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@@FlashPointHx I actually like these series. It seems to be skipped by most CZcams historians. Please make more videos of European conquest of India all up to the domination of the British. Keep up the good work.
Thank you mate for the telling the epic saga of our Portuguese cousins, sadly Brazilians and Portuguese don’t know their history and tend to be ashamed without realizing how epic it was! Obrigado!
I can't put in words how much joy it brings me to see the history of my country be told in such a perfect/epic/with such high quality way. You are doing what we in Portugal should have been doing for ages, it's sad that even the vast majority of the Portuguese population doesn't know about this. You are doing an amazing job. Thank you and please keep doing it.
@@FlashPointHx It's an interesting pattern of every empire in history, usually their ascendancy lasts for about 100 years, until after the 3rd generation, when it begins to crumble, sometimes fast, other times slowly.
@@SylvaHodracyrda there’s a Chinese proverb that goes, the first generation builds the wealth, the second generation enjoys the wealth, the third generation loses the wealth
At Night time Almeida walks calm and collected on to the Portugues Flagship, his hands stacked behind his back. He passes through a Chaotic crew scatered running back and forth like worker Ants, carrying Barrels and Crates from A to B. Almeida yells out: "ready the Ships", "prepare the Cannons" as he slowly made his way to the ships Fordeck. Anybody that would dare to look into his gazing Eyes would understand, that this Man is Dead Inside. At the Fordeck Almeida looks out, into the Waters of the Indien Ocean, into this Dark Void that just a few Days ago swalloed his Son, his Lagecy Alive. With a growling voice he orders, to himself : "Next Stop Diu". Total War Rome 2 Music, Starts Playing in the Background. 😅😅😅😅
Many people look at the atrocities committed by their ancestors and feel ashamed of their history. I personally think that context is important, and historic context usually lacks in these arguments. We can't judge the actions of our ancestors with the morals of our present. Doing so will only celebrate the defeated while condemning the victors, which ignores the fact that if the defeated had been victorious they would be the ones commiting these attrocities and the only reason they didn't was because they couldn't. You don't have to be proud of these immoral actions, but you should be proud of your ancestors success, without it you wouldn't be here.
What a good point. I think the best way we can honour our ancestors is to celebrate their successes, and learn from their failures, follow their good deeds, and acknowledge their bad deeds so that you won't make the same mistake.
You're right, but the problem is selective judgment. It's perfectly fine judging your ancestors by context, but then to see the enemy as barbarians betrays what it really is. Not a nuanced view of the world, but a warped history where my ancestors wrongs are better than that of the enemy. Many Spaniards and Portuguese are major culprits of this, because they have a... colorful history, while always portraying Moors as exceptionally cruel and barbarous. This is sort of unparalleled in Western Europe.
People are free to be proud, or ashamed, or even apathetic toward their ancestors and history. Just don't let others to dictate how you should feel about your ancestors and the history of your nation. Altho, TBH, this self-loathing phenomena exist mostly in Anglosphere countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ), plus Germany, and also Japan for lesser extent (due to being forced on them by the Anglos). On the other hand, vast majority of people in Arab countries, Mongolia, Iran, India, China, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, etc are proud of their illustrious history.
Love the closing song. Some local Indian flavor while making me think of fatherly revenge on the horizon. They should have known this was like kicking a hornet’s nest into their own home.
There's an Island named St Mary Island, Its the same Island where Vasco Da Gama on his first Voyage had landed and named it as Santa Maria before sailing towards Calicut to meet Zamorin, this Island is close to where I live, but never knew about its significance and why it was named as St Mary until I saw your video and researched it further. Your way of explaining and Animation is really impressive as it feels if I am watching a Documentary, as always Thank you!
Thank you for reminding me why I feel proud to be Portuguese, it's incredible how such a small nation wrote such glorious pages in world history and so few know about it. Well done for your work. 🙏👏🇵🇹
@@FlashPointHx Our almost 900-year history as a nation has many fantastic and almost unbelievable events of how a tiny country managed to overcome when all circumstances were against it.
Thank you again. Excellent doc. Just one tiny thing: *Santo António (In Portuguese saints starting with vowels are "santo" and not "S." 😊) Waiting for the one on our bloody terrorist working for the state (Albuquerque, who else?)
Thank You so much! Great work! Just an humble suggestion, it would be great to have a chronologically arranged Portugal video will ALL your videos or a play list we could more easily share. These where our grand parents glory days and I for one am very proud of them and hope we reach this level once again…but this takes brilliant leaders like we had back then…
Being so obsessed with redeeming himself, Lourenço de Almeida was blind to danger and even after getting himself hurt, he still wanted to capture these Venetian made Carracks instead of destroying them and having a decisive victory with a broadside attack. He really could had destroyed them and got away. Like a Portuguese Achilles, he died fighting
Really, it was remarkable historical coverage work about Portuguese navigation glory during the 16th century....where Portuguese navigation fleets dominated naval corridors between ( Lisbon) and (western Indian sea port...shores ....thank you an excellent ( Flash point history) channel for sharing
30:38 - not just the spanish but the portuguese too. (Profunda Tristeza translates to profound sadness/sorrow/grief). Great video as always and this could easily be the movie script for the hypothetical movie about the battle of Diu (1509)
Yeah exactly - I’m going to combine all these Almeida videos together into one - it will be over an hour long and I think the narrative will really flow
@@FlashPointHx submit it to Hollywood whenever they get their brain back they might pick you up for a historical advisor role 👌or bypass Hollywood and submi5 it somewhere else that has world wide access
I watched in awe the Portuguese conquests of the East. (parts l and ll) We were told in the history and geography books that the Portuguese landed in Mauritius while sailing around the cape of Good Hope. But alas, it wasn't so. I was very disappointed. 😢
Thank you! I love your videos, they are a great way to discover the history of my country! I can see there is a huge amount of investigation and graphical design in the video! Continue the great work! ❤️
This is perhaps the one case in which 'winner, winner chicken dinner' will not end well for those who had themselves a bite. The rooster has vingança in its eyes.
Wow, that glory hunting will get you every time. But, gotta say, LoLo held up the Enemy fleet, all his other ships escaped, including the cargo, and 3 new ships. Let me guess, he's a national hero?
@@3idraven714 seems like the King - Manuel - was never able to acknowledge talent. Duarte Periera fell out of favor and even Francisco de Almeida was never given much credit - had the elder Almeida made it home, he would have faced a court martial and exile
@@FlashPointHx The reason I asked was all the "other" deeds before his Heroic last stand, because it was heroic. So as you explained, he was about to pay the piper. Sometimes in history, really bad guys, get glory from one event, and bam, they are a National Hero. Thanks for the "espalination".
@@FlashPointHx I noticed another pattern in your excellent Portuguese History (masterpiece ;), Portugal had great leaders, and a lot of them never saw glory, or only saw glory Once, because they weren't "liked" by the King. Was this one of those Court Rivalry situations, that is replete thru History? Can't get yo sh!t together, not a Team? "The Buck stops here" LOL.
@@3idraven714 the higher you went in the aristocracy the more enemies you acquired - Afonso de Albuquerque had the rare trait of being able to establish a lot of support in the royalty - Francisco de Almeida did not - his peers poisoned the mind of King Manuel against him.
@@3idraven714 yeah - when I did my history of the Punic Wars, it was exactly the same. Scipio africanus defeated Hannibal - the greatest threat to Rome up to that point - yet he was brought down by his own government. His headstone read ‘ungrateful country - you shall not possess my bones!’ (He made it a point to be buried outside the boundaries of Rome )
This is so good! I’ll have to rewatch it several times waiting for Diu! And you ended up doing three-parts just for Francisco de Almeida! What a treat! Thank you once again for your dedication, creativity and hard work. This is the best youtube channel ever! (Oh and I see you ended up like it the ideia of doing a summary of battle casualties 😂 it really helps visualising the scale of the battle)
@@Tusiriakest hahah - yeah I knew to really tell this particular story of father and son you needed three parts - and yes the after action report is a great idea - thanks again for that ;)
@@FlashPointHxThis video seems to be more about Lourenço de Almeida (+that bit about Albuquerque) than about Francisco. Either way, I liked the video up until Almeida Jr started making dumb decisions. Then I couldn't watch.
Mate, can you do one day a serie about the Carlist Wars in Spain in XIX century and a Pedro II of Brazil serie? That themes can be very unique for your channel. I really enjoy and love your content Flash Point History 😊🙏🏻
@@FlashPointHx About the Carlist Wars, for the spaniards were very important wars because it was the origins of the regionalism and nationalisms they suffer nowadays. Moreover, in that wars participate many good spanish generals like Zumalacaguerri or Espartero, and foreign generals from France and Austria. Pedro II of Brazil was a very chad king and he participated in many wars, being the most famous the Triple Alliance War against Paraguay. For the spanish and portuguese communities, that videos will be a hit and instant classics for the channel 😊
@@sarenartanis1752 from what o remember it was the foundation for why South America never unified and was eventually divided into so many smaller states. But against, S American history gets little press
What if Mansa Musa's Mali Empire discovered Brazil in 1324 when they voyaged West to see what was there? Which would make sense as to why the Portuguese were able to conquer so much land being such a small nation in comparison and why they didn't have troubles with the Indians since disease would have already spread leaving it mostly empty for them to conquer. The Amazon and the Andes Mountains would have acted like a wall preventing disease to spread. Also what if they brought the Black Death back from the New World on their voyage just in time for it to spread soon after? They supposedly did find gold tipped spears in S. America which are only found in Africa. Mansa spoke his predecessor did indeed travel to new found lands.
The Portuguese asked to pope to amend the treaty of tordesillas to include more of the western hemisphere for Portugal. It could be possible that the Portuguese were already aware of Brazil due to their extensive presence in West Africa so they asked the pope to give them more of the western hemisphere only to "discover" Brazil "coincidentally" Also if you look on a map the shortest 2 points of the 'New World' and 'Old World' are exactly were the Mali Empires coast is todays Senegal and Guinea Bissau to Brazils Cities of Natal and Recife. Since the Portuguese colonized Guinea Bissau that is where the could have got the idea. Both the Trade Winds and the Ocean Currents make it ideal to travel as they both circulate from those 2 points. Also I don't see Mansa Abu Bakr taking a Royal Expedition of 500 ships into the Atlantic ocean without having prior knowledge that something was there first.
Just came across your channel and immediately subscribed. This is incredibly well made. We don’t learn 1/5th of this in History class. Can’t wait for the next chapter
@@FlashPointHxyou're one of my favorite CZcamsrs nowadays! When you get around to the spanish saga i think you should keep the videogame achievement style of the series! Also, talk a little with DJ Peach Cobbler, he did a series on the spanish expeditions into the new world and his videos are great, he could share some material with you so you don't have to rely completely on spanish accounts
Awesome video. Your videos keep getting better and your description of the Chaul battle is top notch. Kudos also for the intel. Impressive how well documented you are. Fantastic work!! Oss.
@@Geraldo_Sem_Pavor hey - so happy you liked my video - yeah I figured we needed to do some time with the battle of Chaul to set up the battle of Diu well
"Também farão Mombaça, que se arreia De casas sumptuosas e edifícios, Co ferro e fogo seu queimada e feia, Em pago dos passados malefícios. Despois, na costa da Índia, andando cheia De lenhos inimigos e artificios Contra os Lusos, com velas e com remos O mancebo Lourenço fará extremos. Das grandes naus do Samorim potente, Que encherão todo o mar, co a férrea pela, Que sai com trovão do cobre ardente, Fará pedaços leme, masto, vela. Despois, lançando arpéus ousadamente Na capitaina imiga, dentro nela Saltando o fará só com lança e espada De quatrocentos Mouros despejada. Mas de Deus a escondida providência (Que ela só sabe o bem de que se serve) O porá onde esforço nem prudência Poderá haver que a vida lhe reserve. Em Chaúl, onde em sangue e resistência O mar todo com fogo e ferro ferve, Lhe farão que com vida se não saia As armadas de Egipto e de Cambaia. Ali o poder de muitos inimigos (Que o grande esforço só com força rende), Os ventos que faltaram, e os perigos Do mar, que sobejaram, tudo o ofende. Aqui ressurjam todos os Antigos, A ver o nobre ardor que aqui se aprende: Outro Ceva verão, que, espedaçado, Não sabe ser rendido nem domado. Com toda ũa coxa fora, que em pedaços Lhe leva um cego tiro que passara, Se serve inda dos animosos braços E do grão coração que lhe ficara. Até que outro pelouro quebra os laços Com que co alma o corpo se liara: Ela, solta, voou da prisão fora Onde súbito se acha vencedora. Vai-te, alma, em paz, da guerra turbulenta, Na qual tu mereceste paz serena! Que o corpo, que em pedaços se apresenta, Quem o gerou, vingança já lhe ordena: Que eu ouço retumbar a grão tormenta, Que vem já dar a dura e eterna pena, De esperas, basiliscos e trabucos, A Cambaicos cruéis e Mamelucos. Eis vem o pai, com ânimo estupendo, Trazendo fúria e mágoa por antolhos, Com que o paterno amor lhe está movendo Fogo no coração, água nos olhos. A nobre ira lhe vinha prometendo Que o sangue fará dar pelos giolhos Nas inimigas naus; senti-lo-á o Nilo, Podê-lo-á o Indo ver e o Gange ouvi-lo" - Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X]
Here is Landeg White's translation, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2001: "Mombasa, too, furnished with such Palaces and sumptuous houses, Will be laid waste with iron and fire In payment for its former treachery. Along the Indian coast, swarming With enemy ships plotting Portugal's Downfall, Lourenço with sail and with oar Will give his uttermost, and then give more. Though the powerful Samorin's giant ships Choke the entire sea, his cannon-shot Thundering from hot brass Will pulverize rudder, mast, and sail; Then, daring to grapple the enemy Flagship, watch him leap On deck, armed only with lance and sword, To drive four hundred Muslims overboard. But God's inscrutable wisdom (He knows Best what is best for his servants) Will place him where neither strength nor wisdom Can avail in preserving his life. In Chaul, the very seas will churn With blood, fire, and iron resistance, As the combined fleets of Egypt and Cambay Confront him with his destiny that day. The united power of many enemies (Might was defeated only by might), Faltering winds and a swelling sea Will all be ranged against him. Here, let ancient heroes rise To learn from this scion of courage This second Scaeva who, however maimed, Knows no surrender and will not be tamed. With one thighbone completely shattered By a wayward cannon-ball, still He battles on with his forearms alone And a heart not to be daunted, Until another ball snaps the ties Binding flesh and spirit together: The leaping soul slips its body's prison To claim the greater prize of the arisen. Go in peace, O soul! After war's Turbulence, you have earned supreme peace! As for that scattered, broken body, He who fathered it plans vengeance. Already, I hear their hot perdition Looming in a thunderous barrage On Mameluke and cruel Cambayan From catapult, from ordnance and cannon. Here comes the father, magnified By his anger and grief, his heart On fire, his eyes swimming, his soul Transfixed by paternal love. He has taken an oath his noble rage Will make blood run knee-high In the enemy ships; the Nile will mourn, The Indus witness, the Ganges be forlorn." - Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X, translated by Landeg White]
Here is Sir Richard Francis Burton's 1880 translation: "Mombasah-city, with her brave array of sumptuous palace, proudest edifice, defaced, deformed by fire and steel shall pay in kind the tale of byegone malefice. Thence on those Indian shores which proud display their hostile fleets, and warlike artifice 'gainst the Lusians, with his sail and oar shall young Lourenço work th' extremes of war. What mighty vessels Sam'orim's orders own covering Ocean, with his iron hail poured from hot copper-tube in thunder-tone all shall he shatter, rudder, mast and sail; then with his grapples boldly, deftly thrown, the hostile Ammiral he shall assail, board her, and only with the lance and sword shall slay four hecatombs of Moors abhor'd. But God's prevision 'scaping human sight, alone who knows what good best serves His end, shall place the Hero where ne toil ne might his lost young life availeth to forfend. In Cháúl-bay, where fierce and furious fight with fire and steel shall fervid seas offend, th' Infidel so shall deal that end his days where Egypt's navy doth conjoin Cambay's. There shall the pow'er of man'ifold enemies, - for only stronger force strong force can tire,- and Winds defaulting and fierce injuries of Ocean, 'gainst a single life conspire : Here let all olden men from death arise to see his Valour, catch his noble fire : A second Scæva see who, hackt and torn, laughs at surrender, quarter holds in scorn. With the fierce torture of a mangled thigh, torn off by bullet which at random past, his stalwart arms he ceaseth not to ply, that fiery Spirit flaming to the last : Until another ball clean cuts the tie so frail that linkèd Soul and Body fast ;- the Soul which loosed from her prison fleets whither the prize eterne such Conqueror greets. Go, Soul! to Peace from Warfare turbulent wherein thou meritedst sweet Peace serene ! for those torn tortured limbs, that life so rent who gave thee life prepareth vengeance keen : I hear een now the furious storm ferment, threating the terrible eternal teen, of Chamber, Basilisco, Saker-fire, to Mameluke cruel and Cambayan dire. See with stupendous heart the war to wage, driven by rage and grief the Father flies, paternal fondness urging battle-gage, fire in his heart and water in his eyes : Promise the sire's distress, the soldier's rage, a bloody deluge o'er the knees shall rise on ev'ry hostile deck: This Nyle shall fear, Indus shall sight it, and the Gange shall hear." - Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X, translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton]
@@roddeazevedo this last translation is tremendous! Where did you found it? Do you know any good italian translation? Those I have found are quite poor, unfortunately
@@Tusiriakest Google Lusiads + "Englished by Richard Francis Burton". Unfortunately, I do not know any Italian translations yet. If I find a good one, I will ping you.
holly cow! I didn't know about that Venetian attempt to build the Suez Canal, centuries earlier :O if that worked, the next centuries would have been so different that I can't even imagine how different the world would be by now
Great content, if you're Portuguese. If you're not, well...nobody's perfect. Hope to support the channel soon. In the meanwhile, by the power invested in me by...mmm...me, I award you Portuguese Citizenship Honoris Causa, for your invaluable service to our glorious history.
Hahaha - thank you! I plan on getting out to Portugal one of these days - a lot of people I know have been there and they all thought it was one of the most beautiful places they had ever been too
You dam devil, I have been waiting for this video for such a long time, and the first week of exams you release him, ofc I´m gonna watch it- twice, but is not the first time you have such a terrible timming with my academic life! Keep the awesome job!
By Grabthar's Hammer..🔨🔥 Hokee..that one caught me totally by surprise 😂😂👍 Big thanks as always. Giving me the feeling as if I was present at the events is a testimony to the power of your storytelling and that achievement unlocked at the end was truly a hilarious cherry on top🤣🍒👏🏆
Haha - I didn't know if any one would pick up on that ref. Glad you did Angel - that was one of my favorite movies, even if it was a spoof of Star Trek
@@FlashPointHx can't wait to hear Dad scream *KHAAAAAN!* before he attacks now🤣👍 And yeah galaxy quest lmao🤣 Best use of a sci-fi quote as achievement unlocked in my book 📚 When I saw it pop up on screen I had a 10 min burst of laughter bwahahahahaaaa 🤣👍 Thaaank youuuu🤣🙏
Once again great videos, you know the Portuguese colonization reminds me of WWI that it doesn't get that much recognition like the Spanish colonization or like how WWII gets more recognition.
@@FlashPointHx i may tell you that you created one of the best yt channels regarding history, particularly my country history. So i thank you for providing this content to all of us. Congrats brother. 👏👏
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This video made me reflect on just what an amazing bond that can exist between father and son. Not to sound too cheesy - but after completing this part, I had to rush over and give my son a hug.
You guys are the best!
There's a comedian name Russel Peters said that Portuguese sounds like Spanish spoken by a deaf person.
You're doing more justice to Portuguese history than our public schools and government, thank you very much for these videos ❤
@@orlandixstudios6032 any time ! Happy you liked these videos so much !
@@FlashPointHx I actually like these series. It seems to be skipped by most CZcams historians. Please make more videos of European conquest of India all up to the domination of the British. Keep up the good work.
No, he isn't
@@balabanasireti Up yours...
@@balabanasiretiyes he is and this is from a fellow portuguese who actually went through portuguese schools
Thank you mate for the telling the epic saga of our Portuguese cousins, sadly Brazilians and Portuguese don’t know their history and tend to be ashamed without realizing how epic it was! Obrigado!
You’re so welcome ! Thanks for this as well
I can't put in words how much joy it brings me to see the history of my country be told in such a perfect/epic/with such high quality way. You are doing what we in Portugal should have been doing for ages, it's sad that even the vast majority of the Portuguese population doesn't know about this. You are doing an amazing job. Thank you and please keep doing it.
You deserve a statue in downtown Lisbon facing the Tagus River!
@@paulocorreia7942 that would be amazing - I need to get out to Lisbon one of these days
@@FlashPointHx please do and make sure to tell first so we can show you around, give you good food and better wines. You wont regret!
@@Tusiriakest Will do - I heard you guys have some amazing food and wine
Cringe
@@balabanasireti seen all your comments - you got a lot of neg energy about ya
As he later say
You eat the chicken, now have to deal with the Rooster.
That battle was pretty intense, the Portuguese and Muslims were really fighting tooth and nail for India, and this is only the beginning!
@@Darth_Enigma this fight would go on for a century - but the Portuguese were here to stay . . . Until the Dutch arrived that is
@@FlashPointHx Well, they stayed until the year of 1999 though.
@@SylvaHodracyrda true - but it wasn’t the world empire of the 16th century
@@FlashPointHx It's an interesting pattern of every empire in history, usually their ascendancy lasts for about 100 years, until after the 3rd generation, when it begins to crumble, sometimes fast, other times slowly.
@@SylvaHodracyrda there’s a Chinese proverb that goes, the first generation builds the wealth, the second generation enjoys the wealth, the third generation loses the wealth
At Night time Almeida walks calm and collected on to the Portugues Flagship, his hands stacked behind his back.
He passes through a Chaotic crew scatered running back and forth like worker Ants, carrying Barrels and Crates from A to B.
Almeida yells out: "ready the Ships", "prepare the Cannons" as he slowly made his way to the ships Fordeck.
Anybody that would dare to look into his gazing Eyes would understand, that this Man is Dead Inside.
At the Fordeck Almeida looks out, into the Waters of the Indien Ocean, into this Dark Void that just a few Days ago swalloed his Son, his Lagecy Alive.
With a growling voice he orders, to himself :
"Next Stop Diu".
Total War Rome 2 Music, Starts Playing in the Background. 😅😅😅😅
Thats impressive - Only thing I'd change is the background music to Homeworld
Keep doing such an awesome job! Muito obrigado!
Wow - thank you so much!
I loved that Red Dead Redemption trophy, so accurate. xD.
@@SylvaHodracyrda thank you for mentioning this! I put a lot of time into my achievements and I really liked how it fit in here
@@FlashPointHx Now I will never play those games endings without remembering that moment in this video. xD.
@@SylvaHodracyrda it takes a formidable person to acknowledge their own mortality - and face it straight on
The batlle of diu deserves a Hollywood movie!
Your entire series deserves to be translated into portuguese and aired on national TV
I prefer it to be narrated by someone who is not Portuguese (person or language). This way, you won't be accused of any bias.
Many people look at the atrocities committed by their ancestors and feel ashamed of their history. I personally think that context is important, and historic context usually lacks in these arguments. We can't judge the actions of our ancestors with the morals of our present. Doing so will only celebrate the defeated while condemning the victors, which ignores the fact that if the defeated had been victorious they would be the ones commiting these attrocities and the only reason they didn't was because they couldn't. You don't have to be proud of these immoral actions, but you should be proud of your ancestors success, without it you wouldn't be here.
@@brunoalves-pg9eo and those that try to cover up or forget what happened will never learn how to be better within our own moral constructs
What a good point. I think the best way we can honour our ancestors is to celebrate their successes, and learn from their failures, follow their good deeds, and acknowledge their bad deeds so that you won't make the same mistake.
Muslims killed hundreds of thousands of christians since 7th century, non of that is considered atrocious. Only when Christians do something...
You're right, but the problem is selective judgment. It's perfectly fine judging your ancestors by context, but then to see the enemy as barbarians betrays what it really is. Not a nuanced view of the world, but a warped history where my ancestors wrongs are better than that of the enemy.
Many Spaniards and Portuguese are major culprits of this, because they have a... colorful history, while always portraying Moors as exceptionally cruel and barbarous. This is sort of unparalleled in Western Europe.
People are free to be proud, or ashamed, or even apathetic toward their ancestors and history. Just don't let others to dictate how you should feel about your ancestors and the history of your nation.
Altho, TBH, this self-loathing phenomena exist mostly in Anglosphere countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ), plus Germany, and also Japan for lesser extent (due to being forced on them by the Anglos). On the other hand, vast majority of people in Arab countries, Mongolia, Iran, India, China, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, etc are proud of their illustrious history.
Love the closing song. Some local Indian flavor while making me think of fatherly revenge on the horizon. They should have known this was like kicking a hornet’s nest into their own home.
They awoke the Kraken
There's an Island named St Mary Island, Its the same Island where Vasco Da Gama on his first Voyage had landed and named it as Santa Maria before sailing towards Calicut to meet Zamorin, this Island is close to where I live, but never knew about its significance and why it was named as St Mary until I saw your video and researched it further.
Your way of explaining and Animation is really impressive as it feels if I am watching a Documentary, as always Thank you!
Thanks so much for this comment - I'm honored that my video inspired you to look deeper into the history of that Island
Thank you for reminding me why I feel proud to be Portuguese, it's incredible how such a small nation wrote such glorious pages in world history and so few know about it.
Well done for your work. 🙏👏🇵🇹
This history of Portugal is just incredible!
@@FlashPointHx Our almost 900-year history as a nation has many fantastic and almost unbelievable events of how a tiny country managed to overcome when all circumstances were against it.
@@J.O.J.61 so true
@@FlashPointHx I would love for you to do a series about the three Napoleonic invasions we suffered.
@@J.O.J.61 be always wanted to something on him
Thank you again. Excellent doc.
Just one tiny thing: *Santo António (In Portuguese saints starting with vowels are "santo" and not "S." 😊)
Waiting for the one on our bloody terrorist working for the state (Albuquerque, who else?)
Thank You so much! Great work! Just an humble suggestion, it would be great to have a chronologically arranged Portugal video will ALL your videos or a play list we could more easily share. These where our grand parents glory days and I for one am very proud of them and hope we reach this level once again…but this takes brilliant leaders like we had back then…
I've already set this up - if you go to my CZcams home page and look under playlist - I have it already set up.
Being so obsessed with redeeming himself, Lourenço de Almeida was blind to danger and even after getting himself hurt, he still wanted to capture these Venetian made Carracks instead of destroying them and having a decisive victory with a broadside attack. He really could had destroyed them and got away. Like a Portuguese Achilles, he died fighting
Here's the Portugal's history as I never heard before.. amazing job, well done 👏
Really, it was remarkable historical coverage work about Portuguese navigation glory during the 16th century....where Portuguese navigation fleets dominated naval corridors between ( Lisbon) and (western Indian sea port...shores ....thank you an excellent ( Flash point history) channel for sharing
Any time Mohammed =)
Fantastic. Well done.
Flash Point History, you are the best..Muito Obrigado.
You are so welcome
Epic videos! One day there will be a series and/or movies about these epic stories
Great work. Very detailed. I thought i knew my country´s history but this details are amazing. Thank you!
Well narrated, nice graphics, epic story! Gj.
30:38 - not just the spanish but the portuguese too. (Profunda Tristeza translates to profound sadness/sorrow/grief). Great video as always and this could easily be the movie script for the hypothetical movie about the battle of Diu (1509)
Yeah exactly - I’m going to combine all these Almeida videos together into one - it will be over an hour long and I think the narrative will really flow
@@FlashPointHx submit it to Hollywood whenever they get their brain back they might pick you up for a historical advisor role 👌or bypass Hollywood and submi5 it somewhere else that has world wide access
Can’t wait for the first battle of Diu. Keep up the good work! amazing storytelling
@@sheevirwin8399 happy you liked this video !
Great video...one of the best yet!
Can't wait for part 3!
@@IWS107 hey Sam - thanks so much
I watched in awe the Portuguese conquests of the East. (parts l and ll)
We were told in the history and geography books that the Portuguese landed in Mauritius while sailing around the cape of Good Hope. But alas, it wasn't so. I was very disappointed. 😢
Yes! I've been waiting for this one. Thank you as always, Nitin.
@@ScipioAfricanus_Chris my pleasure Chris - was delighted to see you at the premiere
Have to watch this again. Always happy to learn something new.
Can´t wait for part 3, the revenge of Almeida!!
And what a revenge it would be
@@pedrocsantos8It'll be better than The Count of Monte Cristo, because it actually happened!
Amazing video as always FPH!
@@KHK001 thank you K !
Amazing work as always. Can't wait for the next chapter!
@@hardtwoexplain next is the famous Battle of Diu
Awesome episode i was glued the whole time, it feels like we are there with Lourenço de Almeida.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A very important man.
@@borisnegrarosa9113 history would have been a lot different without him
Giving a thumbs up before watching, because it's not plausible the video won't be as good as expected...
Thank you! I love your videos, they are a great way to discover the history of my country! I can see there is a huge amount of investigation and graphical design in the video! Continue the great work! ❤️
Thank you so much for this - I find the history of Portugal to be so much fascinating than I had anticipated.
Amazing history
@@mariothibau1070 agree!
You don't want to mess with the Giga Chad Almeida
@@stinky2310 he’s coming and he’s gonna bring down the thunder with him
The Mamluks just ate his chicken.
Now Papa Rooster will make them pay for eating that chicken.
I've always loved your videos.
Your work is truly incredible! Thank you so much.
@@josesilva4171 Jose - thank you so much ! Appreciate it and glad you liked this so much !
Brilliant as usual 👍🏻
These videos are amazing, unique and a valuable record of history, more about Portugal pretty please :)
All this is a quite great feat from Portugal considering that industrial revolution had not been started yet
Great video btw and thanks for the work
Industrial Revolution never really got into Portugal, the country 300 years later would be very different.
@@diogorodrigues747That was a deliberate policy by Pombal and his liberal successors, at the behest of their British paymasters.
Fantastic historical coverage, rivetting as always. Cant wait for the next installment and of Portuguese revenge.
This is perhaps the one case in which 'winner, winner chicken dinner' will not end well for those who had themselves a bite. The rooster has vingança in its eyes.
Wow, that glory hunting will get you every time. But, gotta say, LoLo held up the Enemy fleet, all his other ships escaped, including the cargo, and 3 new ships. Let me guess, he's a national hero?
@@3idraven714 seems like the King - Manuel - was never able to acknowledge talent. Duarte Periera fell out of favor and even Francisco de Almeida was never given much credit - had the elder Almeida made it home, he would have faced a court martial and exile
@@FlashPointHx The reason I asked was all the "other" deeds before his Heroic last stand, because it was heroic. So as you explained, he was about to pay the piper. Sometimes in history, really bad guys, get glory from one event, and bam, they are a National Hero. Thanks for the "espalination".
@@FlashPointHx I noticed another pattern in your excellent Portuguese History (masterpiece ;), Portugal had great leaders, and a lot of them never saw glory, or only saw glory Once, because they weren't "liked" by the King. Was this one of those Court Rivalry situations, that is replete thru History? Can't get yo sh!t together, not a Team? "The Buck stops here" LOL.
@@3idraven714 the higher you went in the aristocracy the more enemies you acquired - Afonso de Albuquerque had the rare trait of being able to establish a lot of support in the royalty - Francisco de Almeida did not - his peers poisoned the mind of King Manuel against him.
@@3idraven714 yeah - when I did my history of the Punic Wars, it was exactly the same. Scipio africanus defeated Hannibal - the greatest threat to Rome up to that point - yet he was brought down by his own government. His headstone read ‘ungrateful country - you shall not possess my bones!’ (He made it a point to be buried outside the boundaries of Rome )
Great as usual, congrats.
@@joaoconchilha2231 thank you so much !
So intense and breathtaking! Amazing work! Looking forward for more!
Thank you so much!
Great people from the great past and great videos from Flash Poinr History.. salute brothers..
Such a great series from a great channel ❤
@@Baddy187 hey thanks so much !
This is so good!
I’ll have to rewatch it several times waiting for Diu!
And you ended up doing three-parts just for Francisco de Almeida! What a treat!
Thank you once again for your dedication, creativity and hard work. This is the best youtube channel ever!
(Oh and I see you ended up like it the ideia of doing a summary of battle casualties 😂 it really helps visualising the scale of the battle)
@@Tusiriakest hahah - yeah I knew to really tell this particular story of father and son you needed three parts - and yes the after action report is a great idea - thanks again for that ;)
@@FlashPointHxThis video seems to be more about Lourenço de Almeida (+that bit about Albuquerque) than about Francisco. Either way, I liked the video up until Almeida Jr started making dumb decisions. Then I couldn't watch.
@@siimplykittxie8469 Fidalgo’s code, being applied by a marked man… it was like that in those days
Amazing work so much into it really deserves a watch and many views man👌😊
The names :
Bartholomew Diaz
Vasco Da Gamma
Were mentioned in the history book of Mauritius 😢
Awesome series thank you
@@eliech7112 you’re so welcome!
nice love your clash of words series
Thank you!
Never clicked on a video faster. Made my day seeing it in my feed
Mate, can you do one day a serie about the Carlist Wars in Spain in XIX century and a Pedro II of Brazil serie? That themes can be very unique for your channel.
I really enjoy and love your content Flash Point History 😊🙏🏻
@@sarenartanis1752 I’d have to research this - I’ve never heard of the latter
@@FlashPointHx About the Carlist Wars, for the spaniards were very important wars because it was the origins of the regionalism and nationalisms they suffer nowadays. Moreover, in that wars participate many good spanish generals like Zumalacaguerri or Espartero, and foreign generals from France and Austria.
Pedro II of Brazil was a very chad king and he participated in many wars, being the most famous the Triple Alliance War against Paraguay.
For the spanish and portuguese communities, that videos will be a hit and instant classics for the channel 😊
@@sarenartanis1752 from what o remember it was the foundation for why South America never unified and was eventually divided into so many smaller states. But against, S American history gets little press
i love history of fran
What if Mansa Musa's Mali Empire discovered Brazil in 1324 when they voyaged West to see what was there? Which would make sense as to why the Portuguese were able to conquer so much land being such a small nation in comparison and why they didn't have troubles with the Indians since disease would have already spread leaving it mostly empty for them to conquer. The Amazon and the Andes Mountains would have acted like a wall preventing disease to spread. Also what if they brought the Black Death back from the New World on their voyage just in time for it to spread soon after?
They supposedly did find gold tipped spears in S. America which are only found in Africa. Mansa spoke his predecessor did indeed travel to new found lands.
The Portuguese asked to pope to amend the treaty of tordesillas to include more of the western hemisphere for Portugal. It could be possible that the Portuguese were already aware of Brazil due to their extensive presence in West Africa so they asked the pope to give them more of the western hemisphere only to "discover" Brazil "coincidentally" Also if you look on a map the shortest 2 points of the 'New World' and 'Old World' are exactly were the Mali Empires coast is todays Senegal and Guinea Bissau to Brazils Cities of Natal and Recife. Since the Portuguese colonized Guinea Bissau that is where the could have got the idea. Both the Trade Winds and the Ocean Currents make it ideal to travel as they both circulate from those 2 points.
Also I don't see Mansa Abu Bakr taking a Royal Expedition of 500 ships into the Atlantic ocean without having prior knowledge that something was there first.
Some good old ancient and medieval military history PLEASE!!
check out my Punic Wars series
Just came across your channel and immediately subscribed. This is incredibly well made.
We don’t learn 1/5th of this in History class.
Can’t wait for the next chapter
Hey welcome aboard! Happy you liked this one - make sure to check out the other videos in this series
if its your 1st time and only watched this, go check his profile, there is alot more about Portugal Might
@@carlospaiva2307 I noticed when I went to see the type of content. Exciting to see such high quality content about Portugueses History
Another great video thank you for your work!
@@DrKarmo hey thanks Karmo!
@@FlashPointHxyou're one of my favorite CZcamsrs nowadays! When you get around to the spanish saga i think you should keep the videogame achievement style of the series! Also, talk a little with DJ Peach Cobbler, he did a series on the spanish expeditions into the new world and his videos are great, he could share some material with you so you don't have to rely completely on spanish accounts
@@DrKarmo I’ll look him up - thanks for the lead
just got to the end and realized the next one isnt out yet. very sad
How does this only have 5k views??? This is a masterpiece?
Thank you!
Excellence...always on the menu here! Thanks!
@@3idraven714 thanks so much Raven !
Another great video. Thank you.
Appreciated!
Kndly waiting for part 3
For when the Battle of Diu? amazing work, congrats
@@pittrawangan5741 next
Ahhh, this is the good stuff
@@raneroth7981 thanks !
Awesome video. Your videos keep getting better and your description of the Chaul battle is top notch. Kudos also for the intel. Impressive how well documented you are. Fantastic work!! Oss.
@@Geraldo_Sem_Pavor hey - so happy you liked my video - yeah I figured we needed to do some time with the battle of Chaul to set up the battle of Diu well
LET'S GO! Love your content guys! thanks for this!
Thanks for watching Daniel!
This is so good. Beyond good.
@@Luso515PorTuoGraal happy you liked it that much :)
I've been eagerly awaiting for this...good things come to those who wait.
@@lino222 hope you liked it !
@@FlashPointHx only have one complaint, it ended to soon, other than that, it was great, like your previous work, thank you.
A gift for the algorithm gods
Appreciated!
This is fantastic, thank you!
You're very welcome!
"Também farão Mombaça, que se arreia
De casas sumptuosas e edifícios,
Co ferro e fogo seu queimada e feia,
Em pago dos passados malefícios.
Despois, na costa da Índia, andando cheia
De lenhos inimigos e artificios
Contra os Lusos, com velas e com remos
O mancebo Lourenço fará extremos.
Das grandes naus do Samorim potente,
Que encherão todo o mar, co a férrea pela,
Que sai com trovão do cobre ardente,
Fará pedaços leme, masto, vela.
Despois, lançando arpéus ousadamente
Na capitaina imiga, dentro nela
Saltando o fará só com lança e espada
De quatrocentos Mouros despejada.
Mas de Deus a escondida providência
(Que ela só sabe o bem de que se serve)
O porá onde esforço nem prudência
Poderá haver que a vida lhe reserve.
Em Chaúl, onde em sangue e resistência
O mar todo com fogo e ferro ferve,
Lhe farão que com vida se não saia
As armadas de Egipto e de Cambaia.
Ali o poder de muitos inimigos
(Que o grande esforço só com força rende),
Os ventos que faltaram, e os perigos
Do mar, que sobejaram, tudo o ofende.
Aqui ressurjam todos os Antigos,
A ver o nobre ardor que aqui se aprende:
Outro Ceva verão, que, espedaçado,
Não sabe ser rendido nem domado.
Com toda ũa coxa fora, que em pedaços
Lhe leva um cego tiro que passara,
Se serve inda dos animosos braços
E do grão coração que lhe ficara.
Até que outro pelouro quebra os laços
Com que co alma o corpo se liara:
Ela, solta, voou da prisão fora
Onde súbito se acha vencedora.
Vai-te, alma, em paz, da guerra turbulenta,
Na qual tu mereceste paz serena!
Que o corpo, que em pedaços se apresenta,
Quem o gerou, vingança já lhe ordena:
Que eu ouço retumbar a grão tormenta,
Que vem já dar a dura e eterna pena,
De esperas, basiliscos e trabucos,
A Cambaicos cruéis e Mamelucos.
Eis vem o pai, com ânimo estupendo,
Trazendo fúria e mágoa por antolhos,
Com que o paterno amor lhe está movendo
Fogo no coração, água nos olhos.
A nobre ira lhe vinha prometendo
Que o sangue fará dar pelos giolhos
Nas inimigas naus; senti-lo-á o Nilo,
Podê-lo-á o Indo ver e o Gange ouvi-lo"
- Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X]
Obrigado. Grande Camões.
Here is Landeg White's translation, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2001:
"Mombasa, too, furnished with such
Palaces and sumptuous houses,
Will be laid waste with iron and fire
In payment for its former treachery.
Along the Indian coast, swarming
With enemy ships plotting Portugal's
Downfall, Lourenço with sail and with oar
Will give his uttermost, and then give more.
Though the powerful Samorin's giant ships
Choke the entire sea, his cannon-shot
Thundering from hot brass
Will pulverize rudder, mast, and sail;
Then, daring to grapple the enemy
Flagship, watch him leap
On deck, armed only with lance and sword,
To drive four hundred Muslims overboard.
But God's inscrutable wisdom (He knows
Best what is best for his servants)
Will place him where neither strength nor wisdom
Can avail in preserving his life.
In Chaul, the very seas will churn
With blood, fire, and iron resistance,
As the combined fleets of Egypt and Cambay
Confront him with his destiny that day.
The united power of many enemies
(Might was defeated only by might),
Faltering winds and a swelling sea
Will all be ranged against him.
Here, let ancient heroes rise
To learn from this scion of courage
This second Scaeva who, however maimed,
Knows no surrender and will not be tamed.
With one thighbone completely shattered
By a wayward cannon-ball, still
He battles on with his forearms alone
And a heart not to be daunted,
Until another ball snaps the ties
Binding flesh and spirit together:
The leaping soul slips its body's prison
To claim the greater prize of the arisen.
Go in peace, O soul! After war's
Turbulence, you have earned supreme peace!
As for that scattered, broken body,
He who fathered it plans vengeance.
Already, I hear their hot perdition
Looming in a thunderous barrage
On Mameluke and cruel Cambayan
From catapult, from ordnance and cannon.
Here comes the father, magnified
By his anger and grief, his heart
On fire, his eyes swimming, his soul
Transfixed by paternal love.
He has taken an oath his noble rage
Will make blood run knee-high
In the enemy ships; the Nile will mourn,
The Indus witness, the Ganges be forlorn."
- Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X, translated by Landeg White]
Here is Sir Richard Francis Burton's 1880 translation:
"Mombasah-city, with her brave array
of sumptuous palace, proudest edifice,
defaced, deformed by fire and steel shall pay
in kind the tale of byegone malefice.
Thence on those Indian shores which proud display
their hostile fleets, and warlike artifice
'gainst the Lusians, with his sail and oar
shall young Lourenço work th' extremes of war.
What mighty vessels Sam'orim's orders own
covering Ocean, with his iron hail
poured from hot copper-tube in thunder-tone
all shall he shatter, rudder, mast and sail;
then with his grapples boldly, deftly thrown,
the hostile Ammiral he shall assail,
board her, and only with the lance and sword
shall slay four hecatombs of Moors abhor'd.
But God's prevision 'scaping human sight,
alone who knows what good best serves His end,
shall place the Hero where ne toil ne might
his lost young life availeth to forfend.
In Cháúl-bay, where fierce and furious fight
with fire and steel shall fervid seas offend,
th' Infidel so shall deal that end his days
where Egypt's navy doth conjoin Cambay's.
There shall the pow'er of man'ifold enemies, -
for only stronger force strong force can tire,-
and Winds defaulting and fierce injuries
of Ocean, 'gainst a single life conspire :
Here let all olden men from death arise
to see his Valour, catch his noble fire :
A second Scæva see who, hackt and torn,
laughs at surrender, quarter holds in scorn.
With the fierce torture of a mangled thigh,
torn off by bullet which at random past,
his stalwart arms he ceaseth not to ply,
that fiery Spirit flaming to the last :
Until another ball clean cuts the tie
so frail that linkèd Soul and Body fast ;-
the Soul which loosed from her prison fleets
whither the prize eterne such Conqueror greets.
Go, Soul! to Peace from Warfare turbulent
wherein thou meritedst sweet Peace serene !
for those torn tortured limbs, that life so rent
who gave thee life prepareth vengeance keen :
I hear een now the furious storm ferment,
threating the terrible eternal teen,
of Chamber, Basilisco, Saker-fire,
to Mameluke cruel and Cambayan dire.
See with stupendous heart the war to wage,
driven by rage and grief the Father flies,
paternal fondness urging battle-gage,
fire in his heart and water in his eyes :
Promise the sire's distress, the soldier's rage,
a bloody deluge o'er the knees shall rise
on ev'ry hostile deck: This Nyle shall fear,
Indus shall sight it, and the Gange shall hear."
- Luís de Camões [Os Lusíadas, Canto X, translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton]
@@roddeazevedo this last translation is tremendous! Where did you found it? Do you know any good italian translation? Those I have found are quite poor, unfortunately
@@Tusiriakest Google Lusiads + "Englished by Richard Francis Burton". Unfortunately, I do not know any Italian translations yet. If I find a good one, I will ping you.
Pa0rt of history i know little about. I think i will seatch for the books you mentioned
holly cow! I didn't know about that Venetian attempt to build the Suez Canal, centuries earlier :O if that worked, the next centuries would have been so different that I can't even imagine how different the world would be by now
@@vegetapt9144 Egypt would have been THE most powerful state on the planet
These are amazing. Thank you. Only downside is having to wait for another video.
Great content, if you're Portuguese. If you're not, well...nobody's perfect.
Hope to support the channel soon. In the meanwhile, by the power invested in me by...mmm...me, I award you Portuguese Citizenship Honoris Causa, for your invaluable service to our glorious history.
Hahaha - thank you! I plan on getting out to Portugal one of these days - a lot of people I know have been there and they all thought it was one of the most beautiful places they had ever been too
amazing stuff man thank you !
@@KingMaalik you’re welcome!
You dam devil, I have been waiting for this video for such a long time, and the first week of exams you release him, ofc I´m gonna watch it- twice, but is not the first time you have such a terrible timming with my academic life!
Keep the awesome job!
@@luissilva1460 ahahah - don’t miss out on class on my account - happy you like the video either way
Oh boy, Diu Battle is coming. Buckle up!
@@PauloRibeiro1978 yes sir!
Once again brilliant 🎉
Francisco will avenge his son
Man did he ever
Great video
red dead redemption, brilliantly used haha very fitting. Excellent documentary, makes working on my annoying financial reporting more bearable !
Glad you liked that achievement unlocked - took me a bit to find something appropriate
By Grabthar's Hammer..🔨🔥
Hokee..that one caught me totally by surprise 😂😂👍
Big thanks as always.
Giving me the feeling as if I was present at the events is a testimony to the power of your storytelling and that achievement unlocked at the end was truly a hilarious cherry on top🤣🍒👏🏆
Haha - I didn't know if any one would pick up on that ref. Glad you did Angel - that was one of my favorite movies, even if it was a spoof of Star Trek
@@FlashPointHx can't wait to hear Dad scream *KHAAAAAN!* before he attacks now🤣👍
And yeah galaxy quest lmao🤣
Best use of a sci-fi quote as achievement unlocked in my book 📚
When I saw it pop up on screen I had a 10 min burst of laughter bwahahahahaaaa 🤣👍
Thaaank youuuu🤣🙏
Excelente!
@@rocketshipevan thanks!
Wow amazing
Very interesting piece
Thank you! Cheers!
i need more
Once again great videos, you know the Portuguese colonization reminds me of WWI that it doesn't get that much recognition like the Spanish colonization or like how WWII gets more recognition.
@@jasonpalacios1363 it’s funny how that happens in history - some time periods just hit that tipping point and become the focus
@@FlashPointHx Also this reminds me of the Heavy Metal band from Brazil called Sepultura.
Wtf i nearly missed part 2 ...wtf CZcams i have this chanel with abo and bell on.
Great work as always❤
@@FireCrack83 I think the notification system is off - happy you liked the video
Thanks!
You bet!
so well done, better than hollywood, I can't figure it out why there is no movie about this
@@carlospaiva2307 I agree - Netflix needs to do something on this
Very well done, waiting for the next video 😊
@@Trolhasereformados in progress now
@@FlashPointHx i may tell you that you created one of the best yt channels regarding history, particularly my country history. So i thank you for providing this content to all of us. Congrats brother. 👏👏