Related topics: Madagascar and its connection to New York: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AfDEzm7FVxU.html The Red Sea Men, pirates operating out of New York: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HQQseHPi2lE.html Biography on Henry Every, King of the Red Sea men: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Shx01EoaluQ.html The Fancy, Every's flagship: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rcdAP9Xe7OM.html
There must be a hidden pirate treasure in New York. I keep seeing people dressed like pirates in the subway. Speaking in a incomprehensible accent riddled with venereal diseases. I assume they’re looking for a treasure, but it looks to me like they’ve only gotten a few coins in their collection, which they usually have on display.
I notice that many of them are free slaves, and their religious confessions are suspect, one told me that he was jewish, I fear this new form of papism.
It's nice that you're covering a region of Golden Age piracy that isn't only the lush tropical islands of the Caribbean as pop culture usually depicts as the setting of sea rovers. I hope you'll cover other regions visited by Golden Age pirates such as the Indian Ocean.
@@GoldandGunpowderand can you also cover piracy in Canada and cover piracy in alaska and can you cover piracy in Europa and can you cover piracy in the wild west and can you cover piracy after the golden age of piracy
Thank you for delving into piracy's history in the American colonies. Most discussions of the time focus only on the Caribbean, and ignore the colonies to the north that relied on their goods & trade.
The Dutch were actually victorious in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667), having destroyed the British fleet in their Raid on the Medway. However, they traded the former New Amsterdam to the English in exchange for Surinam, which was a much more profitable colony for the Dutch.
Quite astonishing that Governor Fletcher was deposed without incident, despite his strong power base that likely loved him, hated the Whigs, and had little respect for law.
I think after the Leisler rebellion people had enough of infighting. As for Fletcher he was basically replaced with a slap on the wrist and was able to retire in peace, whereas a rebellion would've landed him a hanging
I'm not sure if you knew of his videos, but it was announced in The Pirates Port Discord server a few days ago that Thomas Weiss, the man behind The Pirates Port youtube channel, passed away.
Love your work man, always focused on the history and most times not overly complicated. I'd love to see a video about merchants in the golden age of piracy, the subject could help explain why pirates attacked them so much and how in the latter golden age they depended on intimidation.
I'm glad that you made this video. Just a day or two ago I was wondering if you had ever covered this topic, and then I open RU-vid and you've just posted one. Spooky. I became interested in New York's pirate history after I read that an ancestor of mine, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, had been a part owner of Abraham Blauvelt's ship La Garce. Looking forward to the follow ups.
from the lenape tribe to the MUDD club.......where a guy named dagmar with a blue mohawk will welcome you to the dance floor, where there's just a few of those fabulous poodles doing the peppermint twist for real!
Another excellent video, golden age pirates’ presence in North America is an underrated topic in the broader subject of Golden Age of Sea Rovers history
Fort Orange was near present-day Albany. It was not on Manhattan Island. My family settled it (Rapalje). See 1st recorded testimony of Catalina Trico (later Rapalje.), available pdf. Also, the majority were not actually Dutch. Most had temporarily fled to Holland seeking relief from religious persecution, then sailed to the New World from Holland when religious rights were eventually curtailed there, also.
Thank you for your work ! I didn't know much about the early history of New York. It's great to have a general context I can fill all the anecdotes into. Thanks a lot !
Edit: upon a second watch; I had no idea about the history of William Kidd. I knew his skeleton was gibbited on wharfs of London. That he had helped in the building of St. Paul's cathedral at the end of wallstreet and owned a pew there is very informative. Old New York is an interesting walk to walk around amongst the skyscrapers whilst understanding the former skyline and countryside just beyond the wall upon Wall Street Trees and swamps and hills belonged to the rest of the Island
One of the best things I ever learned is that New York is Americas most historic city, but none there remember it because of how fast things are torn down to make way for a rebuild. This fact is one of its charms and detriments at the same time... Before Central Park was a Park it was a wilderness. Broadway - the only crooked street in the city, was an Indian trail.
I am going to stay tuned to your channel. I am so fascinated by the references about the Red Sea & Indian Ocean in connection to the City of New York... My mind is cast back to when Rounding the Horn was a thing that tall ships did regularly. A feat of daring for the intrepid...but done regularly just a century after Columbus sailed off the map and Magellan was not long dead... Flights of fancy come when imagining bold adventuresome times Thank you for posting this.
There is an excellent book called "The Island at the Center of the World" about New York during the Dutch era. There are a couple of significant details relating to the Peach war missing this video, but covered in that book.
what is your source for Piet Heyn's Silver Fleet treasure funding the Dutch in New Amsterdam? And, will you be doing a profile on Heyn/Hein? I mean, he did capture an ENTIRE silver fleet without any of his men dying
One branch of the family are Dutch New Yorkers, they are hard to track the origins of however as the surname is a result of considerable Anglophone mispronunciation. The boomers in the family hope they were Jewish, they probably weren't.
@@GoldandGunpowder It has a 'van' in it, I very much doubt they really are of that background, though as they were rich they likely married into it at some points.
This blood libel of blaming Europeans for piracy, slave trade, colonialism etc etc and not mentioning that non-European group who owned the vessels, funded the voyages and profited from the immoral trades should be a crime. Oh wait, perhaps it is --- racial vilification.
It has plenty to do with pirates, as already explained in video New York basically funded the entire pirate round, without New York you're missing a key piece of the story behind the Red Sea and Madagascar pirates.
