You gotta deal with non Portuguese speakers not saying it the way those of us who speak Portuguese but this is not even an okay English way to say it. And how he said Diego with the first guy? Jeez. I am not expecting perfection, just some effort.
As a portuguese I wanna thank you for this video. The content was great, however 2 minor nitpicks, the pronounciation and the names of the islands being displayed wrong on the screen, aside from that it was great.
There were numerous errors in this video including that the Azores was never a penal colony or a place misfits ran to(complete bull shit). In addition the number of Sephardic Jews that settled in the islands was tiny. I have no idea why he even mentions Germans as settlers. There was a documented Flemish settlement but it was also pretty small. The Vikings settlement is currently in dispute the thesis supporting this was poorly done and has been heavily criticized for over a year and taken apart piece by piece.
Don't forget that Flores and Corvo (the westernmost islands) are also part of the Azorian archipelago. During the video you left those two out most of the time giving the impression to those who don't know or don't research that the azores is only 7 island insteed of 9.
I live in the "Açores" (in English, "Azores" ). Thank you for explaining part of our history to the World. The 9 Islands are: Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge, Graciosa, Flores and Corvo.
"In New York, I am barely recognised, or people don't really care. When I go to Portugal, I go outside to a public place and am recognised constantly" --Sara Sampaio
Let's be honest why the american people would care about her ???? different in Portugal , like a nfl player in europe most people wouldn't know who they are besides tom brady can't name you another nfl player
@@clintstewart5545 Even though i think your point is right, the example you gave is arguably only true with nfl players and stuff like that. American musicians, movie stars, film makers, writers, streamers, etc are widley known all around the world.
@@carliscris6586 cinema yes nfl , not so much like many soccer players as they us say it in general like to go to the us , because they can be more anonymous and obviously I am not talking about CR7 or Messi , like Dalot from man u I bet he could easily be anonymous in the us ...
Fun fact: during the early stages of Portugal's occupation of the Azores, Portugal asked other kingdoms for some population to help populate those islands, the majority of them were from Northern France and some from the Netherlands and what is now Germany. That's why the Portuguese dialect from the Azores is so unlike any other dialect of portuguese. Sometimes it even feels like a separate language. That's why some dialects from the Azores sound like weird version of French. The dialect from Madeira is also a bit like this
Have you ever heard the Barlavento Algarvio accent? It's very similar to Açores accent, specially Ponta Delgada. FUN FACT: the first settlers were from that part of Portugal.
Calling the azorean accents a "dialect" shows ignorance, or perhaps just bad word choosing. Azorean accents (there are many) is comparable to any other differences that exists in continental Portugal (south, north etc). Yes, I give you that one, there are elements in our pronunciation from those countries you mentioned, but that is that. Trust me I know, born and raised in the Azores.
@@vitorpacheco3519 well yes that is correct that their mostly called "accents". But in a way you can also call them dialects, cuz some of them differ (some more than others) when it comes to phonology and pronunciation when compared to standard portuguese. A portuguese that comes from the mainland needs a while to get used to the way azoreans talk, especially people from São Miguel 😂
@@tcbbctagain572 Not really. The accent is just in certain words, most of them are the same pronunciation. Older people have "bigger" accent, but you can really compare it to Algarve's accent, it is same thing. And yes, in Azores there are some words that don't exist in the mainland, and that is part of the Azorean culture, but belive me is not enough to be called dialect.
@roberto lang No... It is the fact the Azores are isolated from the rest of the World. We are islands and in the beggining we didn't had lots of contact with the mainland. So is completly normal and expectable for an accent like this to appear. Plus the first and the second Portuguese Presidents were from Azores. And they had the accent. So your excuse of ignorance makes no sense.
Depends on what you consider early, they were long after great nautical cultures like the Phoenicians, Carthage, Polynesians, Scandinavians, and Chinese.
My friend as an Azorian I loved the video, but small correction I feel like I need to do. The Azores were NOT colonized, they were populated. This is because there was no one there when the Portuguese arrived. Just a side note that I would like to do. Thanks for the video!
Man, the AZORES is one if no t the most beautiful place ever. I saw hundred of dolphin and nature and the people were the best of the best. I'm worried it will be over populated with tourist so I hope the government can preserve it's beautiful nature. For me Azores is like New Zealand had a child with Iceland......I went there for what was suppose to be a 5 day vacation and we stayed for one month,,,,,
@@bragaboyz4435 where do you find that info? Were they muslim at the time.. there's a lot of Muslims or Jewish like street names and people. They could have been moors
My daughter, a graduate of SUNY Maritime, visited the Azores while on her training voyage. My daughter speaks fluent Brasilian Portuguese, as my wife is Brasilian. As it turned out, my daughter and her classmates were all treated very well by the people of the Azores, with my daughter as the translator. Whenever my daughter would speak, they could tell my daughter has Brasilian roots.
The Azores islands, as a national territory, are based on the continental plates of Africa, America and Europe. We can say that Portugal is African, European and American.
@@The_truthhz I didn't understand the reaction. The islands of Corvo and Flores are on the American tectonic plate. So it's not a mistake to say that Portugal has territory in the Americas. The same goes for Madeira, which is on the African plate.
Well done, very accurate. I'm from Terceira Island, Açores, the island that was Portugal by it self twice, a beautiful and peaceful place to live as all the islands. Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.
@@KennyNGA Yeah, the New World. But the particular region I live in within the New World is known as "New England". It consists of six separate States: Namely, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.
@@KennyNGA I guess you thought wrong, then. Today is a learning experience for you on here and you may now consider yourself less of a f-wit. Congratulations and I'm glad I could help you out with that, amigo.
The Iberian Union was a big problem to Portugal. We lost so much because of it. Im glad it took "only" 60 years ... 60 more then we wanted but still in one single life time!! Força Portugal!!
The story of the discovery of Porto Santo / Madeira by Zarco in1419 was a myth. The Portuguese "discovered" these islands in the previous century but kept this secret as this small fledgling nation would not be in a position to defend (it is rumoured the Romans first came across them). The Azores was probably the same.
The Azores or more probably the Canaries WERE DISCOVERED by the Romans. Plutarch, who lived in 1st century AD, in his work "Parallel lives", in life of Sertorius he writes that "sailors from the islands in Atlantic met him in the shores of Iberia".
Portugal really does nothing but play/watch soccer, drink crazy amounts of super Bach n sagres 🫡 and make really good food and also stay beautiful don't change a thing that's why you're so unique the Azores everybody from there that's why there's such a sense of bond hood even with like people you don't even know at all all you have to tell somebody in Toronto is that you're from the Azores and boom you're in a good book instantly I swear to God I'm not even joking like I would just walk around with a hat it's "Portugal" in standard white text Just literally wine gum red hat white letters people would offer me jobs just based on the fact that I'm Portuguese I didn't even speak Portuguese very much my mom didn't really speak at at home and my dad wasn't from there so yeah literally just having a Portuguese bloodline is grandma in Portuguese privilege to do all the hardest work at the job site for a list of all the money 😂🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🫡
@@ilias8972 Discovering is a little more than reaching there first. For me is to deliberately came back and forth and teach how to get there for other generations.
I am a first generation and direct descendant of Azorean immigrants. This video has some nice information on the Azores BUT the awful pronunciation was distractive and annoying. Also it tends to ignore the dire poverty that existed which prompted late scale emigration from the islands to the US and Canada during the 20th century.
Love The Channel always stoked when I see it pop up on my sub list. I don't understand how you guys still haven't gotten pronunciation down yet!? But all good. Still love the videos. Thanks for the hard work. I will continue to always watch.
Fun Fact: the lead singer of the 90s rock band Extreme was born in the Azores but his surname isn't a Portuguese one because there were many Europeans outside Portugal who'd migrated to that islands before like the Germans, French and even the British since both Portugal and UK had long diplomatic alliance since the 14th century.
Thank you for this video, honestly I am eternally happy to mention two archipelagos that are often left out, as well as explain how they are from Portugal, Thank you, I as Portuguese thank you very much
Loved the video, um salve brasileiro aos açorianos! About the mispronunciation of Madeira, I won't judge an english speaker for not being able to pronounce "ei" correctly, since I have seen what they do to the "eu" at the end of my own name...
Good video, well explained and a good way to aproach the discovery of the island than even among portuguese people is not exactly explained. Hope you continue with this quality and hope to see another new video soon.
I see in this story the settlement by Portuguese people of areas that at the time were allegedly uninhabited, I need and want an empty area to move to, as you can see in my own comment on this UA-cam video.
Loved it, as both an Azorean and has someone that loves history as a whole! Fun trivia: the Azores were given that name cus the initial setlers confused the indigenous Kite Birds (we call them Milhafres, a bird of prey that resembles a hawk) with an Azor, a mainland european bird of prey. We have no Azors here 😅
Portugal did colonize, to colonize means to: "send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it." Elon Musk's mission is to colonize Mars, not to occupy it.
@@bernardopratta3076 you know very well that this is not the connotation/meanings that people give to the word "colonization". Stop being disingenuous about it. I am from Madeira and literally none of us from Madeira think of ourselves as having been colonized by Portugal, we think of Madeira as being part of Portugal and our ancestors came from mainland Portugal. We are Portuguese in full right.
@@pedrolopes3542 You’re ignoring the definition of colonization for your ignorant, perceived connotation of the word. Occupation is way more harsh and typically describes the act of stealing or taking land from others.
lol I’m shaking my head over here by the way he’s chopped up every Portuguese name. If I wasn’t reading them as he was saying it I wouldn’t of known what the hell he was saying. The only thing he got right was colonized.lol
Fun fact, the Azores were colonized by such a large group of german and specially dutch settlers that even today, the azores accent of portuguese is so weird and different to the "mainland" one that when we have news from the Azores and someone is speaking, subtitles are included. Madeira's accent is a bit similar to the Azores one, but to a lesser degree; if you know portuguese, you can look up interviews of Cristiano Ronaldo's mother talking and see for yourself (he himself lost his Madeira's accent since moving to Lisbon to play for Sporting). There's also a legend that the polish king Władysław III didn't die in the famous battle of Varna and instead lived the rest of his days secluded in Madeira where he was known as Henrique Alemão ("Henry the German") where he wed and had 2 sons (some accounts even atest that one of his sons was Christopher Columbus, but thats too much of a stretch hahah). According to the legend, a delegation of polish monks traveled there and certified he was in fact the polish king.
There’s a guy here saying there are only 7 islands.. they are 9! Don’t let yourself get fooled by his ignorance 🤦🏻♂️ Proud to be Azorean from Santa Maria 😁 thanks for the video!
There's new discovered ruins and artifacts in the Azores Islands that point for a pre portuguese ancient civilization living here thousands of years back. Such as burial piramid shaped stone mounts, arrow heads, symbols and animals carved in stone and even big dragon shaped white stone. Check it out for yourselves.
Acores. Ainda. Tem. Muita. Coisa. Escondida. Orgullho. Em. Ser. Acoriano. Onde. A. Paz. Esta. A. Frente. Da. Porta. Onde. America. E. Canada. Continua. Sendo. O. Coracao. Onde. No. Brasil. Fomos. Sem. Volta.
Mad-eye-ra 😅🙈🙈🙈🙈 and Jogo (Diogo)… I really like the video and I am super impressed that there’s even a video on this topic!! I am a second generation Canadian of Azorean heritage!! Super interesting!!! What made you chose this topic ? My humble opinion: Good to check pronunciation a few times . And because there’s a European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese and this video is about the European Portuguese world maybe pronouncing things with European Portuguese Ways make be something to consider if you make another video in this realm😊
@The Philosoraptor The Nutterlands is the shadow of England. All they did was overshadowed by the English, and their language is basically redundant even in their own land now. Such self-respect they have, not. Good thing the liberal crazies imported Islam to deal with their liberalism cancer. How funny that liberals paid for their own solution.
@@theawesomeman9821 Yes. Lepanto is important. The Spanish Empire, with Italians helping, stopped the Ottoman. Without Spain, Italians would be speaking Turkish. The Siege of Austria (no, not that one; the other one) had help from the Spanish also. It wasn't only the Germans as most believe.
I learned a few days ago all my ancestors came from the Azores Islands. How neat! I am very proud to have ancestry from that part of the world. The Azorians are colonizers pre Colombus era! That is something!
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Ah, the Flemish Islands! Where oxcart and windmills are still seen. Concerning the "relheiras" (rails i suppose), wouldn't be surprised for easier (ox?)cart transportation. But why (going seemingly nowwhere particular)? This we have all seen with the lineways (lijnbanen) for rope production. They need a track to span the cords, sometimes hundreds of meters. By twisting the different strains, the cord get tighter. Typical machinery to do so, is a moving cart (lopende bok). Azoren were very important hub for further sea-faring, especially tools and equipment were there produced/repaired. Wouldn't be surprised that early advanced rope production was one of the typical activities there.
Actually no, Portugal got Brazil cuz of Cape Verde and cuz the portuguese king at the time wanted more land, basically. And thank God Portugal got Brazil
It makes sense that the Norse found the Azores first. The wind patterns in the Atlantic mean that it’s hard to sail directly to the Azores from Southern Europe. However the Azores lie directly along the return route from the Americas
I'm sorry but your pronunciation of Madeira is the worse thing I have ever heard anyone say, it was brutal. Azores can be tricky to say but nobody should be mispronouncing Madeira that badly.
As a fellow Portuguese, let me just say that I think you need to chill out a bit with the criticism of how English speakers pronounce Portuguese words. I'm pretty sure everyone, including us Portuguese, mispronounce things when it comes to words that are not of our native tongue. The narrator's pronunciation of "Madeira" could probably be better, but it makes sense for him to say it the way he does as a non-Portuguese speaker. That being said, I do find his pronunciation slightly amusing.
I don't think it's a phenomena you can associate with the entire English speaking community. It really does seem to be about which specific English speaking country in which you spent your life.
@@Swaggedoutshorty Why you hurt for? Also I live in England and was raised here, I know a lot of English people going to Madeira for holiday, I have never heard anyone say Madeira as bad as this narrator has. They say it the 'proper' English way, this narrator just invented a different way for some birazze reason.
Not many people know about this hidden European paradise. I myself born and raised in St. Michael, Ponta Delgada! Live in New England Massachusetts now.
I mean this feels more like a school project rather than a knowledge channel when you don't research properly. (São Miguel, Pico Island, Terceira) The islands names and pronunciations were je ne sais quoi... Good video still 👌🏻
Interesting facts: 80 years ago some islands didn't grow grains, only corn so the only bread available was corn bread which gave a disease of yellowing the skin when eaten too much. Even this bread was only possible when the wind blew so people could take their corn to be grounded on the windmills. Too many days without wind and hunger was a threat. Wheat bread was a luxury only eaten when people were ill. In the 50s thousands of azorean emigrated the US. Today some descendants are coming back with their Harleys disturbing the peace of an otherwise quite place. Another disturbance is a summer monthly rave party on the capital of Pico which which can be heard all over the small city until 6am. Young people come from other islands to attend it.
After watching this video, I'm immediately think of this scenario about sometime before Granada will be conquered, some members of the House of Nasr escaped along with some Muslim and Jewish refugees and established an independent state that is used as base of operation for privateering against Castile, Aragon and Portugal. Will this scenario worked? After all, this island has been known among the Europeans at least around the 14th century. So I see no reason why the peoples from the Emirate of Granada will not heard of this.
During the 2nd world war we leased an air base to the allies in Azores in order to keep them happy. We also traded with Germany to keep them happy and stay neutral. Despite Salazar being a dictator in this instance he deserves some praise.
Came to this video to learn some history of where my family is from. I was on the continent last week and kept seeing my last names on signs in the northern parts of Portugal around Aveiro, Porto, and Braga. Turns out Terceira was actually populated by Northern Portuguese people and Sephardic Jews. Third island to be discovered and thats where the name comes from Terca which means Third in Portuguese. Great video but some of the pronunciation and spelling of the island names were off. Madeira is prounounced (Ma-day-rah). "-eir" in Madeira is actually found in a lot of Portuguese words and names.
I am portuguese and died a little every time he said madaira. Great video :)
Lmao, I'm not even Portuguese but still died
Para mim foi nesse momento, e quando apareçeu no ecrã os nomes das ilhas...
But aside from that, great video!
UK here. I too was gritting my teeth.
I don't mind pronunciation errors when people don't know the language, but "Madaira" was really funny
You gotta deal with non Portuguese speakers not saying it the way those of us who speak Portuguese but this is not even an okay English way to say it. And how he said Diego with the first guy? Jeez. I am not expecting perfection, just some effort.
As a portuguese I wanna thank you for this video. The content was great, however 2 minor nitpicks, the pronounciation and the names of the islands being displayed wrong on the screen, aside from that it was great.
pronouncing things wrong is this channels thing. Look up anything in which he says Papal
@@kristiannicholson5893 Maybe so but it's annoying and puts me off. I lost concentration trying not to be annoyed by it!!
@@KeyManiacLad I'm not Portuguese, nor do I speak the language and it even bothered me 🤣
The pronounciation kills me. Azores is consistently mispronounced but Azorian is pronounced correctly.
There were numerous errors in this video including that the Azores was never a penal colony or a place misfits ran to(complete bull shit). In addition the number of Sephardic Jews that settled in the islands was tiny. I have no idea why he even mentions Germans as settlers. There was a documented Flemish settlement but it was also pretty small. The Vikings settlement is currently in dispute the thesis supporting this was poorly done and has been heavily criticized for over a year and taken apart piece by piece.
I am born and raised in Hawaii and my ancestors came from the Azores. Very nice video as always!
Don't forget that Flores and Corvo (the westernmost islands) are also part of the Azorian archipelago. During the video you left those two out most of the time giving the impression to those who don't know or don't research that the azores is only 7 island insteed of 9.
Was about to come here and say that, as an inhabitant of Corvo, I am disappointed with this but not surprised it happens all the time
@@TugaTrekker wait....there are people living in corvo??? Like, what is there to do???
Everything you can do on the other islands, just less road to travel
@@whyismyricewet1986 Each island has it's beauty and perks. Corvo is no exception.
@@Alexramm69 yeah....mas o que que tem para fazer ali?
I was just dying everytime he tried to pronounce Madeira
***most English speaking persons pronounce "madeira" like "madiera", the sound "ei" sounds like "a" as in "lake".***
“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”
- William Shakespeare
I live in the "Açores" (in English, "Azores" ). Thank you for explaining part of our history to the World. The 9 Islands are: Santa Maria, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico, Faial, São Jorge, Graciosa, Flores and Corvo.
"In New York, I am barely recognised, or people don't really care. When I go to Portugal, I go outside to a public place and am recognised constantly"
--Sara Sampaio
Let's be honest why the american people would care about her ???? different in Portugal , like a nfl player in europe most people wouldn't know who they are besides tom brady can't name you another nfl player
@@clintstewart5545 Even though i think your point is right, the example you gave is arguably only true with nfl players and stuff like that. American musicians, movie stars, film makers, writers, streamers, etc are widley known all around the world.
@@carliscris6586 that's America's cultural influence is way more significant than that of Portugal
@@carliscris6586 cinema yes nfl , not so much like many soccer players as they us say it in general like to go to the us , because they can be more anonymous and obviously I am not talking about CR7 or Messi , like Dalot from man u I bet he could easily be anonymous in the us ...
@@carliscris6586 for example the only sport in the us I kind like it's basketball I couldn't name you without googling a baseball player for instance
Fun fact: during the early stages of Portugal's occupation of the Azores, Portugal asked other kingdoms for some population to help populate those islands, the majority of them were from Northern France and some from the Netherlands and what is now Germany. That's why the Portuguese dialect from the Azores is so unlike any other dialect of portuguese. Sometimes it even feels like a separate language. That's why some dialects from the Azores sound like weird version of French.
The dialect from Madeira is also a bit like this
Have you ever heard the Barlavento Algarvio accent? It's very similar to Açores accent, specially Ponta Delgada. FUN FACT: the first settlers were from that part of Portugal.
Calling the azorean accents a "dialect" shows ignorance, or perhaps just bad word choosing. Azorean accents (there are many) is comparable to any other differences that exists in continental Portugal (south, north etc). Yes, I give you that one, there are elements in our pronunciation from those countries you mentioned, but that is that. Trust me I know, born and raised in the Azores.
@@vitorpacheco3519 well yes that is correct that their mostly called "accents". But in a way you can also call them dialects, cuz some of them differ (some more than others) when it comes to phonology and pronunciation when compared to standard portuguese. A portuguese that comes from the mainland needs a while to get used to the way azoreans talk, especially people from São Miguel 😂
@@tcbbctagain572 Not really. The accent is just in certain words, most of them are the same pronunciation. Older people have "bigger" accent, but you can really compare it to Algarve's accent, it is same thing. And yes, in Azores there are some words that don't exist in the mainland, and that is part of the Azorean culture, but belive me is not enough to be called dialect.
@roberto lang No... It is the fact the Azores are isolated from the rest of the World. We are islands and in the beggining we didn't had lots of contact with the mainland. So is completly normal and expectable for an accent like this to appear.
Plus the first and the second Portuguese Presidents were from Azores. And they had the accent. So your excuse of ignorance makes no sense.
Portugal has great naval history and probably best of early time.
Depends on what you consider early, they were long after great nautical cultures like the Phoenicians, Carthage, Polynesians, Scandinavians, and Chinese.
@The Philosoraptor traitor
Early time?..... 🤔😁
@The Philosoraptor Never
What about Venice??? They were much better
Quite impressive how little Portugal managed to have such a large impact in the age of exploration!
Meh, a lot is made out of that. England are roughly the same size. The Netherlands are smaller.
You do realize we started the era... right...?
My friend as an Azorian I loved the video, but small correction I feel like I need to do. The Azores were NOT colonized, they were populated. This is because there was no one there when the Portuguese arrived. Just a side note that I would like to do. Thanks for the video!
Absolutely correct. They were land for the taking. Not colonies at all.
Yes that is what I understand. My family always signified that we are Portugal. However some on the continent don't agree.
@@goingfreenow3297 The fact that they don't agree doesn't make any sense, because this are pure facts
The same in Cabo Verde
Yeah, that confused me. They didn't colonize the islands, because nobody lived there. I think the better term would be they settled the islands.
Portugal had quite strong sailors, nice history!
The best in the wolrd
I live in Azores in São Miguel island. I'm so happy tat someone outside Portugal know about here. Thank you!
Man, the AZORES is one if no t the most beautiful place ever. I saw hundred of dolphin and nature and the people were the best of the best. I'm worried it will be over populated with tourist so I hope the government can preserve it's beautiful nature. For me Azores is like New Zealand had a child with Iceland......I went there for what was suppose to be a 5 day vacation and we stayed for one month,,,,,
I was just on mainland Portugal and the Azores. My heritage. Beautiful country.
the moors discovered and first settled those islands
@@bragaboyz4435 where do you find that info? Were they muslim at the time.. there's a lot of Muslims or Jewish like street names and people. They could have been moors
My daughter, a graduate of SUNY Maritime, visited the Azores while on her training voyage. My daughter speaks fluent Brasilian Portuguese, as my wife is Brasilian. As it turned out, my daughter and her classmates were all treated very well by the people of the Azores, with my daughter as the translator. Whenever my daughter would speak, they could tell my daughter has Brasilian roots.
The Azores islands, as a national territory, are based on the continental plates of Africa, America and Europe. We can say that Portugal is African, European and American.
No AZORES is European!!!!
@@The_truthhz I didn't understand the reaction. The islands of Corvo and Flores are on the American tectonic plate. So it's not a mistake to say that Portugal has territory in the Americas. The same goes for Madeira, which is on the African plate.
Well done, very accurate. I'm from Terceira Island, Açores, the island that was Portugal by it self twice, a beautiful and peaceful place to live as all the islands. Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.
the discoverers were the moors and the name is جزر الأزور
One of those who left Pico Island heading to Brazil was my 2nd great-grandmother. That's why I ended up here on your channel. thanks for the video.
I was born in Angra do Heroísmo on the island of Terceira, but I live in New England now. 💙 🇵🇹 🤍
Same here!! I was born in the same place and also now living on the Northeast coast of America. 🍻
You mean in the new world?
@@KennyNGA Yeah, the New World. But the particular region I live in within the New World is known as "New England". It consists of six separate States: Namely, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont.
@@leniobarcelos1770 I thought you Mexicans all live in Texas and California
@@KennyNGA I guess you thought wrong, then. Today is a learning experience for you on here and you may now consider yourself less of a f-wit. Congratulations and I'm glad I could help you out with that, amigo.
Para além de não mencionar duas ilhas também há nomes incorretos. Os nomes corretos são PICO, TERCEIRA e SÃO Miguel
Não consigo compreender esse erro... Bastava uma pesquisa rápida 🙄!
Força Portugal 🇵🇹
i recommend you read Mustafah Dhada's book *The Portuguese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013*
@@bragaboyz4435 😂 tell me your nation of origin. I can find bad things done by ANY group. History is long and you cannot pervert it 🤫
Thank you for the video. As a portuguese resident in Mainland Portugal I love the Azores and Madeira too.
The Iberian Union was a big problem to Portugal. We lost so much because of it.
Im glad it took "only" 60 years ... 60 more then we wanted but still in one single life time!!
Força Portugal!!
Born in the Azores (Reibera Grande) grew up in Canada and now live in Hawaii. Father always told me, once and island boy, always an island boy.
I'm from pico living in Canada since 2014. Missing home
@@mel999. You can always come live in Hawaii.... 😁😎
From são Miguel island... You have to visit out island. It s so different
@@emanuelcarvalho8674 I was there in 2022 visiting family and for the white festival 😁
My dad is from Sete Cidades in Sao Miguel.
Porto Santo Island was discovered first and then after a year they discovered madeira.
Thanks for the video! Fascinated by the early Portuguese Empire!
Do Spain and the Canaries next, their conquest there of the Neolithic Guanches was pretty much a preview of their conquest of the Americas.
Fun fact: it was Portugal that started to colonize the Canary Islands
The story of the discovery of Porto Santo / Madeira by Zarco in1419 was a myth. The Portuguese "discovered" these islands in the previous century but kept this secret as this small fledgling nation would not be in a position to defend (it is rumoured the Romans first came across them). The Azores was probably the same.
The Azores or more probably the Canaries WERE DISCOVERED by the Romans. Plutarch, who lived in 1st century AD, in his work "Parallel lives", in life of Sertorius he writes that "sailors from the islands in Atlantic met him in the shores of Iberia".
that does sound pretty Portuguese
Portugal really does nothing but play/watch soccer, drink crazy amounts of super Bach n sagres 🫡 and make really good food and also stay beautiful don't change a thing that's why you're so unique the Azores everybody from there that's why there's such a sense of bond hood even with like people you don't even know at all all you have to tell somebody in Toronto is that you're from the Azores and boom you're in a good book instantly I swear to God I'm not even joking like I would just walk around with a hat it's "Portugal" in standard white text Just literally wine gum red hat white letters people would offer me jobs just based on the fact that I'm Portuguese I didn't even speak Portuguese very much my mom didn't really speak at at home and my dad wasn't from there so yeah literally just having a Portuguese bloodline is grandma in Portuguese privilege to do all the hardest work at the job site for a list of all the money 😂🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🫡
No, here in Azores the Romans never got here. The only possibility were the vikings, but there are not enough evidences to prove it.
@@ilias8972 Discovering is a little more than reaching there first. For me is to deliberately came back and forth and teach how to get there for other generations.
The way he says Madeira gives me goosebumps.
English speaker starter pack: say "Madáira" or "Madira" instead of Madeira😂
how is it pronounced?
@@haroldinho9930 Ma-day-ra
@@haroldinho9930 I cant find those letters that describe words sound, but going to Google Translator and translating "wood" to pt portuguese is enough
@@viperaputakeyteaparyou8237 *Ma-dey-ra
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Great video!! More videos of Portuguese history!!
I am a first generation and direct descendant of Azorean immigrants. This video has some nice information on the Azores BUT the awful pronunciation was distractive and annoying. Also it tends to ignore the dire poverty that existed which prompted late scale emigration from the islands to the US and Canada during the 20th century.
I read somewhere San Diego's Tuna fisherman who were Portegeuse were from the Azore Islands originally.
Why would it talk about azorean economy? That's not the point of the video....
As a Portuguese I just watch and say: Portugal caralhooo 🏁🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
Best Regards from Portugal
If there were no inhabitants, do you still say colonize? Or populate would be more appropriate?
Love The Channel always stoked when I see it pop up on my sub list. I don't understand how you guys still haven't gotten pronunciation down yet!? But all good. Still love the videos. Thanks for the hard work. I will continue to always watch.
Boom Portugal 🇵🇹 🙌🏾
When you showed the names of the islands it had many typos
Fun Fact: the lead singer of the 90s rock band Extreme was born in the Azores but his surname isn't a Portuguese one because there were many Europeans outside Portugal who'd migrated to that islands before like the Germans, French and even the British since both Portugal and UK had long diplomatic alliance since the 14th century.
always thought the last name Bettencourt sounded english
@@woozziewooify it’s a French name :)
Nuno is not the lead singer, he's the guitar player. The lead singer is Gary Cherone.
I am azorean and we live a great life in Azores today,
Tanks for the video 😉
the discoverers were the moors and the name is جزر الأزور
Eu adoro essas ilhas!
Thank you for this video, honestly I am eternally happy to mention two archipelagos that are often left out, as well as explain how they are from Portugal, Thank you, I as Portuguese thank you very much
Loved the video, um salve brasileiro aos açorianos!
About the mispronunciation of Madeira, I won't judge an english speaker for not being able to pronounce "ei" correctly, since I have seen what they do to the "eu" at the end of my own name...
I thought that is how European Portuguese pronounce ei.
Ei turns into ai.
Azores is where my parents are from. Great video
Great job there guys ❤️👍
Great video. I have ancestors from terceira and pico islands. No wonder I love yams, it all makes sense now! 🇵🇹
Hello! From Azores. 🌍❤️🇵🇹
Good video, well explained and a good way to aproach the discovery of the island than even among portuguese people is not exactly explained. Hope you continue with this quality and hope to see another new video soon.
I see in this story the settlement by Portuguese people of areas that at the time were allegedly uninhabited, I need and want an empty area to move to, as you can see in my own comment on this UA-cam video.
Is it colonization if the island was uninhabited ? Shouldn't it be settlement?
Great video, going to visit this saturday for the first some of the islands
I know it's going to be a great trip!
Great video! I'm Azorean from the Terceira island. Come visit and fall in love with the 9 islands🤗
Loved it, as both an Azorean and has someone that loves history as a whole! Fun trivia: the Azores were given that name cus the initial setlers confused the indigenous Kite Birds (we call them Milhafres, a bird of prey that resembles a hawk) with an Azor, a mainland european bird of prey. We have no Azors here 😅
That's too weird but somehow seems appropriate.
Portugal didn't "colonized" Açores or Madeira, because those archipelagoes were uninhabited, therefore, the Açores were occupied, not colonized.
Portugal did colonize, to colonize means to: "send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it."
Elon Musk's mission is to colonize Mars, not to occupy it.
@@bernardopratta3076 you know very well that this is not the connotation/meanings that people give to the word "colonization". Stop being disingenuous about it.
I am from Madeira and literally none of us from Madeira think of ourselves as having been colonized by Portugal, we think of Madeira as being part of Portugal and our ancestors came from mainland Portugal. We are Portuguese in full right.
@@pedrolopes3542 You’re ignoring the definition of colonization for your ignorant, perceived connotation of the word. Occupation is way more harsh and typically describes the act of stealing or taking land from others.
lol I’m shaking my head over here by the way he’s chopped up every Portuguese name. If I wasn’t reading them as he was saying it I wouldn’t of known what the hell he was saying. The only thing he got right was colonized.lol
@@bernardopratta3076 💯🤣
Fun fact, the Azores were colonized by such a large group of german and specially dutch settlers that even today, the azores accent of portuguese is so weird and different to the "mainland" one that when we have news from the Azores and someone is speaking, subtitles are included. Madeira's accent is a bit similar to the Azores one, but to a lesser degree; if you know portuguese, you can look up interviews of Cristiano Ronaldo's mother talking and see for yourself (he himself lost his Madeira's accent since moving to Lisbon to play for Sporting).
There's also a legend that the polish king Władysław III didn't die in the famous battle of Varna and instead lived the rest of his days secluded in Madeira where he was known as Henrique Alemão ("Henry the German") where he wed and had 2 sons (some accounts even atest that one of his sons was Christopher Columbus, but thats too much of a stretch hahah). According to the legend, a delegation of polish monks traveled there and certified he was in fact the polish king.
There were quite few Germans living there when I went to go visit.
I'm from the Azores, born and bred.
The açoreanos are tough people. Love from a fellow portuguese from the continent.
There’s a guy here saying there are only 7 islands.. they are 9! Don’t let yourself get fooled by his ignorance 🤦🏻♂️
Proud to be Azorean from Santa Maria 😁 thanks for the video!
There's new discovered ruins and artifacts in the Azores Islands that point for a pre portuguese ancient civilization living here thousands of years back. Such as burial piramid shaped stone mounts, arrow heads, symbols and animals carved in stone and even big dragon shaped white stone.
Check it out for yourselves.
@roberto lang
Search for Prof Felix Rodrigues. James Cameron made a documentary called Atlantis Rising where Prof Felix showed what he found here.
@roberto lang I watched the documentary. Atlantis rising
@@homemurso1484 Nothing about the Azores in that Doc.!
Acores. Ainda. Tem. Muita. Coisa. Escondida. Orgullho. Em. Ser. Acoriano. Onde. A. Paz. Esta. A. Frente. Da. Porta. Onde. America. E. Canada. Continua. Sendo. O. Coracao. Onde. No. Brasil. Fomos. Sem. Volta.
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I really like the video and I am super impressed that there’s even a video on this topic!! I am a second generation Canadian of Azorean heritage!! Super interesting!!! What made you chose this topic ?
My humble opinion: Good to check pronunciation a few times . And because there’s a European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese and this video is about the European Portuguese world maybe pronouncing things with European Portuguese Ways make be something to consider if you make another video in this realm😊
Make more videos on naval history :)
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@The Philosoraptor The Nutterlands is the shadow of England. All they did was overshadowed by the English, and their language is basically redundant even in their own land now. Such self-respect they have, not. Good thing the liberal crazies imported Islam to deal with their liberalism cancer. How funny that liberals paid for their own solution.
I want a video on the naval battle Lepento
@@theawesomeman9821 Yes. Lepanto is important. The Spanish Empire, with Italians helping, stopped the Ottoman. Without Spain, Italians would be speaking Turkish. The Siege of Austria (no, not that one; the other one) had help from the Spanish also. It wasn't only the Germans as most believe.
@The Philosoraptor I didn't say anything about genocide.
Good video, but how did you manage to misspell the names of the islands like that?
I learned a few days ago all my ancestors came from the Azores Islands. How neat! I am very proud to have ancestry from that part of the world. The Azorians are colonizers pre Colombus era! That is something!
Very interesting content. Thanks for posting.
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As a portuguese:
PORTUGAL, CARALHO!
As an azorean, I enjoyed this video quite a lot
Nice video.
Great video! Thank you
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
Ah, the Flemish Islands! Where oxcart and windmills are still seen. Concerning the "relheiras" (rails i suppose), wouldn't be surprised for easier (ox?)cart transportation. But why (going seemingly nowwhere particular)? This we have all seen with the lineways (lijnbanen) for rope production. They need a track to span the cords, sometimes hundreds of meters. By twisting the different strains, the cord get tighter. Typical machinery to do so, is a moving cart (lopende bok). Azoren were very important hub for further sea-faring, especially tools and equipment were there produced/repaired. Wouldn't be surprised that early advanced rope production was one of the typical activities there.
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Great video!
Nicely done video
Wait how did Portugal grow crops like maise corn and sweet potatoes when America hasn't been discovered yet? Those crops are unique to the Americas...
I was wondering the same thing.
If they count "early in the colonization" as the first 100 years or so, there would be time for new crops to be imported to the Azores.
The sweet potato Portugal introduced in the Azores came from India, you know, the real India, not the India that the hapless Columbus discovered
@@vanesenastar8525 Sweet potatos, potatos, Cocoa bean "chocolate", Cocaine,Pineapples, corn, Avocados, Tomatoes, Quinoa, Peanuts, Peppers, blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, farkleberries, Beans, passion fruit, Papaya, Cashews, etc, etc, are from America.
T-sarah..I'm a cabral.man they stayed on those islands A LONG TIME! My family left about 1900.
Steve Perry of Journey is of Azorean ancestry ❤
these islands are important not because they make good colonies but they are strategic staging grounds
And thanks to the Azores and by the Tordesillas treaty, Portugal got Brazil. Without the Azores they would have never gotten an inch of Brazil.
Actually no, Portugal got Brazil cuz of Cape Verde and cuz the portuguese king at the time wanted more land, basically.
And thank God Portugal got Brazil
Great content 🔥🔥
It makes sense that the Norse found the Azores first. The wind patterns in the Atlantic mean that it’s hard to sail directly to the Azores from Southern Europe. However the Azores lie directly along the return route from the Americas
Is it colonisation if no one lived there to begin with?
Also, the term colonisation makes it sound like we have an illegitimate claim to the Azores
Exactly.
I don't know mate, I think the birds and the spiders were the rightful owners of those islands :/
How do you make your videos
I'm sorry but your pronunciation of Madeira is the worse thing I have ever heard anyone say, it was brutal. Azores can be tricky to say but nobody should be mispronouncing Madeira that badly.
Yeah well English is the worlds dominant language, sucks to be Portuguese.
As a fellow Portuguese, let me just say that I think you need to chill out a bit with the criticism of how English speakers pronounce Portuguese words. I'm pretty sure everyone, including us Portuguese, mispronounce things when it comes to words that are not of our native tongue. The narrator's pronunciation of "Madeira" could probably be better, but it makes sense for him to say it the way he does as a non-Portuguese speaker. That being said, I do find his pronunciation slightly amusing.
I don't think it's a phenomena you can associate with the entire English speaking community. It really does seem to be about which specific English speaking country in which you spent your life.
@@Swaggedoutshorty Why you hurt for? Also I live in England and was raised here, I know a lot of English people going to Madeira for holiday, I have never heard anyone say Madeira as bad as this narrator has. They say it the 'proper' English way, this narrator just invented a different way for some birazze reason.
@@LennyCash777 I never generalised English speakers in general, just this narrator...
Portugal 🇵🇹 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Not many people know about this hidden European paradise. I myself born and raised in St. Michael, Ponta Delgada! Live in New England Massachusetts now.
I hope Madeira islands gets independence one day
Amazing!
I mean this feels more like a school project rather than a knowledge channel when you don't research properly. (São Miguel, Pico Island, Terceira) The islands names and pronunciations were je ne sais quoi... Good video still 👌🏻
Azores is composed by 9 islands, not 7. Nice vídeo.
My guy, how did you mess the island names so bad?:P
Interesting facts: 80 years ago some islands didn't grow grains, only corn so the only bread available was corn bread which gave a disease of yellowing the skin when eaten too much. Even this bread was only possible when the wind blew so people could take their corn to be grounded on the windmills. Too many days without wind and hunger was a threat. Wheat bread was a luxury only eaten when people were ill. In the 50s thousands of azorean emigrated the US. Today some descendants are coming back with their Harleys disturbing the peace of an otherwise quite place. Another disturbance is a summer monthly rave party on the capital of Pico which which can be heard all over the small city until 6am. Young people come from other islands to attend it.
After watching this video, I'm immediately think of this scenario about sometime before Granada will be conquered, some members of the House of Nasr escaped along with some Muslim and Jewish refugees and established an independent state that is used as base of operation for privateering against Castile, Aragon and Portugal. Will this scenario worked? After all, this island has been known among the Europeans at least around the 14th century. So I see no reason why the peoples from the Emirate of Granada will not heard of this.
During the 2nd world war we leased an air base to the allies in Azores in order to keep them happy. We also traded with Germany to keep them happy and stay neutral. Despite Salazar being a dictator in this instance he deserves some praise.
Came to this video to learn some history of where my family is from. I was on the continent last week and kept seeing my last names on signs in the northern parts of Portugal around Aveiro, Porto, and Braga. Turns out Terceira was actually populated by Northern Portuguese people and Sephardic Jews. Third island to be discovered and thats where the name comes from Terca which means Third in Portuguese. Great video but some of the pronunciation and spelling of the island names were off. Madeira is prounounced (Ma-day-rah). "-eir" in Madeira is actually found in a lot of Portuguese words and names.
As an azorean this video was really interesting, went a bit above what we learned in school, thanks