The DANGEROUS Life of a Dutch VOC Ship Sailor in the 17th Century
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2022
- Have you ever wondered what life was like on a trans oceanic voyage during the 17th century? In this video you will experience the life of an average sailor embarking on a voyage for the VOC. The contracts the sailor's signed were usually initiated with unrealistic and fantastic sales pitches about what the sailors would experience and take back with them from the far east.
But what was their life really like on these ships after months at sea? Find out the experience of a typical VOC voyage to the East Indies!
NOTE: OLD VIDEOS COMPILED AS A MEGA EPISODE. Just fixing some old content and thumbnails before the new is posted...a bit of rebranding :)
VOC -> DUTCH EAST INDIA (INDIES) COMPANY
Maybe pin this to the top?
@@julianabakker6213 Thanks thought i did! New content coming after I revamp the old stuff a bit get the views going again.
Good to hear from you again. Looking forward to new content
It’s my most favorite Yore History story and just in time for Thanksgiving. So Thank You!!!!
@@b-genspinster7895 Let me know what type of themes/settings you enjoy cause im back to create them :)
But at least the VOC paid up reliably after the journey, if you survived. And even if you did not survive, the wife and children would get money. That was quite unique.
Just dont have a side hustle, or you may lose your hands ✋
was it unique? didnt many guilds do that too?
@@bezumsteeltjuh I would not like to compare guilds with the VOC. So, I don't think that argument is valid.
Yes
I'd also say the slightly lesser chance of survivability on VOC ships compared to the British east india company was because of the longer journey to mostly indonesia instead of india
Given their scant resources, dire circumstances, and powerful enemies, what the Dutch were able to accomplish is truly astounding! Greetings to the People of The Netherlands from Greece! 🇳🇱🌿🇬🇷
The world Beyond The Ice Walls 7..goid videois.. we went from africa to that lands that truth and yes the indies vo together..the history is a littelbit different..take care..you greece go look in vibes of cosmos as wel ..is about the moon...actually plasma mirror moon .greatings nerherland
Greetings back from the Netherlands.
Yea at very great harm to the populations they encountered. I'm in one of the former colonies, they have a lot to answer for.
How are the dead going to answer for anything?
@@chrissmith3509 - It has been said that the past is a foreign country; if so, the dead are foreign aliens.
I rarely leave comments but I couldn't have gone to the next video without leaving one. As a mailman I walk from 5-7 hours a day and media I can listen to is perfect for keeping myself sane.
That being said, this is got to be the most enjoyable video I've listened to in a very long time. The story is well captivating, starting with thoughts of hope to trying to comprehend the amount of disappointment and worry that would be felt seeing what awaited you on the ship to eventual thoughts of hope again with the pay and building a life on return to the uneasy turn of addiction.
Just amazing, man. I can't compliment you anymore. 👏 Please keep producing content.
Cheers Robert! Thanks for giving it a shot. I have another sailing one from a British Sailors point of view and a series dealing with being a Roman Legionary during the Invasion of Britain and many m ore to come in the future. Cheers and thanks very much for the comment!
Yeah buddy, we need more storytelling like this to keep us all from going postal 😂
I feel slightly better about going to work in the morning now.
LOL...ya your breakfast *SHOULD* be worm free...i hope....
Guys like Henk are worth their weight in gold, as they are able to maintain the morale of the crew in the direst of situations.
Dutch courage AKA enough alcohol ha
@@tomz5704
Now really. I had a colleague like that some time ago. Many regarded him as the office clown, but his ability to keep the spirits up for the whole team under the heaviest stress was amazing. Every crew needs a "morale officer" of sorts.
@@lucianene7741 of course, just saying there's a reason all those navy's back then had a lot of strong alcohol though
what he accomplished was already done by Portuguese navigators and explorers more than a century before. those early Portuguese ships had the biggest balls of them all
And here I worried that you were gone. Great to have you back...well...back making this style and approach to history videos. Outstanding!
I really appreciate the first person narrative in which I am the crew member. It makes it so much more interesting 🎉🎉
I feel like I am time travel back to the past ❤
Glad you enjoyed it. I have a British sailor series, Roman legionary, Viking etc all in same format as well :) cheers and thx for watching!!
@@YoreHistory ITS Awesome WHY‼️REBAND😢
@@mrmarmellow563 reband?
It's more of the rarely seen second-person ("You do this, you do that") perspective. Although it's often clunky it works well here
@@markrhodes403 I know it isn't for everyone and that is why I also make regular 3rd person narrated documentaries. I just wanted to create an option that immerses viewers a bit more like an audiobook and as you pointed out no one else is really doing it which helps on UA-cam if you do something different :).
The lawlessness that was able to exist back then for obvious reasons is absolutely terrifying. It must have been a very dangerous world to live in.
Oh it was for sure.
Not so much the lawlessness as much as just the wrong amount and wrong type of law. The sort of law that protects the elite but not the poor. This is still a problem now, albeit to a lesser extent. It's just that public awareness and medical science have mitigated it.
Makes me wonder a lot about "The Wild West" too and whether or not I would've liked that more. The chaos and the fact you could have your livelihood taken at any moment doesn't sound too fun... But the freedom sounds appealing. Despite possibly being "too free."
There was a lot less laws on the books…. So I’m sure it wasn’t to hard
@@urphakeandgey6308 it's still the wild west, just go into any family court with the hateful woman of your choice and try to get access to your children.
Being an Australian and visited the Dutch explorers museum in Freemantle this is very interesting, especially also Tasmanian a state named after Abel Jantzoon Tasman
Plus there are a few more.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_of_Dutch_origin_in_Australia
Abel Janszoon Tasman.
*Fremantle.. the Dutch sailed east till they hit the coast of Western Australia then turned north to get to Indonesia. Many of the ships literally hit the coast of WA and wrecked
We came from France to Canada in 1664 aboard the Dutch ship "Le Noir". This video is the closest I have come to realize the life my ancestor had. Much appreciated.
349 years old? I doubt that.
@@headmondronary2127 Yes they did. The journals of the VOC where very accurate.
@@dw4956 ta👍
@@headmondronary2127 Pierre Blais, Google it.
Lol
as a dutch person, the names you picked for the side characters gave me a good laugh. very nice video, i liked it a lot.
die gast is gewoon nederlands, dat hoor je toch wel?
@@zeikerd Nee, maar wat ik zeker wel hoor is een Canadees accent.
I really love this video. It really gives a clear picture of what is it to be like on a 17th century ship
Awesome! You are finally back!!!! ❤❤
Really enjoyed this bit of history and storytelling. Subscribed for more, keep up the good work!
Yore History you're back! Wonderful to see. Great video and the thumbnails look great. Nice and clean. I hope the channel blows up.
Glad to see you are back!
Thank you. I was long waiiting for this kind Dangerous Life of a Dutch VOC Ship.
Im a research vessel navigator in the south of Brazil, the seafaring spirit is trully timeless and borderless, thank you for this video
Oh man! Keep them coming! These are so good!
One of my ancestor also signed up in 1670 as VOC-Soldier and died 4-5 years later in Ceylon / Sri Lanka
So many of you who have ancestors who sailed with the VOC..thanks for sharing!
His grave would be in Halle maybe? I saw a lot of them when I was on vacation 30 years ago.
@@ai-boost-fz1yq Thanks a lot! I will look it up
if it were in Indonesia i would like to know the graveyard location so i could piss in his grave lol. I hates them VOC.
Huh. How about that.
This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched. I just want to let you know that I’m very impressed with this style of video. I love history and really enjoyed learning about it in this way!
That is so awesome to hear. Thanks for watching! The first playlist on the homepage has other series like this as well. Cheers!
Excellent! The narration, the story telling and music and visuals. As well as the historical facts. Very well done. Thanks.
Cheers Joe, thanks for watching!
instant sub this is phenomenal man i’ve been captivated the entire video 👏
This was an awesome video. I've never felt more immersed in the period. When it's described in the first person you really experience that world.
Thx Dale! That was my hope so glad for you it had that effect. Cheers!
This video shed a spotlight on the horrific life of a sailor back in the day. PTSD would never leave during any length of sobriety for the survivors.
Really well done man, this was awesome!!
OMG!!! You are back!! You are so awesome!!
This is amazing! Just brilliant this firsthand view! And your voice is perfect for this!
Great job, this is my favorite video when it comes to history stuff. Would love to see more like this
Cheers Atlas. I have a few series like this. British Sailor, Roman Legionary etc.
Hello there after......I don t remeber how long. Nice to have you back.
Glad to see you're back
amazing channel! keep up the great work!
You do an excellent job with the detailing of Dutch global strategy.
Excellent series, and I'm looking forward to watching others! How about a series about life and trade on the Silk Road?
My current Roman envoy series is about the only Roman delegation who went to China via maritime silk trade route in AD195...so not overland but it is silk trade route. Thanks for watching Lou!
Thanks for some excellent historical story-telling.
This was very informative in a fun way. Well impressed with the pronunciation of the Dutch names. Dank u wel
Being Dutch myself helps :) Thanks for watching!
Haha that makes sense. Your English is very good as well. 😅
Wow! Now this is good storytelling. Many thanks.
That was absolutely brilliant, thank you.
Wow i didn't even notice this video was an hour long !
Great story and great representation 👌
Thank you for your effort to put these together. You sir have my subscription.
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
The reason why the Netherlands became so wealthy was because of the power of the VOC which really was quite different to other trade companys employed by other nations. It was basicly a nation within a nation and could do almost whatever it wanted. That is the important part because the VOC needed to react fast. By the time a letter got to Amsterdam and back, it might already be late to do something about whatever there was going on.
the dutch, the biggest slave traeters in the whole world, the dutch the best frinds off the germans in the first and the second W War, the dutcht behavoir in there colony s are verry cruel
Best days ever to rule
Brilliant, I really liked it… nice style and very informative…
Probably one of the coolest videos ever. Great idea and great detail.
Cheers Birdman. I have other series in same format. Thanks for watching!
@@YoreHistory keep it up, sir. I was not expecting that, what a ride.
Yo!! Loved these videos!!
First time on your channel. It is so good I subscribed. You deserve 1 million subs. Great job.
Cheers mate. A few more series like this style if you enjoyed it and a finale for the viking one in this format due this week. Thanks for watching!
Extremely well written and narrated. Thank you! Cheers from South Carolina, USA
Thank you for this!
Very very interesting. Thanks for this video 🤗
Nice and entertaining narration... the reference to the Ferengi was hilarious but accurate
Awesome video. Truly captivating.
Very interesting and well done! Talk about a tough life. No wonder they didn't live long. ⛵
My Grandmother first learned to walk as a little girl while on a sailing ship as her family journeyed from the Netherlands to the USA around the year of 1890. Perhaps a good topic for another video.
My family came to the U.S.A. From Gelderland in 1847.
You want a whole video on your grandmother?...
I am a descendent of a Jewish Hollander, who served in the VOC, who settled in Ceylon in the year 1775, narrator absorbs my attention to my ancestor, the suffering that he, (William Buultjen) experienced. Thanks for sharing the experiences of the past. Oniell
Thx for sharing. That wasbpart of the hope with this format is to experience a bit in their shoes! Thx for watching too!
please come home to lsr aeI 🥰
Hello from Blumenthal, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
There are hundreds of Buultjens in Sri Lanka, you may fund many relatives, many are Buddhists.
William Buultjens, settled in Matará (Galle District), Dutch reform church of SL as well as, archives in Haig, Holland, carries vibrant records. Mormon church in Utah, USA also has written records on the Buultjen family. If u guys are really interested, I can further write about the Buultjen family in Europe, they were originally from Spain, due to pogroms, they settled in todays’ Belgium/ Holland territories, there too, the Jews were persecuted, wealthy European Jews bankrolled the VOC. William Buultjens was a sea captain, who married a Sinhala Mudeliya’s daughter from Mathara.
As said earlier, birth and death records are available in the Dutch reform church offices. Few years ago I did do some research work on my family tree, in SL. In the month of May I will be visiting SL, Galle Fort to do further research on my family tree. Many SL Dutch Burgers were of Jewish heritage.
I'm now starting the fourth and final part. Iv really gotten into this adventure. I thought I had watched all of these types of videos and I'm so glad to have found this one. A true masterpiece. Like a great but short book. Iv subbed now so I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of these wonderful tales of life as someone else who like myself has had to learn the hard way about everything. Maybe tho that's the best way. Lessons about life really sink in and hit home after a nice long miserable adventure. That's what I call most of the things I regret. Adventure.
Cheers and thanks for watching!
Interesting and informative. Excellent 📷 pictures/ drawings/maps enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. A rough/precarious/existence on one of those typical sailing ships. Heath issues ( scurvy ) & the likes. Were a daily concern amongst all on the ship.
@Yore History Great video! Very informative. Keep up the good work. Please do more Dutch history videos. I'm very fascinated about the history of the Netherlands.
More planned but have a loooong list :) I do have a video on the economics of the VOC up but no others in this format but will in future.
@@YoreHistory Please share the link to the said video on the economics of the VOC.
@@goingintoalltheworld You bet...it's a bit older but here: ua-cam.com/video/JcmZqyJIpPQ/v-deo.html&ab_channel=YoreHistory
Thank you, thank you and thank you. I really appreciate your swift response ❤️
I watched the video you sent via the link. Very informative as usual. By the way, I've subscribed to your channel. Also, I will have to watch all your videos on Dutch history, old and new, as I am gathering information to write a paper on this. It's a long story. Do you have am email address I can contact you by? Thanks again.
HE IS BACK!!!
What an interesting way to bring history to us. Great video.
Thanks for watching!
@@YoreHistoryte😊😮un8
Great! really, really great! Wow. Thank you for your efforts.
I was told that cope of good hope was named for a reason.
But this story brings a new horizon.
This was incredibly entertaining and educational. Cool!
Excellent, very well put together and narrated. Great educational content.
These are very interesting videos. Thanks!
Very nice put together story 👍🏻👍🏻
What a fascinating subject to learn about. We have always been taught that there were large land battles during the Punic wars, I would think the same would be possible for navy battles. Rome lost quite a lot of battles to Hannibal and just kept making more so there had to be a large population. At the same time it was kinda normal for Rome to inflate numbers so it's completely possible you are correct. It would be amazing if we could get are hands on a nearly complete quinquereme, I think everyone could agree with that. I was excited when they announced they discovered Roman ships in the Black Sea because they preserve so well down there. Thank you for the video
It would be good to see a lot more money spent exploring the Black Sea. So much to be found.
This is awesome, subbed
For newbies (like me): The Dutch East India Company (VOC, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), founded in 1602 and liquidated in 1795, was the largest and most impressive of the early modern European trading companies operating in Asia.
"Verenigde" means "united."
Yore, good work, well done, and thank you!
i love these stories, so very rare today, thank you....
UHMAZIN THAT you tube recommendations sent me Pure Gold
Much appreciated
I love old shipping history!
Very enjoyable, thank you!
Fantastic. I hope you have time for more of these, because they’re a really cool format of telling history! This poor guy- once he started on the poppy, I thought “oh no, he’s going to end up alone and dead in the gutter”. But no, yay he dried out and made it home to build a life, albeit not a long one- but at least not a sad, hazy, hit-chasing, lonely one. I know he’s an amalgamation of people- and it’s nice to imagine some people making it home to realize some of their happy dreams!
Cheers and thanks for watching. The Roman Legionary in Britain (full episode) and its follow up are in the same format. There is also a modern British sailor series in one episode...both are in my Live Life as a Historical Figure series.
Very well narrated, it's great to learn history through such story-telling.
Just one thing surprised me but maybe I was wrong about this, I always though what gave the Dutch sailors in general - as well as in the VOC - the advantage over the English especially was that they took zuurkool (sauerkraut) on voyages to prevent scurvy. Surprised you didn't mention this.
I know the English/British took limes but I think that was later on.
That was way later during mid to late 1700s and early 1800s. During the Dutch Golden age which is when this takes place (mid 1600s height of golden age), death by scurvy was a common occurrence for sailors...that's why it wasn't mentioned as it wasn't factual for this time period :) Great comment! Thanks for watching!
NOTE: Just to add if you are curious...was in 1753 (generally accepted date) that the connection between certain foods and scurvy was made.
Phenomenal storytelling!
Welcome back, brother Gordo!
Hehe :) Thanks bro
Woah! I just whipped-up some popcorn and instead of watching from the toilet seat, I'm gonna wait until I am sitting in front of my best TV set (Chromecast).
A really interesting, and informative wee film, and well narrated.
These are so good!
You are a legend man, couldnt have described it better.
that was great and pretty accurate, nice vid
Brilliant Storytelling!
Thoroughly enjoyed this! All the best from Amsterdam!
P.S. Your pronunciation of Dutch names is impeccable. Dutch by any chance?
@@grjkamphorst Yes from Beverwijk :D I pronounced some in Dutch some in English... :D Thanks for watching!
I found it remarkable that some of the sailors were on their 2nd or even their 3rd trip
Agreed. They knew it for what it was. It does make you wonder how bad their life was to run away from it towards this...a 2nd and 3rd time... :)
@@YoreHistory of gewoon avontuur ;)
Beautiful historical documentary.
In part four, the description of a Dutch sailor eating the spicy Indian food for the first time is hilarious.
WESTERN PACIFIC cruise at 17 US Navy Ship Halsey CG 23..Yokosuka Japan...Subic Bay Phillipines..Taiwan..Hong Kong..Pusan Korea..Brings back fond memories...and Alot of Cra Cra Trim Action.
Wtf?
I wish you would make a million of these. I'm a full-time Uber driver driving a 2023 Tesla Model Y and this is the most enjoyable thing to listen to while I'm working
Thanks Mark :) I do have the British Sailor and Roman Legionary series which are similar format as well as a new one dealing with Romans travelling to China.
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Listening to you, is like being there. What an adventure👍
Cheers mate. Appreciate you watching!
Thank you for this bit of history not often heard of. T. Hein
Sounds like Hank is trying to Shanghai me😅...17 minutes in, this guy is easily one of the greatest narrators I've heard in my 50 years, animals once tended, now resembled was brilliant 😂
Today , is a happy day. Welcome back!!!!
YOUR ALIVE! Also,, what happened to the audio? Never mind I fixed it lol.
Very interesting account. I was a bit surprised to hear that the sailors got up in the morning and went to bed at night. Did they not have a watch system on board? It would have been very interesting to hear about the tasks of the rookie sailors, and how they were taught what to do, assuming of course that information is available.
The British sailor series goes into more detail as some of it was pretty scant for the Dutch golden age sails.
Amazing video. Thanks
A friend of mine rebuild such a ship in the netherlands maybe 30 years ago when they finished they didnt get the permission to use itt because the gouverment had problems with the toilett situation on board !
I am of Dutch heritage, and thank you for the history lessen ,
Cheers. I'm Dutch as well :)
I once read of a mid 17th century Dutch sea captain who "turned Turk", i.e. joined the Ottoman Navy, and became an admiral in it. His Turkish surname was "Van Sallee" after a sea battle he won in North Africa. His two sons immigrated to New Amsterdam, one of whom and his wife were quarrelsome persons, the couple got kicked out of the city, and then became the first settlers of "Broeklen" (?), later Brooklyn. That information was on a genealogy website. I would like to find further information on them.
Yes familiar with him. He is said have been the son of a Dutch pirate :) Very cool story.
Dutchy here, the name you were looking for is Breukelen not Broeklen! :)
@@m.meijdam5212 Thank you.
De eerste wocro
Quarrelsome? They would fit in perfectly in Broeklen
Life on board the Dutch VOC is like pure hell.Makes HMS Bounty looks like childs play.
Love this type of video