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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

All good! It’s looking good so far!

@WelcomeToDERPLAND Жыл бұрын

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

@jellepeters2004 Жыл бұрын

The dutch raid on the medway would be interesting

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

maybe just do the golden age of piracy?

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

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

@Agnus_Mason Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@williamedwardgladstone2343 Encouraged what? Be specific please.

@DenUitvreter Ай бұрын

@@baltichammer6162 No. The story of Ham was used when the governor of Dutch Brazil, an otherwise very enlightened protestant, claimed he couldn't run that Portuguese plantation colony without blacks and asked permission from the WIC and the Dutch government to capture a slave fort on the African coast. That was the start of slavery by the WIC and that was in 1637. That's all very well documented. The WIC started out as primarily a war entreprise, financing the necessary ports and presence through trade. This was dominated by very staunch calvinists determined to fight catholic oppression by attacking Spanish income used to finance the war against the Dutch Republic. This was a matter of changes in leadership and moral corruption over the years, of double standards for overseas, hypocrisy in foreign policy, the merchant vs. the preacher as the duality is still called. The descendans of Ham were just as free in the Dutch Republic as anybody else, and the Dutch were no main supplier of slaves in general. The English weren't proper protestants but rebranded catholics. There is a lot of this weird apologeticism for the catholics of those days. The catholic Spanish, Portuguese and French together traded something like 20 times more slaves than the Dutch. 'But they were much bigger', no, not in shipping they weren't, also not together.

@5thMilitia Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@5thMilitia Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@Thraim. Жыл бұрын

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

@thomasbeauprez00 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@ImperatorHispania Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Nonsense

@Dan-lu5qd Жыл бұрын

@@cross3292 What do you mean?

@GranSinderesis Жыл бұрын

@@cross3292 What do you say?

@garbancitolentejas486 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@garbancitolentejas486 no

@MajorCoolD Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

this would be an amazing movie

@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556 Thanks for the recommendation!

@gratefulguy4130 Жыл бұрын

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

@marcustulliuscicero3987 Жыл бұрын

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.

@pvlgs Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

That's so cool.

@AudieHolland Жыл бұрын

@@johnemery6944 Good for tourism.

@martijnb5887 Ай бұрын

@@AudieHolland Competition with the new church in Delf is fierce: that is the burial place of the royal family and their predecessors starting with William the Silent who was murdered in 1584.

@cretucristian7935 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@normtrooper4392 Жыл бұрын

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

@MrEnaric Жыл бұрын

'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 Жыл бұрын

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

@DenUitvreter Жыл бұрын

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.

@gerriekipkerrie6736 Ай бұрын

@kronicheights_kryptokronic its not anymore but they do come from those wars.

@chucknorris202 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@chucknorris202 Жыл бұрын

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

@pinchevulpes Жыл бұрын

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

@astrotrek3534 8 ай бұрын

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

@SSHitMan 27 күн бұрын

@@astrotrek3534The Aztec Empire conquered and exploited also.

@thedirty530 Жыл бұрын

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

@JeffBilkins Жыл бұрын

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

@robertobarazzutti3807 Жыл бұрын

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

@drpepper3838 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

*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.

@martijnb5887 Ай бұрын

A privateer is not a pirate, though at times the distinction became blurred. A privateer is private venture, fighting enemy merchants authorised by his government. Boot is also partly handed to the government. A pirate fights any ship for his own sake. After a war unemployed privateers might turn to piracy, but that does not erase the distinction.

@myaccountgothackedgoogledo7571 Жыл бұрын

For those wondering about Piet Heins song kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b5aTpNSmu7mwkX0.html

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

thanks

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Жыл бұрын

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

@SNIPERVIPER141 Жыл бұрын

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

@AudieHolland Жыл бұрын

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

@baltichammer6162 Жыл бұрын

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.

@GrudgeyCable Жыл бұрын

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

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

that's definitely on our list.

@pvlgs Жыл бұрын

Even better, the great battles of 1672 and 1673.

@hussainqureshi9933 Жыл бұрын

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

@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 Жыл бұрын

So it would seem…

@Vanderstel Жыл бұрын

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

@azoniarnl3362 Жыл бұрын

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

@SandRhomanHistory Жыл бұрын

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

@itsrin868 Жыл бұрын

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

@niektromp5550 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

And let's not forget Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp ;)

@thcdreams654 Жыл бұрын

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

@TechWechSech Жыл бұрын

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

@theblackprince1346 Жыл бұрын

6:20 You are in command now Admiral Piet

@lokiman2256 10 ай бұрын

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!

@martijnb5887 Ай бұрын

Without Piet Hein, the border between the Netherlands and Belgium would be at the great rivers, instead of 30 km South of the rivers.

@phildicks4721 Жыл бұрын

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.

@istoppedcaring6209 Жыл бұрын

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)

@caniconcananas7687 Жыл бұрын

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.

@fenriz7068 Жыл бұрын

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.

@jasondoherty7497 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Zappygunshot Жыл бұрын

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.

@milabugtcher990 Жыл бұрын

really nice video, thank you for your work

@captainhaddock9582 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@gungnir3926 Жыл бұрын

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.

@catoelder4696 Жыл бұрын

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

@plasticbazooka Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video, your work always impresses me.

Жыл бұрын

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.

@blockmasterscott Жыл бұрын

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

@michaelmoran3946 28 күн бұрын

There was some kind of Spanish treasure fleet intercepted in 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars. A fictional version of the event was included in one of Patrick O’Brien’s novels.

@jamesthomas1595 Жыл бұрын

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

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Жыл бұрын

A Wonderful Historical Introducing

@Donbasos14 Жыл бұрын

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

@glendanison3064 Жыл бұрын

Yes I would really like more naval videos.

@obtomSD Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative.

@swordsnspearguy5945 Жыл бұрын

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

@yxx_chris_xxy Ай бұрын

So it may seem...

@achondar1 Жыл бұрын

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

@DenisR1973 Жыл бұрын

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...

@Wow22109 Жыл бұрын

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

@waelomer2519 Жыл бұрын

I loved the story very much Waiting for more 😎

@killer9kid Жыл бұрын

Great content! Please keep it up!

@grumpychef1539 Жыл бұрын

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

@HellenicWolf Жыл бұрын

Great work, man.

@jordi6795 Жыл бұрын

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

@Peter_Scheen 29 күн бұрын

Piet Hein, Piet Hein, zijn name benne klein maar zijn daden benne groot! That is a song I learned as a child. (Piet Hein, his name is small but his actions are big.)

@enonh82 Жыл бұрын

Love the new graphics!

@EokaBeamer69 Жыл бұрын

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

@thomaslthomas1506 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed it!

@thomastoadie9006 Жыл бұрын

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.

@kevinbelden9065 Жыл бұрын

Loved it!

@jensvelthuijsen9061 Жыл бұрын

i love the more personal take of the video

@philiplakey4464 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Thanks

@irchilly Жыл бұрын

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!

@prestons9305 Жыл бұрын

This was a good story ty

@scimir2316 Жыл бұрын

Great content, ones again

@davidcoleman2796 Жыл бұрын

Good video . I did not know this .

@veso5863 Жыл бұрын

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

@draphotube4315 Жыл бұрын

DAnkuwel voor deze video

@clintmoor422 Жыл бұрын

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

@MyMy-tv7fd Жыл бұрын

great stuff

@YiaMdj 6 ай бұрын

pretty awesome that he was so honorable to the spaniard sailors

@jamesvandemark2086 Жыл бұрын

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

@johnnoughty7944 Жыл бұрын

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

@robinwiggie 18 күн бұрын

very proud to live in the Piet Hein street

@NoPantsBaby Жыл бұрын

Piet Hein! Greatest privateer of all the seven seas! Pilferer of Silver! Man with the cutest baby bottom cheeks in the world!

@brianmaphar9685 Жыл бұрын

Piet Heyn, Piet Heyn, Piet Heyn zijn naam is klein; maar zijn daden benne groot, zijn daden benne groot, hij heeft gewonnen de zilvervloot!! Hij heeft gewonnen de zilvervloot!! The Dutch song we all had to learn and sing in elementary school.

@TheJudge_Carls_Junior_Rep 5 ай бұрын

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

@thetayz72 Жыл бұрын

A heinous bounty indeed

@serpounce5699 Жыл бұрын

Why did the Dutch fleet only make use of one of the Spanish ships? Were they just not worth very much compared to the risk? Did they not have enough sailors to man them? Were they too damaged by running aground?

@5thMilitia Жыл бұрын

Not sure but they probably lay to deep in the water for the shallow Dutch coasts. For that reason the Dutch could often not make use of captured enemy ships. You will see this problem come to the forefront in the Anglo-Dutch Wars

@tanall5959 Жыл бұрын

@@5thMilitia It could be a matter of available manpower. The treasure galleons were MASSIVE ships by comparison to the Dutch warships, and thus had a similar requirement of crew. There might also be the matter of the sail plan and rigging they used. If they had noone who knew how to properly work that rigging, the ships would simply not move except under tow.

@jeroenwubbels7824 Жыл бұрын

Shallow waters and sandnamks are the main restriction in using those ships in the North Sea We did the same with english ships when they where captured ( Royal Charles best example, captured during Raid on the Medway 1667)

@georgecristiancripcia4819 Жыл бұрын

Nice video

@1992zorro Жыл бұрын

ohhhh this going to be soooo good♥️

@cross3292 Жыл бұрын

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

@michimatsch5862 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great movie script tbh.

@stanleysmith7551 Жыл бұрын

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

@techytrendysolutions6063 Жыл бұрын

Good History story and somugly animation faces.

@ukeyaoitrash2618 Жыл бұрын

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

@oreotheowl8349 Жыл бұрын

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)

@Aemond2024 Жыл бұрын

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

@anaraschulz9814 Жыл бұрын

Piet Hein, Piet Hein, Piet Hein zijn naam is klein!

@sovietdominion Жыл бұрын

maar zijn daden groot(IIRC)

@fly_pie_1172 Жыл бұрын

Its not such a big deal...as a spaniard we are experts on going bankrupt by ourselves XD

@durandal1909 Жыл бұрын

Then, you aren't a real Spaniard but a pseudo-Spaniard XD

@madzen112 10 ай бұрын

Now that's a heist!

@martijnb5887 Ай бұрын

Piet Heyn: it is insane to attack 40 ships with 14 ships. Maerten Tromp: hold my cannon In the start of what was to become the battle of the Dunes, Tromp attacked attacked a Spanish armada of ~50 ships with just 12 Dutch ships. Crossing the Spanish fleet in keel formation he completely set the Spanish in disarray. In the subsequent battle the Spanish fleet was annihilated by every ship that could fire a cannon and sail in time from the Dutch Republic to England to join the party.

@JanLion-zb1bd Ай бұрын

Not only Piet Hein had been a slave. The other two most famous Dutch admirals, Michael de Ruyter and Maarten Tromp Sr. had also been slaves.

@erbalumkan369 26 күн бұрын

The capture of the spanish silver helped the Dutch free themselves from the Spanish rule. The Dutch declared themselves independent with the Plakkaat van Verlathinge on july 26 1581, which served as a model for the USA's declaration of independence. I still don't understand why 26 July is not a national holiday in the Netherlands.