Pedro Álvares Cabral - Age of Discovery

Thanks for your videos about Portugal. Being a portuguese I get sad when I remember that we had such an interesting history and yet you find nothing about it on the internet and in media in general, but here you are doing 2 hours+ worth of amazing content about Portugal. Thank you man, you have teached me more than school.

10:20 - And to the eternal joy of the world, Brazil entered the scene.

As a Portuguese, I am very grateful for the time you dedicated to making these episodes about the age of discoveries. Obrigado. 🇵🇹💯👏👏👏👏

As a Brazilian, I am very proud of the history of my Portuguese ancestors, pioneers, determined, courageous, my surname "Teixeira" participated in many of these adventures.

As a Brit, Portuguese history has always fascinated me, a story much like our own. A little nation making itself known.

I've studied history all my life, but the way Flash Point focuses on characters' points of view is like a perfect spice that brings all the flavors together. Please don't stop making them.

As a brazillian, we received just a glance of the history, in school. As an adult, I've learned about a portuguese that already "discovered" Brazil years sooner than Cabral, but this portuguese was on a mission focused on the Treaty of Tordesilhas, so he kept sailing to the caribbean sea, instead of going south (as Cabral did). This video showed me the sequence after Cabral "discovered us" here in Brazil. Thank you for this and the other videos of the portuguese explorations.

Extraordinary. Thank you. Despite creating a magnificent, enlightened civilization in southern Iberia, when Muslim armies invaded Western Europe in 711 (then, the Visigothic realm) little did they know that they were opening up a Pandora Box. In time, the Iberians first, and then other Europeans, would expel them from Europe and start to chase them around the globe. Unfortunately, the consequences of this clash of cultures are still being felt today. The Portuguese were hell bent on waging a crusade whenever and wherever they encountered Muslims, even when terribly outnumbered. Cabral, with all his flaws, was such a crusader. Regrettably, innocent Hindus were caught in the barbaric crossfire between Christians and Muslims. On a side note: Bartholomew Dias was, most probably, the most extraordinary and accomplished navigator and captain of his day. He did not get there by being from the high nobility (he was not). Competence and merit alone explain his feats. And it is quite fitting that he lost his worthy life having one more go at the iconic, menacing cape that he discovered for Europe and that truly embodies the clash between Indian and Atlantic civilizations.

Pêro Vaz de Caminha was the writer of a beautiful letter sent to king Manuel describing the first contact of Europeans and natives of Vera Cruz. It can be found on the Internet. This writer was one of the men who died on the attack to the PT post in Calicut.

One of the greatest series

The way you put this all together has never been done before. This series , (Portuguese age of discovery) Is a masterpiece right here on YT. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As a teacher I’m very grateful for 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 video for students ❤

Watching so many different history channels not only gives you different perspectives on these events, but it also fills in an intricate timeline that, for so long, had been filled with large gaps. When watching videos like this I can't help but think about how other events that are happening concurrently, like the rise of the Ottomans, the dissolution of the Timurids, the stagnation of the Golden Horde, the consolidation of the Great Ming etc. It's all so fascinating and almost overwhelming, yet fills me with such wonder and amazement!

Absolutely love this series, my favourite by far. Astonishing work on one of the most important times of human civilization!

The most underrated empire on history!

Fantastic Work, Viva Portugal e a Terra da Santa Cruz!

Pedro Álvares de Gouveia was his correct name. Cabral was his father's surname. Pedro had 6 brothers and was the youngest and, for this reason, according to the custom of the time, he did not receive his father's surname but rather his mother's. However, due to the fame he acquired as a navigator, he came to be known as Gouveia, the son of Cabral, with the name Cabral later incorporated by historians as a surname. Ref. "Brasil - Segredo de Estado" - by historian and brazilian former ambassador in USA, Sérgio Correa da Costa.

At last, this power house is covered. It has been a joy, to see empires like Carthage and Portugal being shown, instead of the vikings and the brits. Time for hollywood to pick up on the new winds. Fantastic job with the videos and history, amazing work!

BEFORE COLOMBO - And of course you will have to go to the museum in Toronto to recognize the Portuguese presence and prove that the navigator João Vaz Corte-Real was in Canada in 1473. “History is very complex, as there are always several versions of events”, highlighted the president of the Real Canadian Portuguese Historial Museum

Great stuff! Incredible how for quite a while Brasil was put on the back burner, as all the focus was on India, the spice trade and thwart Muslim presence over there. Can't wait for the nest episodes!