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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 58m. Bisher sind 46 Folge(n) erschienen. .

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Age of Discovery - Duarte Pacheco Pereira


1504 The Zamorin of Calicut is on the warpath and about to hit the city of Cochin with a sledgehammer force of over 60,000 soldiers. The Portuguese have 150 men - but one very capable commander. The fate of the Portugeuse Empire in India now hangs in...


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 January 29, 2024  28m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 4


1503 The Portuguese Empire in India faces major head winds. Vasco da Gama underestimates his old rival, the Samudri Raja of Calicut, and nearly pays for it with his life. Yet despite Portuguese resilience, the Samudri and his men prove that they are...


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 January 2, 2024  16m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 3


1502 Vasco da Gama is placed in charge of the Fourth Portuguese Armada and returns to the Indian Ocean. In his last voyage he came as an explorer - this time he comes as a crusader and brings holy war with him   Flash Point History YouTube...


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 November 18, 2023  29m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Pedro Álvares Cabral


Dec 1500 The Portuguese trading outpost in Calicut has been destroyed. In the night a vast mob attacked, razed it, and killed nearly everyone inside. Pedro Cabral orders his ships to bring their canons to bear on the city. Diplomacy has ended and now...


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 September 12, 2023  26m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Vasco da Gama - Part 2


August 1498 Vasco Da Gama makes his way north along the Malabar Coast of India. He is on the run. Negotiations have broken down with the King of Calicut - who has deployed a fleet to hunt down the Portuguese. On August 30th the King's men intercepts...


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 August 10, 2023  21m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Vasco da Gama - Part 1


1498 - a Portuguese Fleet of four ships has travelled for nearly a year and now is in the middle of a vast ocean. It has covered a distance of 12,000 miles (half the circumfrence of the Earth). Its crew has suffered malnutition, disease, and hosital...


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 July 22, 2023  23m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Bartolomeu Dias


Its 1487 and Bartolomeu Dias has traveled further than any European. He takes a gamble, subjecting his fleet to the will of nature. For 30 days he and his men are adrift on the open ocean at the pity of the winds and currents. But then they spot land....


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 June 30, 2023  18m
 
 

Age of Discovery - Henry the Navigator


We begin the new series in the Age of Discovery with Henry the Navigator. He was warrior, a prince, and a businessman with an eye for seeing opportunity. His exploits in terms of ship building, the caravel, mapmaking, and being a sponsor on several...


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 May 28, 2023  19m
 
 

Queen Isabella of Castile - Reconquista - All Parts - The Life of a Legend


Combined all parts of the Reconquista: Isabella series into one long format. We look at the life of the Queen Isabella of Castile. To some a saint, to others a demon, to history a Legend.    Flash Point History YouTube Channel: Contribute...


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 May 27, 2023  2h42m
 
 

Queen Isabella - Reconquista - Part 6 - Epilogue


The Reconquista is over and Spain is on the fast track to becoming a global superpower. But do the ends justify the means? We look back now and ask, was Isabella a Saint? Or was she a Demon?    Flash Point History YouTube Channel: ...


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 May 5, 2023  11m