Francisco de Almeida - Part 1 - Age of Discovery 

Thank you again for staying with the rich history of the Portuguese!!!

@@tonyagos1172 Of course - this will go up to Vasco da Gama's final voyage

@@FlashPointHx excellent!!! I will share with others and look forward to the other videos in the future. You have really done an amazing job with the history of Portugal! Thank you again!

Thanks for the upload!!!!!

Thank you so much for keep focusing on Portuguese history. One gripe: you keep pronouncing "de Almeida" as "doo Almeida". Try "dee almeida" ou "d'almeida": the 'e' is almost silent

Well said - they did the unexpected for sure

Yeah, too small for such big dreams. In terms of population and resources, the smallest maritime power during the Age of Discovery. That such a tiny country, with a tiny population, and tiny natural resources, was able to be the forerunner of European overseas expansion and then build such sprawling and long-lasting empire is simply mindboggling. Sooner or later, the Dutch, the French, the Spanish and the English would stake their claim. But, alas, adjusted for its size, Portugal had indeed a massive impact on the world - the first westerners to reach Tibet and Japan (which forever altered the history of Japan), the first westerners to arrive to South America (yeah, because the Caribbean are in Central America), the first to circumnavigate the whole of massive Africa, and so on...today, Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages in the world (at number 6, by native speakers); among European languages, only Spanish and English surpass Portuguese. And, what comes next on this series (the Battle of Diu), will forever change the dynamics of power in the world - if the global center of power in this age was in the hands of eastern powers, Diu will change it to western powers. Diu was indeed one of the most important maritime battles ever...and all because a father lost his son...

@@lfsm9380 wow - awesome comment - extremely well said!

​@@lfsm9380 WTF man spoiler alert

@@lfsm9380 Tiny resources is a myth, due to the bad second half of 20th century economy, when Europe was growing with the billions of the post WW2 Marshall Plan, Portugal avoid the Marshal (in propotion) and spent all in building new Angola and Mozambique. The rest was spent in a too long time war alone against almost 10 countries. Because, Iberia in the last 2.000 years was always richer than the rest of Europe. In fact was the only region to escape the Great Famine and famine is the worst state of poverty! Of course the Media Guilds with the Iberia black legend always tried to blacken Catholic countries and especially Portugal because they always believed that cutting the Brazilian cultural roots with Portugal, they would conquer Brazil and vampirize their entire resources. Portugal exported all kind of foods to England, especial wine, Porto Wine, that needs rich resources, just see the recent movies Damsel and you see a rich land called Portugal.

Could you please share your source for this nickname? Thanks in advance.

This would make a great mini series

They will never do it, neither the socialist 25 de abril elites will, the first is run by jews the other by marxists, both hate cristianity and any western achievement, if they do something like this its either to white wash history putting a black Francisco de Almeida or to make the Portuguese look as bad as possible. The only way to do this is by us Portuguese patriots, nationalists and catolics.

@@FlashPointHx School of sagres would make a great series…

Liam Neilson should play him.

@@raphaellima4779 He'd do a good job I think - he plays those older / wiser / grittier people well

Ah thanks Baddy - appreciated!!

Lol not even close. And the lisp has got to go on their little AI voice.

Yeah - and the backstory leading up to that battle is insane!

Its an amazing history

​@@FlashPointHx 🥰

Oh yeah!! First we need the battle of Chaul to put Diu into prospective

When will you upload the next video please? I don't want to spoil my view of your video by reading ahead. I'm impatient​@@FlashPointHx

@@phoenix0000 I’m a one man show here - so usually it takes me a month between videos

@@FlashPointHx I understand. But I honestly believe you should get a bigger platform on big streaming companies where you can narrate history the way you're doing right now. It's so engaging.

The great companies hate Portugal for more than one thousand years.

He always paid his debts

Better than game of thrones.

​@FlashPointHx Tyrion de Almeida Lannister :)

@@jorgeneves7930 boy was he ever going to repay his debts

Glad you enjoyed it!

Its an amazing history

Thank you so much!

É verdade. É melhor estar a ver esta história, do que ter de adivinhar a partir d'Os Lusíadas 👍

Estes vídeos são brutais!

He was an impressive commander !

So true!

Well said!

I agree - its an epic time and history

Porque é Portugal

As a Portuguese I too wonder. In Portugal there is barely a movie industry, besides that the common sentiment is of shame for the discovery era, which is as such a sad thing to witness...

​@@user-pt3yf5uv8bIs very simple Hollywood is very Anglo centric. Plus any movie that would depic any European nation colonial history would be branded racist, white supremacists or imperialist narrative or propaganda and Hollywood is all on board in the woke boat. The alternative would be Bollywood but " India lose" badly in this story.

​@@user-pt3yf5uv8bIt's because of the inferiority complex of the republicans, such movies make the Portuguese monarchy and aristocracy look good.

Thanks! Hoping Netflix picks this up

Boy would they ever pay for it

Let me know what you think =)

Yes sir! Enjoy!

Hey thanks Filipe - this video was to lay the ground work for the two major battles ahead - happy that you liked it

warning your enemy that you're coming and you're bringing the thunder down with you - boss level

This battle that Will follow at diu was consider to be a world history changer. The loss of the mameluc , otoman fleet aliance shaped the history of the european empires for the next 500 years. The rising of the otoman was stoped at diu and cleared the way for european dominance until the deliver of hong Kong and later Macau to china

Great. Thank you! 😊

Wow, thank you!

1. Europe was not as isolated as you think. Merchants from Genoa and Venice setup various trading posts in faraway land, such as in Istanbul, Alexandria, Jaffa, Crimea, etc. They have diplomatic relation/contact with the Ottoman Empire, Golden Horde, Persia, Delhi Sultanate, and even Ming Dynasty. And not just the Italians, but the English, the Dutch, and the Germans too. They have trading posts in Scandinavia, Northern Russia, Kazan, Volga region, all the way to Caspian sea and Persia. 2. Europe by late 15th and early 16th century was not full of "old dogma, fears, and myths". The richest regions in Europe (Northern Italy, The Netherlands, Northwestern Germany, Burgundy, etc) were on par with the richest regions in Asia (Hindustan, Yellow river valley, etc). Renowned European philosophers, artists, and inventors from that time (e.g. Geoffrey Chaucer, Nicolaus Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, etc) were not inferior to their Arab, Chinese, Persian, or Indian counterparts. 3. *What the Europeans could not participate (on large scale) up to that point was the maritime trade in Indian ocean, and that's it.* Just like Chinese and Indian traders could not participate directly (on large scale) in Mediterranean trade. The value of Indian trade was just as large (or larger) than Mediterranean trade, so those with access to both (i.e. the Arabs) naturally have significant advantage over those who don't. However, later on, Atlantic trade and Northern European trade grow rapidly in value (due to the literal mountain of gold and silver in the Americas, the advancement in banking & finance, agricultural revolution, gradual mechanization, etc), allowing countries like the Netherlands, England, and France to catch up quickly.

@@crayonsukrou913 Oh yes Europe was isolated, no European went to China, even the only case of Marco Polo is being proved as just a tale. Europe was extremely poor and full of famines. No one had gonne to the unkown continent called America, except in the 19th century books of tales. Arabs and Asian traders used to say that Europe was so poor that the only product that allowed profit was the European slaves, afterall what the word "slave" means? The Japanese believed that the world was built just by Japan, India and China. Only after the rich spece trade and most of all only after the many tons of gold and silver that came from Brazil and South America, Europe stared to being rich, Only after products as the potatoe and all that came afterwards the famines started to calm down. Unfortunately the last 70 years of nazi and post nazi literarture tried to destroy the exceptional conquests of the Portuguese, well except the best American and English academics those know well how important for the entire world the global expansion was. Of course that Germany dogmas were mighty uberalles, they even won WWII.

@@crayonsukrou913 Italian merchants were trading with Muslims, putting Christian gold in Muslim pockets. The Portuguese feared fighting the Muslims in Hispania for another half millennium, thus the Portuguese expansion was partly for-profit, partly holy war to deprive Muslims of treasure that could be used to harass Christians, especially Portuguese Christians. It was disintermediation by force.

@@binalcensored2104 1. _"no European went to China, even the only case of Marco Polo is being proved as just a tale"_ Nope. This video mentioned *Gaspar Da Gama,* who was born in Germany (or Poland) and travelled all the way to India. He served Gujarati ruler, and then defected to the Portuguese. There were at least like couple dozens of people like him by the end of 15th century. Mostly merchants, but also pilgrims, captives, etc from Europe who travelled to the Holy Land and beyond. Remember that during Dias' expedition to find the Cape of Good Hope, the King of Portugal also sent like half dozen agents to travel to India using land route (proving that they know about these land routes). Look, we have records of various merchants and travelers from Europe (mostly from Eastern Roman Empire, not from Western Europe) who visited China, as early as 1000 AD, like a group of Jewish merchants called "Radhanites". Also papal legates Giovanni del Carpine send by the Papacy as an envoy to Mongol Empire in 1245, decades before Marco Polo, and more.. You can Google them. --- 2. _"Europe was extremely poor and full of famines."_ Nope. Think about it, if Europe was so poor, how the princes of Europe can afford Crusade, and keep pouring men and resources to that meatgrinder for centuries? If Europe was so poor, how European towns and cities built all those great cathedrals, which are on par with the glittering temples, mosque, and mausoleums of the East? That being said, Europe was indeed "poor" during the chaotic fall of Roman Empire (~400 AD), up to the beginning of the Viking Age (~800 AD). But by the start of Renaissance Europe was no longer poor. By the start of 16th century, the richest regions in Europe (Northern Italy and Northwestern Europe) were about on par with the richest regions of Asia. --- 3. _"Arabs and Asian traders used to say that Europe was so poor that the only product that allowed profit was the European slaves. Only after the rich spice trade and most of all only after the many tons of gold and silver that came from Brazil and South America, Europe stared to being rich.."_ Lol. Not true. If you look at history, since Bronze Age (~1500 BC), there were certain commodities from Western Europe which were highly prized in the East, things like copper and zinc (which later contributed to the Bronze Age collapse). By 1500, various commodities such as utensils, glass products (both clear and tinted), as well as more common commodities such as olive oil, ointment, herbs and spices (Google "Paprika"), wool, linen, naval supplies (ropes, sails, nails, etc), parchment, paper (introduced to Europe in 1300s), etc were quite popular. Within Europe, commodities like wood, wine, beer & ale, amber, jewelries, furniture, furs, salted pork, machine tools, military equipment, etc were commonly traded. Just think about it, if there were little trade in Europe due to lack of goods or otherwise (and therefore no profit to be made), how come Northern Italy and Northwestern Europe develop such advanced financial tech? Like *modern accounting, central bank, stock exchange, chartered company, modern insurance, etc all invented in Europe.* --- 4. _"Only after products as the potatoe and all that came afterwards the famines started to calm down."_ Potato is very efficient in term of calorie per sq meter, but the notion that Europe was "full of famines" before introduction of potato (in comparison to other regions/countries of the period) is *utter BS.* Google "countries by population in 1500", you'll find many European countries in the top 20, with Holy Roman Empire in 3rd place, and France 4th place. Think about it, Kingdom of France actually had larger population (16M) than the mighty Ottoman Empire (14M), and the population of Spain (9M) was almost twice that of Mamluk Egypt (5.5M). FYI Ottoman Empire control most of Mesopotamia (so-called "the fertile crescent" along Euphrates), while Mamluk Egypt ofc control Nile Delta (said to be one of the most fertile region on Earth). So, nope, fact is, Europe is fertile and very productive, especially Southern England and the Netherlands, which later lead the so-called "Agriculture Revolution" in 17th century.

@@roddeazevedo Well, you're not wrong. But FYI European leading powers were, by that time, already stronger than most Muslim states. For example, the population of the Holy Roman Empire (23M) and Kingdom of France (16M) was larger than that of Ottoman Empire (14M) and Mamluk Sultanate (5M).

He definitely had a vision

@@FlashPointHx Even recent movies are using palaces and Portuguese monuments built in Manueline style. The Manueline style architecture was built based on king Dom Manuel instructions. This recent movie called Damsel 2024 was filmed in the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos e Convento de Cristo, who had astonishing beautiful architecture based on the Discoveries Age. Independent of one likes the movie or not, the true is that the historical real scenarios are something to admire.

Surely, there had been contact between Italian merchants and the Golden Horde in the Black Sea before 1498

Agree - this was the part where globalization got a huge jump start. After this, every nation wanted to have a global trade network. Thanks for sharing as well

Oh there was alright - especially in Caffa on the Black Sea in 1346 ;) - take a look at my Black Death video if you get a chance

Hey Daniel ! good to see you here!

​@@FlashPointHxAlways

Hey thanks!! - Work on part 2 is already underway

think its a great story

Hey congrats - thats impressive!! What's your area of focus?

@@FlashPointHx Thanks.....Guess what? -Specialization in Modern History and Discoveries !_ For many years these themes were never properly addressed, mainly as events that changed the course of world history, nor were they presented with due graphics. Now we can say that you were pioneers. Thank you so much again.

@@hugorefachinho Ha! Well you're in the right place then =)

Thank you so much - working on part two now :)

Yeah it’s so unfortunate - Manuel couldn’t appreciate talent. Even Pereira was outcast after basically saving Cochin. What happened to Almeida was a travesty

We have a saying in Portugal, "Portugal é madrasta de filhos seus" / "Portugal is stepmother to it's sons", meaning that at some stage, the country will turn it's back on it's heros

@@carlos-ju7ce That is very unfortunate, Portugal is an amazing country.

@@carlos-ju7ce That seems to be so true - these men did the impossible and came home to a terrible reception. Cabral, Pereira, even Almeida kept the Portuguese empire alive and yet were ridiculed.

​@@carlos-ju7ce That is why we have to be better and better!

Thanks - yeah I think this would be an awesome mini series

He's up next after Almeida

You nailed it !

Nice! Let me know what you think

Thank you so much!! =)

These men were voyaging into the unknown - granted they did both good and bad - but either way, they had nerves of steel. Thanks for this!

Thank you so much Jen !

hahaha - I thought it was a good spot to stop - the next part will be about the Battle of Chaul

Pappa Almeida was going to bring down the thunder for sure - I've just started on part 2 - keep in mind, I'm a one person show so I create them as fast as I can =)

@@FlashPointHx I know you're a 1-man-army. You already do a lot by yourself. We'll wait patiently;)

Next was the Battle of Chaul - a truly gruesome encounter

@@FlashPointHx and the best after, when the father granted 100 years of absolute domain of the indic to the portuguese crown. Man, amazing work you're doing! After your awesome vídeos, must come the movie!

Yeah these exploits are just supernatural - Portuguese always seemed to emerge victorious against insane odds

​@@FlashPointHx That superpower have a name " desenrasque" I don't know how to translate it.

Yes it is - enjoy!

Hey thanks !

I'm hoping Netflix picks this up =)

Thanks!

Yay, thank you! Always good to see your comments K

Hey appreciate it! What’s your next video going to be about?

@@FlashPointHx Next one is Pope Sylvester II!

@@Empire-Builders I did a podcast on him! He tried to bring Arabic numerals to Western Europe and they thought he was a warlock

@@FlashPointHx Yes! Such a fascinating black legend, life, character, and era. Will be sure to check your episode out

We come in peace - kind of

Thanks! Working on part II now

Thanks Pedro!

Thank you so much Gustavo !

Thanks again!

I'll try including that in for the next video =)

​@@FlashPointHxI think you missed interpret the @MrJovision compliment he was telling that YOU should use the title Dom.

Agree- really like his work. He has a gift for prose

@@FlashPointHx i love his book about Venice too, 'City of Fortune' ⭐

@@samsohn haven’t read that one . . . Yet

Thank you so much!

Boy is it Literally

Many thanks!

Appreciated moon!

Thank you Bob!

You’re welcome !

Appreciated !

You’re so welcome

Whoa cool - is that seriously why you’re here ?

@@FlashPointHx no because I love history my friend so I'm a fan of your channel and also of AoE II campaigns

Enjoy!

That’s exactly how I’m doing it

My pleasure!

Thank you! 🙂

@@FlashPointHx I dont know if you remember me, I tried to write few times but got no unswer.. Did you see it, all good? Im your patreon btw..

@@giod6266 I did- I'm so sorry - didn't have a chance to write - was feverishly trying to get this video out before the weekend

Thank you! Cheers!

Many thanks angel !!

Hey, any time =)

@@FlashPointHx Yours have turned into my favorite youtube channel. I cant wait for more!

Wait til we get the Battle of Diu

Take it you liked this video ?

@@FlashPointHx That's my first natural instict

Enjoy my friend !

Thank you!

boy did they ever - but then came the Dutch and then the English

@@FlashPointHx the Dutch are another that don’t get spoken about enough.

@@nofilterhistory Agree - no New Amsterdam no New York City

Much appreciated Vangelisb :)

Really appreciate the awesome comment Luso!

Yes sir!

Hey really appreciate it !

Thanks so much Reis!

Thanks so much ! Happy you liked my video

@@FlashPointHx Dude, I was here from asturias. I will never stop praising you!

@@andreascovano7742 I really want to check out Asturias one of these days. The scenery in the Cantabrain Mts looks amazing!

Diu is coming =)

Already in production :)

Hey thanks so much!

Thanks!!

Yes Sir!!