Vasco da Gama - Part 4 - Age of Discovery

The Raja of Cochin strikes back! Vasco da Gama is caught in a trap and the entire Portuguese endeavor in India nearly comes to an end.

0:29: 🚢 Portuguese Admiral faces trap in India, outnumbered and under attack by a large fleet of ships.
3:14: 💥 Vasco de Gama retaliates after attack on sailors, leaving a warning for the samudri Raja.
6:57: ⚔️ Vasco da Gama's Armada successfully employs naval tactics to defeat enemy Fleet near Calicut.
9:50: 🌊 Portuguese dominance in the Indian Ocean, introduction of toll system, and concerns about naval power.
13:11: ⛵ Portuguese captains face shipwreck, compromised initiative, and ultimatum from Samudri Raja.

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[FlashPointHx]

Really wanted to get this video out there!! This will be the last about Vasco da Gama for a long while. I'm also happy to announce that I'm working with the Portuguese Artist Diogo Cunha for my next video. Please give this video a like, leave a comment, and don't forget to share on social - these videos bomb unless the algorithm gets fed!!

[tacodias]

“Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura” is on of my favorite sayings

[vonkrepke]

É maravilhoso ver a história Lusitana ser contada.

[Helldiver_Sete]

Duarte Pacheco Pereira. The man, the myth, the legend.

[gillesa]

Content 10/10 as always. And the visuals and overall production value keep getting better and better over the years!

[rusticus]

Great cliffhanger. The Battle of Cochin of 1504 is as spectacular as it gets.Dom Duarte Pacheco Pereira had cojones the size the caravels he rode on.
Hope to see this brilliant series go all the way to portuguese presence in Japan so you can tackle the Battle of Fukuda Bay and the Nossa Senhora da Graça incident.

[Baddy]

My favourite History channel. Great researchers, great writers, great editors and a godlike narrator. Also by far the best music, always fits the theme and just the right volume.

I say this so often but I just can't believe it doesn't get more views.

[stephenmoerlein]

Fascinating history. Thanks for posting.

[gillesa]

I've been watching the WOTW series playlist every night for weeks now. I really love your narration style! It feels like my friend explaining history to me - which, incidentally, is how I first developed an interest in it.
I'm so grateful. Thank you thank you thank you!

[roddeazevedo]

It is almost certainly the case that Dom Duarte Pacheco Pereira was chosen to carry out a reconnaissance of the coast of Brazil prior to the official discovery in 1500 AD. One of the greatest sons of Portugal.

[Veon]

I am so glad you will be covering the battle of Cochin. It's such a fantastic battle at several levels (the incredible odds, the impact of the tides, the first major land battle fought by Europeans in India since Alexander, etc.), and yet I don't think I've seen a single history channel cover it here on Youtube. Unbelievably underrated.

[froldelamar]

Amazing detail - "Água mole, pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura." Spotless.

[locatemarbles]

Excellent work. It helps me connect the dots and understand how exactly Portugal managed to pull this off. One big lesson in this series I take home, is that Portugal used the knowledge gained from each and every operation no matter if it was successful or had failed.

[ricardonunes]

This is just amazing. I've read Roger Crowley's book "Conquerors" years ago, and it is without doubt one of the best descriptions of the portuguese presence in India. To be able to "translate" those adventures to your channel in such an amazing and visual way is nothing short of outstanding. Well done, congrats and keep them coming!

[diogomota]

Incredible video with excellent quality! Thank you for continuing this series

[greg_]

Love Debaixo Da Cama's letter to the Raja 😂
Shit got personal

[PaulStClair-orgj]

YOUR SERIES OF 4 VASCO DA GAMA EXPLORATION VIDEOS SHOULD BE SHOWN IN ALL SCHOOLS. THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT WAY TO TEACH MODERN CHILDREN ABOUT. HISTORY. 👏👍👳

[mustko]

The battle that comes after this would make an amazing movie, it would probably need to be toned down because people would not believe it was real.

Amazing work, can't wait for the next one

[HLLSNTSSSSN]

VASCO….thats my homie right there!!! RESPECT to a man (long dead) better than 99.999% of those currently

[greg_]

This is just amazing.
Such a small number of Portuguese running amock in the most extreme of frontiers, trailblazing, running gauntlets and at the same time establishing titanic precedents of world power dynamics for centuries to come.
It's crazy how numerous these individual guys' battles and escapades were and any one of them really could have gone the other way.
It's a fascinating but still oddly overlooked time period in the mainstream (probably mainly down to Americans being more comfortable with English and English language history when it comes to the old world)
It's reminiscient of Pizarro and the like.
Anyway, cool stuff.