugueses xuntos. Nunca unha cidade portuguesa, ou europea, resistiu como Zaragoza ou Gerona. Garda a túa merda para ti.

    • @Alvar2001
      @Alvar2001 Před 2 lety +4

      @@nunoalvaresrpereira3676 Nuno, non chores, eu son eu e o resto do país non é responsable das miñas palabras, como Portugal non é culpable das túas parvadas. Xa dixen o que tiña que dicir noutra mensaxe. Pero quero referirme ao vídeo de youtube. Unha cousa son os desexos e outra a realidade. Aínda que nada se di publicamente, España sabe ben que Portugal quere estender as súas augas territoriais e zona económica exclusiva dende as Illas Salvaxes ata o Sur... chegando ata Canarias... ese son os vosos soños húmidos. As Illas Salvaxes non teñen augas territoriais nin zona económica exclusiva. Mentres intentes arrebatarlle espazo mariño a España, atoparáste coa dura realidade.

  • @LawrenceSteps
    @LawrenceSteps Před 2 lety +655

    As a long-time follower of RLL and a Portuguese man, this was particularly pleasing. And very well researched. Thank you.

    • @MarkChlenov
      @MarkChlenov Před 2 lety +6

      Can you pls tell how realistic this plan is? Because if it's possible why isn't it implemented yet? (I'm not trying to offend, just wondering bc don't know much)

    • @mightycannon1512
      @mightycannon1512 Před 2 lety +13

      @@MarkChlenov it is very realistic but needs time and resources

    • @greenvine120
      @greenvine120 Před 2 lety +13

      @@mightycannon1512 I’m basically assuming that the reason why it isn’t implemented yet is that it takes a lot of talking to UN officials
      And once it’s there and they find a large oil reserve... money time

    • @milomhoek
      @milomhoek Před 2 lety +10

      @@MarkChlenov they need aproval from the UN, which is very bureaucratic so takes a long time

    • @7stiano123
      @7stiano123 Před 2 lety

      Penaldo is finished

  • @Flandernify
    @Flandernify Před rokem +54

    I wonder how the transition into "modern times" of the French colonial empire compare to Portugal's. I have the impression Britain just gave up on it, knowing it was a lost battle, so it created the Common Wealth instead. Portugal was arguably on the other side of it: inflexible, lost it all. But France seems to have maintenained a lot of its old empire worldwide, using a similar strategy to the Portuguese: making those territories (somewhat) integral to the "European France".

    • @DanielHowardIRE
      @DanielHowardIRE Před rokem +15

      Exactly. I'm from Ireland which used to be a part of the British empire. All that remains here is Northern Ireland which will likely unify with the rest of Ireland in the near future. Britain, more specifically England, has rendered itself to being a small, nationalistic, small-minded and increasingly isolated nation. It's quite embarrassing and sad to see how much they've fucked themselves up with Brexit. Very few countries want to trade with them as they're seen as unstable and untrustworthy. That's how many former colonial powers end up. One needs only to look at Russia...

    • @randalthor1955
      @randalthor1955 Před rokem +4

      the country that begun integrating the overseas lands into the territory into equal terms was Spain, and if not the anglosaxon influence in the elites, and the napoleon invasion, very probably Spain would have stayed a unified nation, maybe divided in 3-4 pieces maximum(with american territories as main powers and spain as a side province) Still today you can see how succesfull that interrupted model was mixing and bringing to the world a new kind of people: the hispanoamericans. (no matter how badly the history has treated them). France and Portugal arrived a bit late, and coulndt get it. this model is known as the "roman empire model" a generator empire, in oposition to the british empire that was a predator model only.(only where they could exterminate the natives, they would generate).

    • @Flandernify
      @Flandernify Před rokem

      @@randalthor1955 Anglosaxon influence in the elites? What do you mean, maybe, the international influence of 1776?

    • @shakya00
      @shakya00 Před rokem +2

      "I have the impression Britain just gave up on it"
      No, it doesn't exist, no Empire give up like that. It's not because the Brits did destroy their archives that nothing happened in the colonies.
      And for France I don't understand your statement. No the French Empire is long gone. French Guyana and a few islands isn't whatI would call "a lot".

    • @knoll9812
      @knoll9812 Před rokem

      @@randalthor1955 Roman Empire was predator as well. They took countries and transferred wealth to Rome.
      Roman collapsed because it was taking more than it gave.

  • @ThaDuDeMaN1
    @ThaDuDeMaN1 Před 2 lety +3

    im from the Azores... now in Canada... Nice to see some recognition after so much history... BTW the war was the reason both my parents ended up in canada, my neighbors are from Angola, ended up here for the same reason.

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Před 2 lety +288

    Napoleon: *annexes Portugal*
    Portugal royal family: well I guess we’ll move here then
    Revolution: *takes back Portugal*
    Portuguese royal family: I guess we’ll go back
    Prince: Brazil is independent now
    Portugal: …ok

    • @inab9779
      @inab9779 Před 2 lety +22

      Brazil getting independence and keeping all of his territory instead of breaking apart in small republics is the most big brain move, just saying

    • @bollygod
      @bollygod Před 2 lety +17

      Pedro was a smart men and recognized in the entire Europe. Not only a hero for Brazil, but also for Portugal.
      1) The elite wanted to rule Brazil their own way.
      2) Pedro took the initiative to keep the territory in the Braganzas dynasty.
      3) He became King of Portugal while being Emperor of Brazil and abdicated the title for his oldest daughter, Maria. His brother (Miguel) married her.
      4) He abdicated the Emperor title of Brazil for his son and returned to Portugal to liberate the Kingdom from his brother and mother in a Civil War.
      5) He also was invited to be the King of Spain and Greece.
      6) He died young with tuberculosis and his heart is conserved in a glass. He died in the same palace where he was born.
      7) He was an advocate for the human rights and his last letter was sent to the Brazilian government to serious considerate the abolition of the slavery.

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 Před 2 lety

      @Lobster Reviews did ya?

    • @ARCANODESINE
      @ARCANODESINE Před 2 lety +1

      @@bollygod wouldn't say hero but ok

    • @Gouuh
      @Gouuh Před 2 lety +1

      @@Lucas-nq1dj we talking in english to people understand our discussion lol

  • @denyriva1894
    @denyriva1894 Před 2 lety +438

    Actually, as a Brazilian, I was taught that Dom Pedro I was aware of his need to leave Brazil if he wanted to keep Portugal's throne, so for the royal family not to lose control of Brazil, he had left his son Dom Pedro de Alcantara as a Principe Regente of the country. The story about deciding to "seize power" was written from the first moment the royal family left Brazilian lands.

    • @jonathangilbertmobil
      @jonathangilbertmobil Před 2 lety +42

      Interesting controversy you bring up there. Shows you how narratives shift and facts can be interpreted differently. Appreciate it. :)

    • @fgsaramago
      @fgsaramago Před 2 lety +40

      Well, both things are true. He was left behind as regent and then seized power

    • @denyriva1894
      @denyriva1894 Před 2 lety +18

      @@fgsaramago True. I was just throwing some light over the planned aspect of it all.

    • @carlosgabriel7887
      @carlosgabriel7887 Před 2 lety +7

      I'm from Brazil too, and that's true.

    • @D1str1ct
      @D1str1ct Před 2 lety

      And then along came Thomas Cochrane, El Diablo.............

  • @ohdude6643
    @ohdude6643 Před rokem +6

    Where the rest of the world see a liquid desert, the Portuguese see a vast flatland of opportunities.

  • @q7738
    @q7738 Před rokem +1

    Great channel, earlier comment is not directed towards channel! Great job and very informative👍

  • @somerandomguy4701
    @somerandomguy4701 Před 2 lety +287

    RLL: Portugal when it controlled everything it owned
    Also RLL: Forgets to put Guinea-Bissau as part of its Empire

  • @AgsmaJustAgsma
    @AgsmaJustAgsma Před 2 lety +726

    I find really amusing to hear Portugal's name with female pronouns, since its map has always been personified as the face of an old man with a thick mustache and pear.

    • @poankiyu7664
      @poankiyu7664 Před 2 lety +11

      A pear?

    • @Duck-wc9de
      @Duck-wc9de Před 2 lety +68

      Portugal and Marroco are the only countries that dont have gender in portuguese.... all other countries can be "o" if their gender is male, like japan or the UK, and "a", if they are feminin like france or germany.
      portugal, you can get it, but why marroco? and why its only this 2?

    • @GazilionPT
      @GazilionPT Před 2 lety +69

      @@poankiyu7664 He means a "goatee". It's a mistranslation: in Portuguese, "goatee" is "pêra", which also means "pear" (the fruit)

    • @poankiyu7664
      @poankiyu7664 Před 2 lety +6

      @@GazilionPT Oh right, thanks.

    • @Dummys_Revenger1
      @Dummys_Revenger1 Před 2 lety +8

      An example of English imitating Latin.

  • @gustavf.6067
    @gustavf.6067 Před rokem +1

    Your videos are masterworks. The background beats though are the only problem.

  • @deej-
    @deej- Před 7 měsíci +3

    Even though I was born and raised in the US, I love hearing about my Portuguese heritage and history.
    Força Portugal 🇵🇹

  • @RadenWA
    @RadenWA Před 2 lety +1550

    I’d like to thank Portugal for, out of all the Indonesian islands, took specifically Timor and _just_ the eastern part, creating the world’s only redundant country name of “East Timor” which means “East East” 🙃

    • @fgsaramago
      @fgsaramago Před 2 lety +190

      I chuckled at that but it's not that simple. The Portuguese name, Timor Leste means "Eastern part of Timor", not "East Timor" ;)

    • @matthoward7645
      @matthoward7645 Před 2 lety +178

      @@fgsaramago so eastern part of east?

    • @noahjones8616
      @noahjones8616 Před 2 lety +9

      @@matthoward7645 timor is the local name im guessing

    • @davidgarridoecunha7102
      @davidgarridoecunha7102 Před 2 lety +26

      Bem, também usamos o Timor-Lorosae , não?

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard Před 2 lety +29

      @@fgsaramago True, true. So, it's more "Eastern Timor" than "East Timor".

  • @flmbprt
    @flmbprt Před 2 lety +1471

    I am brazilian and very familiar with portuguese history, from whom we are a "spin off". The way Brazil is born, as a surreal "empire" in south-america always amazes me. Portugal is a very special nation, indeed.

    • @nunoamericano8720
      @nunoamericano8720 Před 2 lety +46

      tnx for the gold

    • @PedroSilva-km8wb
      @PedroSilva-km8wb Před 2 lety +120

      yet, brazilian kept insulting us every single day on the social media. I am very glad that you think like that. we dont hate Brasil, we are brothers from the same blood.

    • @nunoamericano8720
      @nunoamericano8720 Před 2 lety +8

      @@PedroSilva-km8wb e ele n teem o jose socrates e nos temos😎😎😎

    • @PedroSilva-km8wb
      @PedroSilva-km8wb Před 2 lety +10

      @@nunoamericano8720 A CULPA É DO PASSOS 😂

    • @nunoamericano8720
      @nunoamericano8720 Před 2 lety +12

      @@PedroSilva-km8wb querias tu ser como o Sir Enjinheiro Zé Socas

  • @lucasbentley3589
    @lucasbentley3589 Před rokem +11

    I totally thought this video would be about them making like a giant artificial island

    • @JordanPeterson.
      @JordanPeterson. Před rokem

      yeh i see there are other creative intellectuals like me

    • @JordanPeterson.
      @JordanPeterson. Před rokem

      im from Portugal and that is our c.o.a (equivalent to American CIA) plan. we will then claim another 200 miles out and continuously do that until we've conquered the world again and finally defeat the British empire. all without starting another world war

  • @crochetsupremestitches
    @crochetsupremestitches Před 2 lety +15

    I am Portuguese and the idea is insanely great !!! Actually there are some rumours that high technological entreprises can make artificial land between all the natural islands and the continental Portugal creating perhaps the first artificial world continent : Now this is really insane !!! Many congrats for the excellent summary of Portuguese history !

    • @geheimnis8187
      @geheimnis8187 Před 2 lety +5

      no dia que algum país consiga fazer uma ponte dos açores até portugal ia dar mais porcaria do que algo bom, os custos e os recursos são impossiveis para já, agora imagina a quantidade de vida marinha que ia morrer presa debaixo da areia ou terra que teria que ser deitada, não é concebível

    • @crochetsupremestitches
      @crochetsupremestitches Před 2 lety

      @@geheimnis8187 Sim tem razão , mas seria um continente tipo ponte mesmo ou como as construções palustres não com terra sólida mas com estacas de alta tecnologia e com devidos cuidados para com o meio ambiente ! Mas tambem concordo parece um pensamento demasiado demais , pelo menos para já !

    • @infectiouschick
      @infectiouschick Před rokem

      Eu sou tambem um portugues e acho esta ideia muito bom

  • @Khajiitwarrior98
    @Khajiitwarrior98 Před 2 lety +145

    Portugal didn't actually have to give up Macau. The 1887 Treaty of Peking gave Portugal the perpetual right to administer Macau, but was considered "Chinese land".

    • @Dragonfury3000
      @Dragonfury3000 Před 2 lety +33

      It was to establish good relationships with China they gave it up. It was a smart move.

    • @gustavodutra2817
      @gustavodutra2817 Před 2 lety +27

      If Portugal did not return Macau China would take it back as happened with Goa and India

    • @jjbarajas5341
      @jjbarajas5341 Před 2 lety +12

      @@gustavodutra2817 Should have given it to China.. the one on Taiwan.

    • @yangj0889
      @yangj0889 Před 2 lety +16

      @@Dragonfury3000 Considering how HK is turning out and what they’re doing to Macau now, not so great for the actual people of Macau.

    • @someonejustsomeone1469
      @someonejustsomeone1469 Před 2 lety +3

      @@yangj0889 it needed the mainlanders more than HK, though. Macau is not dynamic enough to be as self-sustainable like the other island. HK can afford to fight back a lost war, Macau cannot. The fact that so muh of Macau's revenue is from rich mainlanders going to casinos shows how little autonomy Macau had to begin with.

  • @ruanfernando
    @ruanfernando Před 2 lety +2214

    As a Portuguese speaker I died a little bit inside every time you called Portugal 'she/her'

    • @PedroHenriquedoNascimento
      @PedroHenriquedoNascimento Před 2 lety +385

      In English, countries are always referred as she/her.

    • @Mullkaw
      @Mullkaw Před 2 lety +771

      @@PedroHenriquedoNascimento "always" is an exaggeration, most people use "it"

    • @gjrip
      @gjrip Před 2 lety +155

      @@Mullkaw I always say "they" implying "the Portuguese govt".

    • @PrinceNation
      @PrinceNation Před 2 lety +301

      @@Mullkaw there’s historical context to calling countries she/her, I.E referring to homelands as the motherland

    • @timbuk1126
      @timbuk1126 Před 2 lety +90

      A bit dramatic, no?

  • @CharlieKellyEsq
    @CharlieKellyEsq Před rokem +6

    Go portugal!!! You're a madlad, and land is the ONLY non renewable resource. I hope they succeed.

  • @antoniomaria4096
    @antoniomaria4096 Před rokem +1

    Excellent resume of Portugal history. Congrats.

  • @arielgaray302
    @arielgaray302 Před 2 lety +385

    My country Ecuador is trying to do the same. Chinese ships have been patrolling and fishing just outside our Galápagos islands. So the government wants to extend our EEZ to cover the existing gap between the island's EZZ and the mainland, and to add more territorial waters here and there. That would probably more than double our territorial waters.

    • @TheNoobGamer8
      @TheNoobGamer8 Před 2 lety +28

      You guys are absolutely right.

    • @boio_
      @boio_ Před 2 lety +21

      Hugs to our Ecuadorian Brothers from Chile 🇨🇱♥️🇪🇨

    • @algumacoisa1232
      @algumacoisa1232 Před 2 lety +14

      Love from Brazil 🇧🇷. Hope you guys can do this

    • @rmp7400
      @rmp7400 Před 2 lety +29

      With 1 billion people, a collapsing economy AND weather disasters that caused major crop failures - you can bet the CCP is aggressively on the move worldwide for fertile land for their own people.

    • @seanynwa6975
      @seanynwa6975 Před 2 lety +9

      Hope you guys do it! 🇪🇨🤝🇺🇸

  • @yukibobz9633
    @yukibobz9633 Před 2 lety +203

    This was really relatable as a Japanese, bc we invested 600M dollars on 2 small rocks to secure a ton of EEZ.

    • @LeonidasArg2021
      @LeonidasArg2021 Před 2 lety +27

      Protect them from China, they will probably use the trick of bulding islands to steal them :c

    • @yukibobz9633
      @yukibobz9633 Před 2 lety +9

      @@LeonidasArg2021 the bigger concern is on Senkaku Islands claiming that it’s theirs, and they are sending a ton of boats to harass the Japanese coast guard.

    • @s4stats698
      @s4stats698 Před 2 lety +19

      @@yukibobz9633 unlease the kamikazes to destroy chinese boats

    • @LeonidasArg2021
      @LeonidasArg2021 Před 2 lety +8

      @@s4stats698 tenno heika banzaaaaaaaai
      *Chinese boats go kaboom*
      XD 🤣

  • @Animaduniversum
    @Animaduniversum Před rokem +1

    sponsorship done right. good job. good video.

  • @Xcyiterr
    @Xcyiterr Před rokem

    I know this is late and probably has already been posted before, but if anyone was wondering what the song in the background from 12:47 to 15:42 is
    it's "Dylan Sitts - Seasonal Allergies"
    have a good day

  • @julius43461
    @julius43461 Před 2 lety +322

    Russia: That's cute, now we are claiming the entire artic based on the continental shelf rule.

    • @overdose8329
      @overdose8329 Před 2 lety +31

      And Canada’s leaders don’t have the balls nor lack of treason to do anything about it

    • @aasamspb967
      @aasamspb967 Před 2 lety +25

      If that happens then China will claim South China Sea and India will claim the Indian Ocean. They have much more good reason to claim it. Both the water bodies have their own names in it.

    • @alfredorotondo
      @alfredorotondo Před 2 lety +9

      @@aasamspb967 based

    • @aasamspb967
      @aasamspb967 Před 2 lety +4

      @@alfredorotondo what?

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers Před 2 lety +9

      @@aasamspb967 and the gulf of mexico will become mexican

  • @caiabu4384
    @caiabu4384 Před 2 lety +147

    As someone who's speak Portuguese, in 2:13 it is written "Portugal e Mar!" which strangely translated to "Portugal is the Sea!". The problem is "Portugal e Mar" actually translates to Portugal AND the Sea, to get the translation to "Portugal is the Sea" it should be like: "Portugal É Mar" or "Portugal É o Mar".
    This E and É makes an enormous difference meanings in Portuguese language.
    É: Means affirmation: Portugal É (o) mar - Portugal is the Sea (which would be correct).
    E: Add something to the sentence: Portugal e Mar - Portugal and the Sea.
    This mistake is not the end of the world, just an observation.

    • @edgarglopes
      @edgarglopes Před 2 lety +13

      ai o acento, cuidado

    • @renanlll6542
      @renanlll6542 Před 2 lety +1

      Ninguém realmente liga, só nos BR kkkkkk

    • @renanlll6542
      @renanlll6542 Před 2 lety +2

      @@velkryn836 Que louco kkkkk. Não esperava.

    • @miguelpimentel5623
      @miguelpimentel5623 Před 2 lety +2

      Ele não pôs acento, provavelmente pq tem um teclado inglês, mas o lema é "portugal é mar"

    • @MrBX5
      @MrBX5 Před 2 lety +2

      @@miguelpimentel5623 é só pesquisar e fazer copiar-colar ou procurar a combinação de alt+número. Eu faço o mesmo cada vez que tenho de usar umlauts para escrever certas palavras alemãs.

  • @alexandrecordeiro928
    @alexandrecordeiro928 Před rokem +50

    I think about Portugal 🇵🇹 every day, miss it more than words can say. Saudades grandes.

    • @be4unvme
      @be4unvme Před rokem

      why did u leave?

    • @aldastroud9671
      @aldastroud9671 Před rokem +4

      Tb eu, sinto o cheiro, os sons... Faz parte da alma.

    • @bernardopratta3076
      @bernardopratta3076 Před rokem

      Também tive que imigrar, não há nada como a nossa casa.
      Temos que crescer cá fora para voltar à nossa terra e fazer a diferença.
      Desde o golpe militar de 74 que o nosso país está entregue a uma organização criminosa...

  • @michaelleue7594
    @michaelleue7594 Před 2 lety +1

    I got about halfway through. Here's hoping I never see another one of your videos in my feed!

  • @KO9596
    @KO9596 Před 2 lety +298

    So I guess Ronaldo isn't saying SIUUU when he scores, he's actually saying SEEEEEAAAAA!

  • @alanrichardhunt23
    @alanrichardhunt23 Před 2 lety +46

    Most people: Clean the sea
    Portugal: Become the sea

    • @vegetapt9144
      @vegetapt9144 Před 2 lety

      well its pretty much the same in this case, cuz we have been taking good care of our "backyard" the more our "backyard" grows, the more area of the sea beneficts from our protection ;)

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Před 2 lety

      @@vegetapt9144 Team-Seas is epic, but what about Team-Science?
      Will that be a Thing?
      I mean, Anti-Science is on the Rise, isnt it?
      So why not recommend some education-channel to each other? I think that will do something,
      so i recommend Hbomberguy and many others, even when no one asked, so to spread some Education.

  • @1starbrainfire
    @1starbrainfire Před rokem +2

    very interesting history video.👏🏻

  • @user-pd6be8ck9i
    @user-pd6be8ck9i Před 9 měsíci +1

    Great video, excellent graphics and great to see the history of an amazing country like Portugal going mainstream. A few facts worth mentioning, Napoleon never conquered the Portugal but a few areas of it, Goa is not a city, it is the smallest province of India, and would've been worth mentioning the main reason for the decline of the Portuguese empire being the infamous Iberian Union.

  • @yunosimi7170
    @yunosimi7170 Před 2 lety +831

    I'm just imagining the day when Portugal and Atlantis suddenly went to war for territorial claims.

    • @morganlee5774
      @morganlee5774 Před 2 lety +24

      Fun fact: Atlantis is actually New Zealand, because most of its territory is now underwater (95%) and used to be land with vegetation and everything. I know Atlantis was just a mythological history but NZ matches the plot so well :D

    • @linkin5088
      @linkin5088 Před 2 lety +43

      @@morganlee5774 Actually, there are multiple "missing continents" or atleast thought to be missing continents throughout history. Atlantis is considered to be a possibility, but it is not considered New Zealand, considering atlantis was considered to be in the atlantic lmao

    • @abelg9053
      @abelg9053 Před 2 lety +32

      @@morganlee5774 There's popular legends correlated to the Azores archipelago, about its islands being the top of the mountains of Atlantis after it sunk, and also stories about lake princesses. The island of Madeira is know as the Pearl of the atlantic. So I think portuguese islands can more closely relate to the legend of Atlantis than New zealand XD

    • @AurelionSass
      @AurelionSass Před 2 lety +2

      Heh, how do you think Atlantis ended up sinking.

    • @Longshot441
      @Longshot441 Před 2 lety +7

      @@AurelionSass Knowing people, someone had a hold my beer moment.

  • @notzaky4
    @notzaky4 Před 2 lety +230

    "Portugal's ambitious plan will place herself as the world's 16th largest country"
    _Lists 8th biggest, 10th biggest, 12th biggest countries_

    • @gojira4036
      @gojira4036 Před 2 lety +5

      Argentina, Algeria, Denmark (Owns greenland)

    • @user-fc7kj2hv3w
      @user-fc7kj2hv3w Před 2 lety +22

      I think it changes when all countries have their maritime territory added like Portugal. It may be an error though

    • @l23722
      @l23722 Před 2 lety +2

      @@user-fc7kj2hv3w , most countries will never be able to claim as much as Portugal for the simples reason that the their cathegory is based on the continental shelf size. Portugal does not have a continental shelf and thus will simply state that the whole north atlantic sea bed is part of it's "continental shelf". That is something that the UK or Ireland, the USA or Canada, which have large continetal shelves, will never be able to do. That is also why, few countries actually resquested to expand their territories, because few can find a reason to do so. Portugal's very proposal is in fact open. The project "Mar Portugal" leaves the door open for further expansions under the permission that there is a continum between the land being claim and the land beyond those bounderies. In other words, Portugal will eventuallu claim even more and did not do it yet simply because there are scientific studies that need to be presented in the UN that are still undone.

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Před 2 lety

      Team-Seas is epic, but what about Team-Science?
      Will that be a Thing?
      I mean, Anti-Science is on the Rise, isnt it?
      So why not recommend some education-channel to each other? I think that will do something,
      so i recommend Hbomberguy and many others, even when no one asked, so to spread some Education.

  • @Populous3Tutorials
    @Populous3Tutorials Před rokem +4

    6:12 the man, the myth, the legend for harry potter fans
    salazar slytherin

  • @rukjaiocarbookingapp2464

    Brilliant video 👍

  • @fromdahood
    @fromdahood Před 2 lety +66

    The star wars title "The empire strikes back" as a whole new meaning now

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno2302 Před 2 lety +347

    RealLifeLore, can you please make a video explaining why the majority of Indonesia's population lives on the island of Java, which is also the most populated island in the world. Thank you very much.

  • @vigolivenca
    @vigolivenca Před rokem +3

    Has any one else noticed the contradiction at 8:37 and at 10:34 Portugal is being criticized for being the the last European country to leave its colonies, but at 12:33 France is said to still possesses a large overseas empire with no critique attached, this is just a concreate example of the condescending tone all this video has, and how the perspective over historical events is obviously manipulated according to the one telling the story. Respect should be used when we talk about countries and cultures and historical events, in this specific case Portugal is an ancient and historically relevant country and culture, and when we criticize it you are potentially offending millions of persons, why the condescending tone?
    In the video he comments that Portugal has a tendency to try to be bigger that it is, if this not condescending I don't know what is.
    I'm not earing the narrator criticizing Rome, a single city state was able to grow to be the largest empire at the time in the west, isn't that trying to be bigger that it is? No critique there?
    It's obvious that any bully enjoys kicking the one lying on the ground, and Portugal once big is now small and poor, so appetizing isn't it? go for it, kick it once more. It says more about your personality than about Portugal's history :)

    • @TheKingoftheriff
      @TheKingoftheriff Před rokem

      He probably just skimmed through some wikipedia and pasted it here.

  • @sswe695
    @sswe695 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video my friend

  • @TheHotBlade
    @TheHotBlade Před 2 lety +173

    I can already imagine the sheer amount of fish and other aquatic life that will soon be living under Portuguese rule without even knowing it.

  • @ShadowsDML
    @ShadowsDML Před 2 lety +191

    9:34 The US and the USSR didn't support "the rebels" they each supported "their rebels"

    • @HumanPerson_final
      @HumanPerson_final Před 2 lety +11

      Tomato, tomahto. Revolution, Революция.

    • @tiagocabrita7497
      @tiagocabrita7497 Před 2 lety +11

      Which then lead to the Angolan civil war. Only because US wanted the oil and USSR wanted the geographic location.

    • @linkin5088
      @linkin5088 Před 2 lety

      @@HumanPerson_final nice.

    • @linkin5088
      @linkin5088 Před 2 lety

      @@tiagocabrita7497 America was smart about what they were fighting for, russia was looking to replace portugal. That's what i got from that lol

    • @tiagocabrita7497
      @tiagocabrita7497 Před 2 lety +6

      @@linkin5088 Well, if you call smart, giving weapons to rebels so they can massacre the local population and promoting a guerrila war. So I wouldn't say that they were smart on what they were fighting for. However they were smart on they way they planned it, by giving NATO equipment to Portugal and allying with the regime because it was anti communist and funding the rebels at the same time they made sure that if Portugal won they might have access to the oil and the region doesn't turn communist, if the rebels won US would have the oil and the region might turn communist. Notice that I said "they were smart on the way they planned" because what really happen was just dumb, US decided to give the rebels an advantage and prohibited the use of NATO equipment in africa but the rebels still lost the fight, they would however win independence because of a coup, but that made the region become communist and the oil was nationalised.
      USSR on the other hand won the geographic influence, but it didn't last long because the communist regimes became non aligned social democrats.
      If you think this is too long for you to read then here is the summary: messing with Portugal only leads to dumbfuckery.

  • @althechicken9597
    @althechicken9597 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The thumbnail made it seem like an ambitious plan to fill the water with dirt.

  • @carlsonjack
    @carlsonjack Před 2 lety

    Thanks for leading by example with the $5000 donation. You rock!

  • @hyperqprime
    @hyperqprime Před 2 lety +202

    I'm a dual citizen with US and Portugal. I was so excited when this popped up on my feed. Great video.

    • @chilidog4354
      @chilidog4354 Před 2 lety +8

      Me too.. Bay Arean Azorean now lives in the Azores...💚

    • @spastik6852
      @spastik6852 Před 2 lety +1

      me too haha my grandparents from aveiro but I live in Michigan

    • @tiagocabrita7497
      @tiagocabrita7497 Před 2 lety +7

      Yes, we shall keep sending more people to the US and soon Portuguese will be the largest minority and with time all of US will be ours.
      *insert Portuguese evil laugh*

    • @absofjelly
      @absofjelly Před 2 lety

      I didn't think the US allowed dual citizenship.

    • @LAVPK
      @LAVPK Před 2 lety

      @@absofjelly it is not the US, it is portugal, anyone who is born from portuguese parents/parent, or even if only the grandmother/grandfather migrated long ago, portugal still recognize them as portuguese, unlike US where you have to born in the USA to have the fuckin nationality.

  • @Raz.C
    @Raz.C Před 2 lety +105

    re - 7:00
    The British did this (ostensibly) with their Empire, also. In fact, when Ghandi visited Britain in '31, he couldn't understand why he wasn't granted the same level of respect/ deference as a British-born citizen, rather than as a citizen of the colonies. The belief that everyone in India was a British citizen, with equal standing, was a significant factor that kept India within the British Empire. When Ghandi discovered that it wasn't true, it was a significant motivating factor in striving for Indian independence.

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers Před 2 lety +11

      or how blacks are still being treated in America

    • @sahulianhooligan7046
      @sahulianhooligan7046 Před 2 lety +1

      Indians still see Britain as the mother land

    • @Anonymous-cm8jy
      @Anonymous-cm8jy Před 2 lety +19

      @@sahulianhooligan7046 barely none

    • @Anonymous-cm8jy
      @Anonymous-cm8jy Před 2 lety +11

      @@toolbaggers they're treated better than anyone

    • @meerajay1
      @meerajay1 Před 2 lety +13

      @@sahulianhooligan7046 no they don't.

  • @ankushkmr572
    @ankushkmr572 Před 2 lety

    Very nice video.. History always excites

  • @lmwlmw4468
    @lmwlmw4468 Před 10 měsíci

    Awesome work...!!!

  • @HistoryOfRevolutions
    @HistoryOfRevolutions Před 2 lety +307

    Ferdinand Magellan once stated:
    "The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible...it is with an iron will that they embark on the most daring of all endeavors...to meet the shadowy future without fear and conquer the unknown"

    • @rmp7400
      @rmp7400 Před 2 lety +1

      Bravery is not enough. Humble faith is essential. Probably why Magellan's personal plan was interrupted by other proud, aggressive people.

    • @MTC008
      @MTC008 Před 2 lety +2

      his life journey ended somewhere in an island where natives are more powerful than the european colonists

    • @MTC008
      @MTC008 Před 2 lety

      @VeroMithril i know but the magellan's expedition contained european colonists with him in his ship when they did that

    • @christandichosa1287
      @christandichosa1287 Před 2 lety

      @@MTC008 He was killed in Mactan Philippines

    • @MTC008
      @MTC008 Před 2 lety

      @@christandichosa1287 i know..

  • @ianlangsev5828
    @ianlangsev5828 Před 2 lety +180

    I’m sure Norway is going to be huge if they did the same thing like Portugal… especially considering their continental shelf extends very far into the Norwegian Sea. Plus their claims of Jan Mayen Island, Bouvet Island, and technically Svalbard too.

    • @algumacoisa1232
      @algumacoisa1232 Před 2 lety +14

      I think they can't claim the artic ocean, but I'm not sure

    • @rmp7400
      @rmp7400 Před 2 lety +4

      Norway's HAARP has been busy setting off earthquakes in LaPalma....not very good people seem to be at the helm of Norway's Ship of State...stay tuned...

    • @davidnotonstinnett
      @davidnotonstinnett Před 2 lety +23

      @@rmp7400 oh stfu. I know pretending these things makes you feel important but you are wrong. Get help.

    • @julius43461
      @julius43461 Před 2 lety +5

      Russia is also going to double lol

    • @11conormcloughlin
      @11conormcloughlin Před 2 lety +4

      Denmark too with Greenland and the UK with the Shetland and Hebrides

  • @DRIVEFROMHOME4K
    @DRIVEFROMHOME4K Před rokem

    amazing video thanks

  • @brokenvectors
    @brokenvectors Před rokem +4

    Nice to know how the country of Listenbourg came to be, this is some very real life lore indeed!

  • @ComradePhoenix
    @ComradePhoenix Před 2 lety +382

    Broke: "Napoleon complex"
    Woke: "Portugal complex"

    • @4450krank
      @4450krank Před 2 lety +6

      *its free real estate*

    • @neliborba101
      @neliborba101 Před 2 lety

      For many years Portugal due to its position in the map owns a larger part of the Atlantic Ocean then many other countries. I learned that in school when the Net was non existent.

    • @Zamo14
      @Zamo14 Před 2 lety +1

      ???not even close...try again buddy!!

    • @aquamech154
      @aquamech154 Před 2 lety

      Underrated comment

    • @miguelpalma1380
      @miguelpalma1380 Před 2 lety

      @Saberin We actually have better relations with China these days, fyi

  • @anuraaggad
    @anuraaggad Před 2 lety +179

    Heróis do Mar! (Heros of the sea). Very fitting national anthem.

    • @thulsa_doom
      @thulsa_doom Před 2 lety +10

      Such a beautiful anthem

    • @Wolff13
      @Wolff13 Před 2 lety +6

      The most beautiful anthem.

    • @GAMINGBAUS8703
      @GAMINGBAUS8703 Před 2 lety +1

      heroes? you mean murderers right

    • @thulsa_doom
      @thulsa_doom Před 2 lety +11

      @@GAMINGBAUS8703 no, he meant heroes. :)

    • @Bangladeshball1
      @Bangladeshball1 Před 2 lety

      @@thulsa_doom heroes? you mean murderers right
      ?

  • @antonytsai6611
    @antonytsai6611 Před 8 měsíci

    went to lisbon for 2 days on our cruise it is a beautiful city but lisbon is overdue for a large earthquake and every time a earthquake hits the entire city's structure changes and with the problems of last november the country has a lot more to do before they can fully focus on expanding

  • @quietlike
    @quietlike Před 2 lety

    Can you show us the top 20 countries by land and sea on a map?
    Also, have you heard of seasteading? They should take a look at it

  • @gelmir7322
    @gelmir7322 Před 2 lety +418

    EEZ is not a "territory".
    It's just a region of the sea where a country has exclusive economic control (meaning other countries could not plant, mine, or harvest resources from that area without consent).
    Also uninhabited islands that cannot support human habitation or shoals with non-existent economic activities could not project an exclusive economic zone.

    • @ennajihihoussame8351
      @ennajihihoussame8351 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes, i also believe that all types of islands cannot project extended continental shelf (ECS) to 350 miles, it's exlusive to continents not islands

    • @randzopyr1038
      @randzopyr1038 Před 2 lety +40

      That's why you pay a handful of people to live in houses outside of a tiny military installment on every rock you claim, because now it's a populated island with economic activity.

    • @tiagomanueltorres4550
      @tiagomanueltorres4550 Před 2 lety +32

      Madeira and the Azores archipelagos make up a population of half a million and they are autonomous regions. They have their own govermnent that might be why they have an EEZ.

    • @emiliospowerballer1441
      @emiliospowerballer1441 Před 2 lety +5

      Well, depending on your idea of what a territory is, an area under direct control not allowing others to step in is territory none the less. For as long as a few hundred people live on an island and produce some economic activity, the island can have an EEZ, but as you said, if no one lives there, then there is no economic production, thus, no EEZ. I believe a minimum population must be set internationally so that an island can be considered to have EEZ. Greece and Turkey go back and forth with this. Because Greece extended the EEZ to 12 nautical miles within the Ionian sea, nor Italy, nor Albania nor Turkey can enter without asking for access first. In practice, this is what territory means.

    • @gelmir7322
      @gelmir7322 Před 2 lety +7

      @@emiliospowerballer1441
      I don't think there is a confusion between the definition of "territory" and "EEZ"
      .
      As far as UNCLOS is concern, EEZ is well defined among it's signatories, and EEZ is not the same as a Sovereign territory.
      Countries cannot arbitrarily redefine EEZ and interchange it with "sovereign" territory whenever they think it is convenient.
      That's not how this thing works
      Unlike Soverign territories, EEZ doesn't invalidate freedom of navigation.
      So an opposing country could park their entire Navy on your EEZ and as long as they are not harvesting any "resources" they are free to be there.
      Also EEZ is only binding with UNCLOS signatory countries.
      US for example doesn't recognize other any other countries EEZ as they are not signatories of UNCLOS. (though US had establish their own exclusive economic zone for themselves).
      And as far as they are concern, EEZ are part of international waters and nobody owns any of it.
      Another problem is that UNCLOS has no enforcing ability whatsoever
      EEZ is a toothless law, unless you are like China or US or some country with potent naval force.

  • @gcircle
    @gcircle Před 2 lety +75

    I wouldn't say taking advantage of an international geographical treaty is "insane".
    But as a Portuguese, I approve of the long historical summary. Well done.

  • @Hartzell_F4
    @Hartzell_F4 Před rokem +2

    There is a small flaw in the mapping. When the EEZ of two countries surpass each other they stablish the limit of each one in the middle point. EG. The Madeira EEZ does not rech up to the Canary Islands coast, Spain has the right of those waters up to the middle point between Madeira and Canary Islands.

    • @pedritu147
      @pedritu147 Před rokem

      Again that speech? Portugal goes until the “Desertas” islands. That’s land ok?