How A Galley Slave Drove the Spanish Empire Into Bankruptcy

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At dawn of September 7, 1628, the man in the lookout spotted sails on the horizon. All hands rush on deck, orders sound through the air, the men ready their weapons. The Spanish treasure fleet is finally within their grasp. Piet Hein, the greatest privateer of the Netherlands, the sea wolf of the Dutch Republic, had been waiting for these ships for over a month. The following night he was to celebrate the greatest success of his career. He was to rob the hated Spanish of one of their most valuable goods: the treasure fleet from the New World.
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Reading list:
Warfare:
Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. amzn.to/32dvvwM
Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, amzn.to/3IazYoC.
Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. amzn.to/3geVDMM
Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. amzn.to/3j2kQvG
Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. amzn.to/32ggn1L
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. amzn.to/2E3Fc95
Fiction related to the Early modern period:
Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers amzn.to/2CJVAuu
Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After amzn.to/32g82Lv
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne amzn.to/2EnIOCB
Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands amzn.to/3ntZgEu
Military Si-Fi recommendations:
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), amzn.to/3RZyty0
Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3vdGxkZ
Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3osvFvA
Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3orikUk
Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) amzn.to/3PVgyGV
Historiography:
Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. amzn.to/3NCyoNl
Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?

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@ChilledfishStick Рік тому

I always enjoy watching your videos despite my distaste for violence, but every time I keep wondering, what is the point of the work that went into gathering these bits of history? Why is the study of the misadventures of Charles the Bold, for example, important? Aside of being very interesting, of course. This question is not meant as an insult. I've been wondering about this for a long time. From Google, I get the usual answers. That by learning history, we learn not to repeat the same mistakes, for example. No examples are ever given for when history saved the day. Another popular answer, is that history teaches us about peoples, and their identities. My problem with that, is that identities are formed by what people are taught about what has happened, and not by what actually happened. The same is true for religion. Whether those are true or not, is incidental, in my opinion. If anyone has an opinion about the issue, please be civil.

@antonjanssen3549 Рік тому

I would offer the counterpoint that history saved the day so often that even the people involved don't realize it happened. In any society throughout human existence children are exposed to historical teachings from very early on. Wether it be a retelling of an old tribal war by a shaman, a theater piece based on true events, conserved in a religious text or written down in your school textbook matters not. There is no escape from retellings of the past, and they will shape the very way you think and feel. And a surprising lot of the things you take for granted or conmon sense will be influenced by someones fuckup a hundred, a thousand or ten thousand years ago. And every decision you take will subtly or directly be influenced by it. So I do think it makes great sense to assure the accuracy of these retellings...

@ChilledfishStick Рік тому

@@antonjanssen3549 Unfortunately, there's no way for us to check your hypothesis. Regardless, since we can never have a full picture of what happened centuries ago, and even if we did, people can draw different conclusions from the same story. It seems to me like an enormous effort to give people an accurate account of how decisions worked out in very specific circumstances. I think that there are much more effective teaching methods.

@antonjanssen3549 Рік тому

@@ChilledfishStick well there is no (ethical) way to prove that hypothesis. But if you think about all the stories you consumed while growing up a lot of them have been shaped by historical events. So your brain got a ton of reference points and analogies of how things might develop, some are historical and some are made up as (very effective) teaching tools. There is no way decisions are not shaped by that. And sure you can teach lessons with fake history, it just turns out that honest attempts at finding the truth lead to better results than the fakes who are most often made by those that seek to gain power from their lies.

@Genexperiment100 Рік тому

This might not be the most fullfilling answer but let me try. I think one main aspect why people study (violent) history is because of a human desire for spectacle and curiosity to what was before us. Even in the epic of Gilgamesch, the oldest tale we know, it is told of people long before.

@ChilledfishStick Рік тому

@@Genexperiment100 I find certain topics in history very interesting. I wouldn't watch this channel otherwise. The problem with that reasoning, for me, is that it doesn't answer why the public should fund historians. It would then be a more scientific form of literature for people to buy and consume, no? Very much like donating to this channel in Patreon. This is where historiography is for me right now. I'm very much open to the idea that there is a greater purpose, but I simply can't find it.

@Boomer_among_Zoomers Рік тому

Ah yes, our very own Jack Sparrow. The Dutch certainly had some naval legends, quite fitting for one to be a privateer

@Agnus_Mason Рік тому

Piet Hein was also very modern for his time, being the first admiral of low birth and being against slavery, based on his own experiences. He also had his own way of making deals in the indonesian islands, where normally the dutch would employ gunboat tactics, Hein chose the pen over the sword. This led to a bond between the netherlands and the island of Ambon and its surrounding islands so strong, that even 400 years later they would be the only allies of the dutch during the indonesian war of independence after WW2 Truly a magnificent man

@DenUitvreter Рік тому

Being opposed to slavery was actually the norm back then. "All people are children of god" was what the Dutch protestants, who were in power, taught and also the board of the WIC and especially main founder Ussellincx loathed slavery as a barbaric practice of those evil catholics. The VOC was already cutting corners and the WIC would change it stance on slavery in 1637, biblical excuses had to be made up, but slaves on captured Spanish and Portuguese ships had to be freed and there were quite a few blacks regularly employed by the WIC and coming to live in the Dutch Republic. It was not a big deal, Rembrandt had black neighbours in the Jodenbreestraat and the mostly males married Dutch women.

@baltichammer6162 Рік тому

@@DenUitvreter Slavery of black Africans was very much the norm in the mindset of the Dutch/Netherlands Reformed. Maybe there was some Dutch Catholics and "liberals" who were against it, but certainly, absolutely NOT in the Calvinist "reformed". About the time the Dutch and English were ramping up slave trading to North America, the Vatican was putting the brakes on it. You see, in the story of Ham & Noah, Ham was black and therefore cursed to serve his brothern which made slavery okay because they deserved it per the Dutch Reformed doctrine and interpretation of the Bible per John Calvin. I don't what the Vatican used as justification for slavery before they quit supporting it. But I heard the Dutch Reformed version a lot while growing up. Under the label of Horrible History, I did a research project to figure out where and how this idea of "Ham was black" got inserted into religious doctrine. Short story of a very long one....the trail lead to John Calvin. Then everything I read and heard started to make sense how it all came together and was connected. Calvin, real name Jean Cauvin, was one twisted, dark hearted nasty man. He is also a hero of the Scottish Presbyterian church. So the Dutch and Scots/English were in agreement which is why they were the main suppliers.

@DenUitvreter Рік тому

@@baltichammer6162 It got inserted indeed, on political and commercial demand. They only got away with through the calvinists talent for hypocrisy, allowed for by the distance overseas. Slavery in the Netherlands itself would be unthinkable. Before that slavery was seen as a barbaric practice of the evil catholics and the uncivilized muslims. The English were told be protestant by their king because he wanted to shag Ann Boleyn, that doesn't really count as a relgiious conviction. The catholics had their Valladolid debate, but in the end was a political institution.

@baltichammer6162 Рік тому

@@williamedwardgladstone2343 Encouraged what? Be specific please.

@bloedblarre 9 місяців тому

@@DenUitvreter the dutch republic was used as a haven for jewish slavers throughout the world, after they were persecuted for such nefarious practices from spain and portugal. Slavery is the birthright of jews and it is written as such in the babylonian talmud.

@SandRhomanHistory Рік тому

This video is kinda different from our other stuff. We always wanted to get more into the naval side of history. If you like this topic / form of storytelling, please let us know. Also, suggestions for other topics that are related to naval history are more than welcome.

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Рік тому

All good! It’s looking good so far!

@WelcomeToDERPLAND Рік тому

I'd love to see some more obscure naval history topics covered like ancient naval battles or the infamous turtle ships of korea.

@jellepeters2004 Рік тому

The dutch raid on the medway would be interesting

@clintmoor422 Рік тому

maybe just do the golden age of piracy?

@clintmoor422 Рік тому

or another idea: corsairs or the dutch east india company?

@5thMilitia Рік тому

The only succesfull capture of a Spanish treasure fleet. Piet Hein really did something special. It also shows how well the Spanish protected their fleet for it to be only captured once. It wasn't for a lack of trying by their enemies

@QuantumHistorian Рік тому

Did something special? Doesn't sound like he did anything at all! He got spotted, half the fleet avoided him, with the other half almost passed him by. He himself got blown off course, and it's only blind luck that a straggler bumped into him and told him where the rest of the treasure fleet was. And then it's more bad luck for the Spanish, and a lack of knowledge, that led to them being stuck on a sand bar with a tail wind. And then it's sheer incompetence on their part that prevented the ships being scuttled. The only thing Piet Hein accomplished was making fewer mistakes than the disastrous Spaniards. In war that's not nothing, but far short of what deserves to be called "special". He's a hero in the Netherlands because it was politically expedient to make him one, not because of the skill he demonstrated in that one campaign.

@epiphysiscerebri9386 Рік тому

@@QuantumHistorian I'm sorry your country doesn't have any heroes

@5thMilitia Рік тому

@@QuantumHistorian Of course he was lucky. That was needed to capture that treasure fleet. But it still required excellent seaman ship to capture the fleet. It is a combination of both. And even if it was only luck it is still special because of how rare his achievement was. And I don't believe Piet Hein made any major mistakes. He was just onfurtunate 2 times. Also Piet Hein was already a hero before his capture of the treasure fleet because he was an exceptionally brave admiral and that was reported by Dutch newspapers. Not much to do with politics.

@Sk0lzky Рік тому

@@QuantumHistorian which only makes for a better story. Boasting about having done something reasonable with very little luck involved is something for mere mortals like us. Boasting over getting incredibly lucky? Now that's badass

@planescaped Рік тому

@@QuantumHistorian I get what you're saying, though I do not agree with your assessment.

@thomasbeauprez00 Рік тому

Good video, very interesting. Some extra info: The "Dunkirk" privateer who shot Piet Heyn was from Ostend (Oostende) and called Jacob Besage. He is the most famous Ostend privateer because of this fact. His name is not well known, but we do have a street named after him :-)

@CyberTribalism Рік тому

'T'zyn spekken' klinkt ook als een typisch West Vlaamse uitspraak.

@pvlgs Рік тому

Very good video about Piet Hein and the silverfleet. One remark, as a admiral who had fallen in battle, hé was awarded with a” praalgraf”, which you still can find in the old church in Delft.

@johnemery6944 Рік тому

That's so cool.

@AudieHolland Рік тому

@@johnemery6944 Good for tourism.

@MrEnaric Рік тому

'Piet Hein, Piet Hein, Piet Hein sijn naem is cleijn, sijn daden benne groot, hij heeft gewonnen de silver-vloot'. Piet Hein, his name is small, his deeds are great, he won the silver-fleet') We Dutch still sing about this feat in one of our national songs ( mainly during football matches nowadays). Maybe you could do a video on Michiel De Ruiter as well. He led the very last succesful raid in England in 1667 during the battle of Chatham, near London. He destroyed the entire English fleet and took the King's crown ship 'Royal Charles'' with him. The back 'mirror' of this ship is still on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as a national treasure. The English language still holds harsh sentiments against us due to that raid and following battles (Double Dutch, Dutch courage, to beat the Dutch at sea, etc.) History is always alive!

@kronicheights_kryptokronic Рік тому

Those things aren't said in a harsh way at all bro, we love your drink

@DenUitvreter Рік тому

They didn't have gin themselves, where would the Brtish be without the Dutch anyway? The Dutch used to be "the frogs" which does make more sense of course, but that was transferred to the French when France became the place of envy. My personal derogatory name for the Netherlands is "the anus of the world" when it was to still to become a superpower.

@ImperatorHispania Рік тому

As a Spaniard I admire Piet hein for being the only one in three centuries to capture the "Flota del Tesoro". To give you an idea of how difficult this was, the Dutch sent 10 years later a fleet of 24 galleons under the command of Cornelis Jol to capture a convoy of 7 galleons under the command of Carlos Ibarra that was transporting 30 million pesos. In the Battle of Cabañas in 1638 the Dutch lost 5-7 galleons(depending on the source), the Spanish lost none. It is also known that after the battle the Dutch had to sink several of their ships due to the serious damage during the combat. That is why I respect and admire the great sailor and admiral Piet Hein.

@cross3292 Рік тому

Nonsense

@Dan-lu5qd Рік тому

@@cross3292 What do you mean?

@GranSinderesis Рік тому

@@cross3292 What do you say?

@garbancitolentejas486 Рік тому

You are a traitor...As a Spaniard i am PROUD OF JEMMINGEN, Haarlem, Maastricht, GEMBLOUX, Ostende, BREDA....EMPEL.... You know? But of course, I am not a TRAITOR as you. I am very proud Spanish Navy in LA NAVAL in Philippines, PLAYA HONDA, CAVITE, ABROLHOS... And now repeat here.. Spaniards didn´t beat Dutch on sea.....

@IngenieroBasado Рік тому

@@garbancitolentejas486 no

@cretucristian7935 Рік тому

You should do more of these naval history videos. There are a lot of important events and even heroes in the oceans and seas of 16th and 17th centuries

@rubencuadros7174 Рік тому

The best time in the history of navigation, the age of exploration

@chucknorris202 Рік тому

I LOVE the age of exploration...outside of the Ancient Roman world, I think the Age of Exploration is my favorite historical timeframe. I like everything about it. And its cool to see weapons like Halberds and Pikes(and swords for sidearms) being used alongside Pistols, Muskets, so on, with plate armor(well, a breastplate and helmet and gauntlets, depending on the person of course, but always a breastplate and helmet at least) for defense. Its like a mix of modern(or rather, napoleonic era) weaponry with the weapons and armor of the old world; and that armor was bullet proof(against pistol balls at least). And there were plenty of rivalries in the old world, and PLENTY of vicious hostile savage tribes in the Americas and in various islands to fight and conquer - or live among if you got stranded there. I greatly enjoy reading everything I can about this time period. It has always inspired me a great deal. Sometimes I feel like I was born 400-500 years too early lol.

@pinchevulpes Рік тому

Vicious tribes lol you mean people defending themselves from Spanish Encomienda and utter slavery.

@chucknorris202 Рік тому

@@pinchevulpes The Aztecs for one. And plenty more savages like them.

@pinchevulpes Рік тому

@@chucknorris202 you can’t name 3 tribes like the Aztecs. Your racism and ignorance blinds you cur

@astrotrek3534 7 місяців тому

I would not call the Aztecs any more savage than the Europeans. Empires who conquer and exploit are history's most common themes. @@chucknorris202

@Thraim. Рік тому

"They know we know!" "But they don't know that we know they know we know, that's our chance!"

@normtrooper4392 Рік тому

I had no idea only one treasure fleet was actually taken. This story seems truly amazing.

@thedirty530 Рік тому

I enjoyed this! The Dutch are not talked about much in the Caribbean, nor have i heard about many Dutch pirates. Great work!

@JeffBilkins Рік тому

Some islands are still part of The Netherlands in some form, look on wikpedia for 'Dutch Caribbean'

@robertobarazzutti3807 Рік тому

You havewa lot of dutch privateer as CornelisJol, Adriaen Pieter Ita, Jacob Binckes, etc

@drpepper3838 Рік тому

Netherlands has many naval heroes and achievements. Winning the longest sea battle in the age of sail. Causing the worst naval disaster for the brits in their history, defeating the combined navies of England/France in the third anglo dutch war. And afcourse stealing the treasure fleet

@AudieHolland Рік тому

*thedirty530* That's probably because Dutch privateers were very organized, under the West Indies Company (WIC). Their fleets were more like later regular navy but they still 'did business' under the privateering rules. A big percentage for the Captain, each crew member his share but by far the most went to the company. And the company being led by the Dutch Republic, it meant that Piet Hein's victory made sure that the fortress city Den Bosch could finally be taken. As you can see in another video.

@hussainqureshi9933 Рік тому

"That is without a doubt the best pirate I've ever seen..."

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Рік тому

So it would seem…

@GrudgeyCable Рік тому

Think one day we could get a video about De Ruyters great victory over the English at Medway? That would be epic!

@SandRhomanHistory Рік тому

that's definitely on our list.

@pvlgs Рік тому

Even better, the great battles of 1672 and 1673.

@MajorCoolD Рік тому

It always amazes me how we got all sorts of bullshit stories from Hollywood, but we NEVER get proper history dramas that revolve around ACTUAL events of fantastic proportions.

@TheDutchMitchell Рік тому

this would be an amazing movie

@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556 Рік тому

There is the Michiel de Ruyter (The Admiral, 2015) film available here on YT. LIke all period dramas it takes some liberties, and it is perhaps a bit on the romantic/sentimental side for my personal taste. But it is still a very decent movie with naval combat and warfare from this period.

@philipsalama8083 Рік тому

@@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556 Thanks for the recommendation!

@gratefulguy4130 Рік тому

Because you're supposed to feel guilty for your history & revile your heroes.

@marcustulliuscicero3987 Рік тому

I was just thinking the same thing. Hollywood just retells the same stories again and again till it get's boring. There are so many interseting stories out there that receive recognition! The story of Piet Heijn would indeed make for a great movie, complete with personal vendettta plotline.

@thcdreams654 Рік тому

Another great video. Insightful, well presented, and entertaining. Thanks and keep up the great work. Whatever the format is, it's always well done.

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Рік тому

And he’s back everyone! Get the popcorns and sodas! We’re leaving the castle and Europe and we’re sailing high seas! Yarr!

@Donbasos14 Рік тому

PIET HEIN, my boiiii, great song as well. Happy to see a video about him!

@myaccountgothackedgoogledo7571 Рік тому

For those wondering about Piet Heins song ukposts.info/have/v-deo/cWCUpaesjYl9wn0.html

@clintmoor422 Рік тому

thanks

@davidvandenbroeck5068 Рік тому

Fascinating story and one I had not heard before. Well presented.

@milabugtcher990 Рік тому

really nice video, thank you for your work

@plasticbazooka Рік тому

I enjoyed this video, your work always impresses me.

@gabrielvanhauten4169 Рік тому

very cool video! thanks for the brilliantly researched content!

@PowermadNavigator Рік тому

Wow, another awesome story of a time long gone...

@azoniarnl3362 Рік тому

This story is worthy of a good adventure movie! Drama, glory, war, revenge.. its all there.

@SandRhomanHistory Рік тому

Yeah, somebody should tell Hollywood that the early modern period has hundreds of movie-worthy stories!

@SNIPERVIPER141 Рік тому

It's crazy to think that the personal vendetta of a common man, a slave even can turn the fate of an Empire.

@AudieHolland Рік тому

That's the Hollywood movie that was never made about this man

@baltichammer6162 Рік тому

There's some pirates who held Julius Caesar captive that probably regretted it later. All kinds of stories in history where a single motivated man effected nations.

@obtomSD Рік тому

Thank you. Very informative.

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Рік тому

A Wonderful Historical Introducing

@fenriz7068 Рік тому

Great video. I live 4 streets away from where Piet Hein was born. There is a statue of him looking out over the Delfshaven harbor.

@killer9kid Рік тому

Great content! Please keep it up!

@achondar1 Рік тому

Very Nice video as always. Nice to see the more unknow storys(outside the Netherlands)

@glendanison3064 Рік тому

Yes I would really like more naval videos.

@paris-comedordecasadas Рік тому

Hi Friend!! I'm Brazilian and studying about this Righ now and i just had find an Awesome book about the war in Brasil between the Spanish empire and the Dutch republic ,Really appreciate your effort to make those Videos !! 👏👏👏

@waelomer2519 Рік тому

I loved the story very much Waiting for more 😎

@swordsnspearguy5945 Рік тому

That's gotta be the best privateer I've ever seen.

@HellenicWolf Рік тому

Great work, man.

@TechWechSech Рік тому

I love these videos on Dutch history, amazing effort has clearly been put into them. Please keep them coming

@jamesthomas1595 Рік тому

I was gonna go back to sleep but then I saw this! More like this please!!

@Vanderstel Рік тому

The Seawolf of the Dutch Republic 🐺💪🏻🇳🇱 That sounds so awesome. I’ve been to the house where Piet Hein was born in historical Delfshaven in Rotterdam. Very cool 👌🏻 Delfshaven was also the starting point of the Pilgrim Father’s (pilgrims) that set sail to America with the Mayflower with a extra stop in Southampton

@grumpychef1539 Рік тому

Amazing story and it shows that a few men can change history

@lokiman2256 9 місяців тому

I’d never heard of this historical figure till now. Really interesting story and a truly fascinating character.. I never knew how influential he was to the major conflicts in Europe. All that loot seriously changed the game for the Dutch! Super cool that the Dutch have their own Francis Drake! Thanks for the amazing content!

@kevinbelden9065 Рік тому

Loved it!

@hassanobeid99 Рік тому

Yes, pls make moreee vids on naval battles. Commerce of Triangle played a huge part in european 16th-17th century

@thomaslthomas1506 Рік тому

Enjoyed it!

@jordi6795 Рік тому

Interesting episode of the history and very well explained, and what a sounding blow to Spanish monarchy. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@itsrin868 Рік тому

wow, never heard of this story before, that was really great. sad ending for the protagonist

@enonh82 Рік тому

Love the new graphics!

@niektromp5550 Рік тому

Awesome video, I love your video’s on Dutch history, it is nice to revisit this part of the country’s history from another source. If you want to stick with sea heroes of the republic, I hope you research admiral Michiel de Ruyter,. He attacked the English fleet at anchor in the Themes and brought the capital ship back to the Netherlands. The decorated rear of that ship is still at the national museum. Apparently it was covered up during a state visit of the English queen, as not to embarrass her.

@wouter.de.ruiter Рік тому

And let's not forget Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp ;)

@gungnir3926 Рік тому

This would make an even better movie than most pirate stories. This is epic and almost too convinient for reality that the personal side also matches with large events.

@jensvelthuijsen9061 Рік тому

i love the more personal take of the video

@phildicks4721 Рік тому

In the original computer game Sid Meier's Pirates from the late 1980s, on the game they had historic Scenarios. One of them was of this event, the Capture of the Spanish Treasure Fleet.

@philiplakey4464 Рік тому

Love it! Thanks

@catoelder4696 Рік тому

I'm from Brazil and never heard of this guy. Thanks.

@blockmasterscott Рік тому

This is like watching a fictional movie, and it really happened. This is why I love history!

@IsaacRaiCastillo Рік тому

I like that you have decided to make a video about naval history, as it has a lot of potential. It would be interesting if you make a video talking about the Corsairs of Dunkirk; English or Dutch piracy is generally spoken of, but Spain made good use of these too, the Dunkerque piracy being an example for being exceptional sailors who caused much damage to the English and Dutch economy in the 16th and 17th centuries. On the other hand, I would also love for you to make a video of one of the greatest admirals in Spanish history, Álvaro de Bazán... greetings.

@draphotube4315 Рік тому

DAnkuwel voor deze video

@EokaBeamer69 Рік тому

Wow I didn't think the production quality of your videos could improve, however I was wrong and the new animations looks amazing.

@scimir2316 Рік тому

Great content, ones again

@davidcoleman2796 Рік тому

Good video . I did not know this .

@irchilly Рік тому

Well put together, and a particurarly interesting topic to me! :D A couple generations after this my ancestor privateered for the dutch, Jonas Lambert-Wenman!

@istoppedcaring6209 Рік тому

you forgot to mention that in both Dutch and even Flemish university fraternities the "zilvervloot" is a must sing at cantus (a cantus is basically a ritualistic sing+drink event) (the reason flemish frats sing it is due to the legacy, today it is less so but back in the latter 19th and earlier 20th century university students were usually activists for flemish rights and even independence or union with dutch speaking kin (though the latter was never very prominent because it was certainly looking much to far ahead, even today) dutch songs were a way to keep the language allive during oppressive francification at the time, (Brussels for instance was fully dutch speaking until the french revolution, and only became majority french speaking after 100 years of Belgian rule, the french actually were less oppressive in regards to linguistic opression than the Belgian francophone rulers)

@johnnoughty7944 Рік тому

Thanks for your work. I would like to see a video on the trade route from Rome to India.

@prestons9305 Рік тому

This was a good story ty

@1992zorro Рік тому

ohhhh this going to be soooo good♥️

@thomastoadie9006 Рік тому

The house of Piet Hein is still standing in Delfshaven, in what is now a Rotterdam neighbourhood. Very cute little corner of the city too. Well worth a visit, if you’re close.

@MyMy-tv7fd Рік тому

great stuff

@DenisR1973 Рік тому

Thanks for video. Just one thing to correct - that 3 shoals are much deeper inside the Matanzas bay than you've depicted on map. In previous comment I've leave link to sea map but it was deleted for unknown reason...

@jasondoherty7497 Рік тому

Was a treasure fleet a mainly Spanish thing because you don’t tend to think of any of the other nations who would have such vast territories and colonies in the future

@CosmicFreedoms Рік тому

Nothing on the scale of Spain. All naval fleets escorting valuable goods are kind of treasure fleets I guess but Spain had a grand scale, especially with the biggest fleet in the world at the time.

@runi5413 Рік тому

Ming China launched some truly epic treasure fleets in its day (15th century) which dwarfed their Spanish counterparts. The most famous one, under admiral Zheng He, was composed of over 300 ships; 60 of which were HUGE treasure ships, laden with gold, silver, silk and porcelain. (Ming China's population and economy were twice the size of all of Europe and it maintained a vast network of foreign tributary states.)

@gonavygonavy1193 Рік тому

@@runi5413 Those ships were badly designed, slow, have questionable seaworthiness and only sailed seven times and didn't bring in nearly enough loot to be worth the cost of the voyages. Really no comparison to the Spanish treasure fleet which sustained the Spanish Empire year after year for over a century.

@captainhaddock9582 Рік тому

Great video, most Dutch en Flemish know him from the song " die Zilvervloot". Would have been nice to have used the song (pretty sure there's no copyright on it, beeing several centuries old)

@DarkDutch007 Рік тому

No copyright on the lyrics perhaps, but there can still be copyright owned by the person/group that sings/plays the song.

@thetayz72 Рік тому

A heinous bounty indeed

@Zappygunshot Рік тому

I learned the song that was written about Piet Heyn and which has persisted to this day when I was in school, but never actually knew much about who he really was or what he did to earn a song. I learned more about him from this one video than I ever did in school, but then again, Dutch schools seem to shy away from the bloodier and more brutal portions of history, and in particular they like to downplay our role in those events. I never learned, for example, what Keti Koti is, what it means, or even that it's an official national holiday, until I saw a parade going by when I was in Rotterdam one 1st of July (years after I'd finished high school) and looked up what that was all about.

@philipsalama8083 Рік тому

Benavidez sounds like an age of sail version of the captain of the Costa Concordia. I can just imagine some grizzled Spanish admiral shouting "Vada a bordo, Cazzo!" at him, but in Spanish.

@caniconcananas7687 Рік тому

An ortographical advice: In the Castilian language, also known as Spanish by non Spanish people that ignore that there are several other Spanish languages, the sign over the vowels English call "tittle" and Spanish call "acento" or "tilde" is written in the opposite direction. Not Bazàn, but Bazán. The left written tittle is used by the Catalonian language (another of the Spanish languages) and some other European languages. But in Castilian there are only the right tittle (á é í ó ú), the diaereisis only over the u (ü) and, of course, what English call tilde over the n to compound a new letter, the ñ in España. And no, Bazán is not a Catalonian surname and that person was not from Catalonia.

@cross3292 Рік тому

Thanx for investigating dutch naval history it has plenty of stories like michiel de ruyter look into it please

@theblackprince1346 Рік тому

6:20 You are in command now Admiral Piet

@johnemery6944 Рік тому

What a badass. I loved this kind of video it's super cool to learn about a individual that had such a impact.

@madzen112 9 місяців тому

Now that's a heist!

@oreotheowl8349 Рік тому

Hey sand, love your videos. But I want to know where you get your Maps and Infantry unit formation squares (The ones with red and white or blue and white with helmets on top of them)

@veso5863 Рік тому

In the video for the siege of Breda you mentioned the movie Alatriste, totally worth watching btw, they mentioned this event but i never even thought it was this interesting

@Dayvit78 Рік тому

Yo ho yo ho Pirates tales! Yessssss

@YiaMdj 5 місяців тому

pretty awesome that he was so honorable to the spaniard sailors

@Aemond2024 Рік тому

We still sing a song about it to this day, every year on our Kings birthday

@stanleysmith7551 Рік тому

While watching this video all I could think about is: damn this would make a great movie!

@davidcunningham2074 Рік тому

good story

@ukeyaoitrash2618 Рік тому

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

@georgecristiancripcia4819 Рік тому

Nice video

@techytrendysolutions6063 Рік тому

Good History story and somugly animation faces.

@Northern_Judge 4 місяці тому

Piet reminds me of Gurney Halleck from Dune from being a slave of the harkonen to being a commander of the atreides

@joeerickson516 Рік тому

"You are a pirate!" 🏴‍☠️ ☠️ 🦜

@michimatsch5862 Рік тому

Sounds like a great movie script tbh.

@jamesvandemark2086 11 місяців тому

Our industrious Dutch family was actively involved with the Dutch West India Company..........A profitable profession!

@Judge_Magister Рік тому

We need a great film honoring the life of Piet Hein. Like the one they did of Michiel de Ruyter.

@clintmoor422 Рік тому

Yo, babe, wake up, the dude with a star fort made a video on pirates.

@TheSuperhoden Рік тому

Pls do a vid about admiral de ruyter

@Tyronejizz Рік тому

Piet Hein! Piet Hein zijn naam is klein! Zijn daden benne groot! Zijn daden benne groot! hij heeft gewonnen de zilvervloot! I hope this video will give him a small bit of international recognition. His name might be small but his deeds were great! Next up Michiel de Ruyter and the tocht naar chattam (battle for medway)? Would love to see it.