How did the Vikings Discover Iceland?

Iceland's connections to Scandinavia are thanks to its settlement by Norsemen, mostly from Norway - but how did they get there in the first place, after all, it's not exactly the corner. In this video I will explore the first Norsemen (and one Swede) who ventured across the North Atlantic and either purposefully or, in most cases, accidentally, came across the land we now call Iceland.
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[@shadiversity]

Awesome video mate, and thanks for the mention, you're more than welcome ^_^

[@Shaden0040]

Floki found it.

[@gregorymacdonnell7914]

+ Shaden0040,That is sooo fuckin cool!.Just shows how well Michael Hirst had the show Vikings so well researched!!! Love it man! Great video.I learned quite a bit from it.

[@JohnnyBoj89]

Ehm no Leikur Eirikson found it...would be cool though.

[@Shaden0040]

Not according to Vikings.

[@JohnnyBoj89]

Shaden0040 vikings is also not historically accurate ;)

[@Shaden0040]

Wow could have fooled me. ;P

[@daithimcbuan5235]

haha, the Irish monks not getting on too well with the Norse settlers is a bit of an understatement :D

[@historywithhilbert146]

I mean the Sagas say "they voluntarily left" - but the Norse had an interesting definition of "voluntary" hahaha xD

[@daithimcbuan5235]

hehe yeah, it's like HIGHLY understated humour :D

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

maybe it was noth maybe they left in pease fore the first settler in faroe islands was half norse half celtic named grímur norse kamban celtic and the women in faroe islands have 84 % celtic dna

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

way are ther menny place names in iceland and faroe island with celtic names ???

[@daithipol]

We "got rid" of the Vikings in 1014 only to have the place infested by priests, maybe if we kept the Vikings it would have been a better place earlier. 😉

[@elisthortraustason7645]

I am so grateful you made a video about Iceland. It so often forgotten or glossed over, even though it might be one of the more important aspects of viking history and culture. I would love if you would make a video about the Icelanders’ Sagas. They are not the best historical source, due to people exaggerating events and characters, but they give such a detailed insight into Norse culture, values, laws and traditions. Your Norse accent is great, much better than how many others do it. You have clearly done your research on the language and included bits like what the name Hrafna-Floki means and origin of Vikingr from Vik, which is something most wouldn’t bother with going into. One slight error, it’s Reykjavik, not Rekjavik. The spelling has changed somewhat between Norse and Icelandic but I am pretty sure it is Reykjavík in both. Keep doing this good work. I’m sure you’ll be one of the biggest educational channels on KZbin!

[@mikkitoro8933]

I can agree that parts of Icelandic history may or may not be true. But one reason for that is because Icelanders did not begin to write the history of Iceland until much later with Snorri Sturluson one of the first.

[@Phrenotopia]

Always a good idea with a video on Vikings!

[@historywithhilbert146]

I thought it's something nice and uncontroversial given my recent detours into the realms of Sinterklaas and Zwarte PIet ;) This is very up your street though!

[@Phrenotopia]

Absolutely! As it so happens, I will also briefly mention the Varangian Rus, like you do here, in an upcoming video.

[@einarkristjansson6812]

Dear Hilbert. This is well done and historically correct. I am an old Icelander and have studied our history. Keep on my friend.

[@ProDoucher]

Its amazing how the vikings could travel across oceans without any form of cartography. In some cases they literally observed the colour of the water to determine their location.

[@dylanwfilms]

After a trip to Ireland, I learned that not just Dublin, but many of Ireland’s biggest cities started as Viking trading posts.

[@xotan]

This is so: Limerick, Cork, Waterford and Wexford.

[@steveanderson8727]

Ford is Fjord, is fjörður... so yeah... you're welcome :)

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@steveanderson8727 Ford is just river crossing in English, not related to fjord.

[@johndoeanon445]

I hope you make a video about the Norsemen who went east. Maybe even one about the Varangian guard?

[@MickeyD2012]

BJORK BJORK BJORK.

[@MickeyD2012]

She means a lot of things, when she sings.

[@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh]

Her Name is spelld Björk by the way and it rhymes with jerk

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

its a tree

[@Son_Daughter_of_Slaanesh]

The birch to be precise

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

ther was an army in norvay named birkibeinar leade of king sverre king sverre came from faroe island he made norvay to one kingdom

[@gearoiddom]

Worth also discussing the climate at the time being more benign than nowadays. That would be no small factor in the ultimate settlement. Thanks for making!

[@mathiasneergaard6992]

That shad shoutout will help a lot I imagine, i remember I subscribed after that Lindy video so shoutout/acknowledgment from bigger history KZbinrs helps a lot. Keep up the good work Hilbert

[@historywithhilbert146]

Yes it was very kind of him! Really, my first video responding to Lindybeige's critique of the Last Kingdom?

[@mrmarmellow555]

mathias neergaard Me too!! Remember he loves his FIRE ARROW's YA YA!

[@mathiasneergaard6992]

Yea, i remember in the beginning you got some hate from Lindy fans but when Metatron and others started giving positive comments it turned around. Loving these kinds of odd videos, reminds me of Jabzy. Also i am Norwegian and we were thought that we explored a uninhabitat land so i would love to learn more about those Monks

[@Ratchet4647]

Regarding the poll: I love your videos and would love to see you do videos on all of those topics whenever you can. You make informative quality content!

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you so much! I think I will to be honest - such an interesting topic!

[@silungur_]

Here is an update for you. Starting in 2015 archaeologist Bjarni F. Einarsson and team have been working on a dig at Stöð in Stöðvarfjörður in Iceland. What they have uncover so far is that there is a 44m longhouse there from ca. 800 ce. and on top of it is a slightly smaller 36m longhouse, built before 871 ce. In the area around the longhouses are other buildings or houses that wait to be been excavated. The working thesis is that the older longhouse from ca. 800 ce. was an outpost from Norway, where a chieftain sent a crew to work the resources during the summers to bring back to Norway. What contradicts that is how big the longhouse is. The younger longhouse, on top, was definitely a permanent dwelling of a wealthy household and in it they have found among other things a lot of glass beads and silver.

[@aaronblyth2108]

Good video as always Hilbert. Now thanks to shad more people shall know of your greatness!

[@HistoryTime]

Brilliant

[@johannsigursson5319]

Listening to people try to pronounce icelandic / norse words is always a wild ride of enjoyment. Looks like an interesting channel with good content so I might stick around

[@hvseul]

This video was recommended on my youtube feed. I think because my cookies must have shown an interest in Iceland hahahah. I went to Iceland in 2013 but knew next to nothing about the history. Thank you for this video!! I will check out the test of your channel~

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you very much, hope you like it!

[@antseanbheanbocht4993]

History With Hilbert Very enjoyable Hilbert, perhaps you could do one on the much disputed and less well known Irish Island of Rockall 😜, I don't think you'll get thirteen minutes out of it though.

[@mrfreddorenton]

I came from the shout out. Shad's a good bloke

[@historywithhilbert146]

Top notch fella

[@snorrigoi2479]

I'm Icelandic, thank you for this video

[@DeviousWizard]

Saw you on the recommended tab, very glad I clicked. Greetings from the Faroe Islands :D

[@casthelion416]

Amazing video, shad knows who we have to watch

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you - I really appreciate your support :)

[@hannahb6411]

I didn't know anything about this before. Thank you very much for this fascinating video! And about the poll: your animation style is one of my favorites on KZbin!

[@connoragnewmusic]

Dude I’m so glad your channel has come so far! I feel so proud of you dude

[@OneOnOne1162]

I found this channel without Shad, though I am subscribed to Shad, but I just wanted to say: Shad, seems like a really nice guy. Well, as far as I can tell without knowing him, just being a subscriber of his.

[@SuperEddyn]

The way you speak of Norsemen is quite confusing. "Iceland's connections to Scandinavia are thanks to its settlement by Norsemen, mostly from Norway" & "I will explore the first Norsemen (and one Swede)". Both of these quotes come from your description. The first quote sounds like you're saying that it was Norsemen, and most of them were from Norway. The second quote makes it sound like Swedes weren't Norsemen. I don't know what you mean, but from what I've learned through the years, Norsemen were all the people who spoke the North Germanic language of old Norse, which also include Swedes. I'm just saying that if you're on the same page as me with that fact, then you should know that it really sounds like the Norsemen were strictly old Norwegians in this video.

[@TheInfidel666i]

Wow as far as I can tell your Icelandic/Norse pronounciation is really good! I'm Norwegian though but I have heard quite a bit Icelandic, and your pronounciation is definately better than most attempts I've heard.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you very much, I do try!

[@morriskaller3549]

TheInfidel666i But he pronounced v as an f while it should be pronounced as just a v

[@BoltMapper]

Congrats on the shoutout! You totally deserved it! =]

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you very much!

[@mowvu5380]

I can't get enough hilbert. your passion for history with yourself is magical. i feel like a child again. except i hated history in school. i wish I'd taken notice, or had teachers that didn't fill us with propaganda lol.

[@RossFigurepaintingCoUK]

Loving the videos Huw. Any chances of some references to go with them? Books and stuff rather than just youtube vids?

[@historywithhilbert146]

For this one I mostly used Jesse Byock's "Viking Age Iceland." I'd highly recommend it if you're interested. I hardly put sources because, without wanting to sound big-headed, this is the stuff I'm interested in so a lot of it I know without remembering particularly where I read it or who told me about it.

[@gripen-swe]

Very good presentation! Nice to hear the correct pronunciation of the names, by a non-Scandinavian aswell. Always funny when people in other Viking videos pronounce the name Leif Eriksson, like ''Leaf'', when it's actually ''Layf''. If you do ''modern'' history aswell, it would be interesting if you could make a video about the only Swedish colony in America, called ''Nya Sverige'', in 1638. A piece of history that isn't that well known.

[@pain-killeryates5448]

Im new to this channel and im very impressed. Amazing and detailed, enjoyed it very much. Brilliantly done..

[@DeadMarine1980]

Vikings technically landed on America when they set up their first city on the Island. The western part of the Island is in the North American plate. While the Eastern part of the Island is on the European plate. But I do have a question. How was it that the Norwegians were able to settle Iceland that had minimal resources but fail on the North American main land (modern Canada)?

[@stooge_mobile]

You sound almost exactly like ZeroEmpires, the Age of Empires personality. Also, great video!

[@Ghipoli]

Haven't watched it yet, but I hope you're gonna try to pronounce Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson in this video. I tried and well... yea.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Hope you're not disappointed ;)

[@Ghipoli]

I have no idea how it should be pronounced, but at least it sounded much much better than the sound that came out of my throat trying to speak bjork.

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@historywithhilbert146 You don't pronounce the 'f' as you would in English or like the 'f' in 'Floki'. The 'fn' combination becomes like a very abrupt 'b or p' sound, it's pretty unique, haven't come across it in any other Germanic languages. Also noticable in the modern Icelandic words 'nafn' - name and 'safn' - museum. But good effort! *Qualification language interested Brit engaged to an Icelander and has lived in Iceland*

[@AWest-ns3dl]

Nice North Shields to Ijmuiden reference

[@ChantelStays]

I am just thoroughly fascinated by the Norseman/Scandinavian and their complex and rich history. I have Danish blood ...born Canadian...I would do anything to move there ! 🤣🤗 Ps I love your voice.

[@garylawlor2288]

Love the channel dude, I enjoy your bit of slyly added humour here and there. The Pog mo thoin(kiss me arse) note left by the Irish slaves gave me a chuckle. Yeh nice one ✌

[@kevindanner2090]

Ingólfr Arnarson was the first Norwegian to land in Iceland

[@perfectallycromulent]

Ravens might have magnets in their heads that help them find land!

[@wormswithteeth]

Very interesting. Really want to know more about the Vikings in America!

[@melbatoast1548]

I just spent 6 hours reading the exact same thing you wrapped up in 13 minutes.... I thank you

[@thundercliff93]

Frábært myndband! Væri áhugavert ef þú gerir fleiri myndbönd um Íslandssögu Would be interesting if you make more videos about Icelandic history for example the Sturlunga Age civil war in the 13th century which ended in Iceland becoming part of the Kingdom of Norway

[@KnowHistory]

Icelandic History sure is epic!

[@ukestudio3002]

Interesting content. Wondering where you got your information. Thanks !

[@OldMovieRob]

This was really fascinating

[@johanheden9517]

The first viking to reach Iceland was Gardar Svavarson from Sweden. He just passed the information to orthers. In Norway there was a lot of internal conflicts so many of those who where in bad standing with the ruling king emigrated to Iceland with became a "democratic" republic.

[@HeviErkka]

1000 years ago there were about 10000 icelandic people. Today there are 332000. I saw a video which considered what is the proper colony size in Mars to avoid inbreeding. Iceland has been kind of a test tube for that. No offence to Icelandic people. I'm from Finland and my parents were first cousins i turned out to be fine :)

[@meginna8354]

there were 50000 people 1000 years ago.

[@stollstoll1691]

By the end of the settling period there were around 74000-76000 Icelanders By the time that the industrial era arrived there only about 46000 Icelanders left I read this in a book that was written in the 60’s so this might be outdated though I highly doubt it.

[@moss_and_ivy3517]

Love Floki on the thumbnail. Great video man

[@herutishlach6469]

Please never stop rumbling! This is the only reason why we watch your video! :)

[@FriendlyMarmot]

I went whale-watching in Húsavík, and our guide pointed out the spot where the escaped slaves went ashore! It was near the mountains and rivermouth at the southwest corner of the bay. That area is just outside the Arctic Circle. I also stayed at a hotel near Vatnsfjörður, and drove up over the mountain pass where the big glacier probably was which Floki saw. On that same trip, I also visited Hrafnseyri, northwest of Dynjandi, where Jón Sigurðsson was born and raised. He got a lot of the credit for Icelandic independence from Denmark. Rounding it all out with visits to the Althing and old Reykjavik, Thingvellir, the National Museum and other spots, I've had a chance to visit many of the key sites of historical importance to Iceland. :)

[@EmmaKriel]

Very interesting .. would love to visit but I am right at the other end of the globe. Thank you.

[@camorrisiii]

I enjoy watching videos of Viking history, I want to learn as much as I can about it. I did a DNA test a few years ago and I found that my Y chromosome is traced back to the I1 haplogroup which is from Scandinavia. My Viking ancestors settled in northern England in Durham county. Matter of fact they were Lords of Durham county until the Norman invasion in 1066 AD. If there is anyone who has information on the Ledbetter family I would love to hear it. I've often wondered if Ledbetters have any relationship to Ragnar Lothbrook or Ivar the Boneless. They had to have had some importance to be Lords over a county of occupied territories. Sorry it's so long winded, but any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Clyde.

[@van8045]

You have Scandinavian ancestors from about a thousand years ago?

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Practically all Germanic people have Scandinavian dna since Germanic tribes come from Scandinavia including northern Germany

[@DemonRazor88]

Can you please make a video about the Balts or Kurshi Vikings?

[@historywithhilbert146]

Yes, it's on my list ;)

[@DemonRazor88]

Thank you Hilbert!And Su Kaledom!

[@ThatUltimateFlash]

I liked the music you put on at 5:00.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Same here, I thought it fit well with what I was talking about :)

[@johnfritz4052]

and i like the weed you put on at 4:20

[@Xaiff]

"Shaddai-versity". That would be an interesting channel. I'm not complaining. Just thought it would be cool. 😂

[@Neo2266.]

_I've heard that the Gods were playing jokes on a certain boatbuilder..._

[@FirstLast-fr4hb]

7:30 Where did you learn this?

[@historywithhilbert146]

I can't remember where I learnt this exactly but if you're interested in Old Norse then you can learn the basics (and more) on Jackson Crawford's channel if you're not already a fan of his: kzbin.info/door/XCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg

[@FirstLast-fr4hb]

Thanks!

[@candaceperkins7425]

As a history lover I find this channel fantastic and the animation is enjoyable 👍

[@gregorymacdonnell7914]

Great Vid.!!! Sounds like you have the history down firmly. I always wondered exactly where the Faroe Isles were.

[@terrywhelan6651]

Saint Brendan was there first but there is little record, just a few times mentioned in a few monks chronicles.

[@emiliosgregoriou8943]

Great video. I'd love to see more Icelandic (and maybe some Greenlandic) content in the near future! Such a remote and unique place, with so much interesting history! A question however: Where do you get all this information? Are there specific websites for such information? Especially in this video, the content that you shared with us sounds considerably difficult to dig up, even in the age of the internet. It would be great to know where you get your sources.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you! I plan to make some more :) I've read rather a few of the sagas and Jesse Byock's " Viking Age Iceland" covers this and loads more in a lot more detail if you're interested in finding out about this place and period :)

[@Sugar_Plum_Bun]

I love the video but i need to report an error, I couldnt see any dutch flags or music in the video!?

[@uenmm4745]

Husavik is totaly understandable for me as a swede that never studied old norse. In some dialects it would be called Husvik instead.

[@CareFreeWherever]

Nice sneaky Dizee Rascal reference, mate

[@daparaplegicboisss815]

No joke I’m from Iceland

[@thehobbit1654]

Thanks for the video! It was very entertaning and interesting

[@michellekalem]

Firstly I looooove your videos and enjoy them (regardless of format tbh, everything you make is great). Secondly are you going to collaborate with Leornende Eald Englisc again maybe in another livestream like you did months ago? I watched the 2 hour stream you guys had together after it was posted and I enjoyed it sooo much. All the things you two talked about together excited me and I was hoping there'd be another livestream like this in the future so I could participate and ask questions live in the way a livestream format allows (as you two discovered with awe hahaha). Anyways thank you so much for making all this content and reading this if you did. 💛It brightens my life💛

[@jeroldproductions6367]

Best rowboat race ever!

[@Pathematica]

I know the pictures are not meant to be accurate but Irish monks had combed-back hair rather than the tonsure sported by monks from the roman church.

[@Raz.C]

Thanks mate! Now that my time machine is working (mostly working... a few power relay problems left to work out) I can check your work and verify the names and places. If you don't hear back it means that I dunna whoopsie...

[@Budismo7917]

Cool video......i visited iceland beautiful country

[@Quarton]

Thank you for this very interesting video ~ It makes me want to visit Iceland, too!

[@HardzzGaming]

great video! very interesting as always

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you!

[@elmeramuro]

As a fan of hilbert I am sure I will also enjoy shad

[@Rovarin]

TL;DR: Fun with Flags rant (and I apologize for the heavy emphasis on the Faroese flag, it is only because I know most about that flag...): Just a comment on the flags, if it is okay? The Dannebrog is probably the oldest (according to Danish bragging at least), which as been used as early as the 1300s, the Swedish flag might be a century younger (the Danish-Swedish rivalries make it hard to see through fact and fiction). The next flag is probably the Norwegian flag from 1821, basically a copy of Dannebrog with a blue cross added in the middle... perhaps as a protest to Norway's then recent relationship to Sweden. The Icelandic Fáninn, used since 1913, officially since 1915, inverted the colors of the Norwegian flag to denote the old relationship to Norway - as opposed to Denmark. The Finnish flag has its origins in 1861, but wasn't didn't become the flag of Finland until 1918. Then we have the Faroese flag Merkið (the Banner), which started its days as the flag of the Faroese Student's Union, often referred to as the Student flag (Studentaflaggið), in 1918, but it wasn't officially adopted until the 1st of April 1948 with the Danish introduction of Home Rule. However the Faroese celebrate the 25th of April as their flag day, is it was on that day in 1940 that it legalized by the occupation forces during WWII for use on Faroese fishing vessels - The Faroese students in Copenhagen also wanted a flag with the Norwegian colors, as the Faroese are descended from Norwegian Norsemen (and Celtic women, but that's a different story), they also wanted blue and red (traditional colors associated with the Faroese) to feature heavily, but that wasn't a possibility, what with the Icelandic and Norwegian flags, so that left the combination of a red cross with a blue border on a white flag. Then there is the flag of Åland, basically a Swedish flag with a red cross with yellow border on a blue flag. And last there is the Greenlandic flag, while not technically a Nordic cross flag, it still has the same dimensions and symbolizes the red setting sun over the ice of Greenland (if I'm not mistaken) and it was adopted in 1985.

[@siggiAg86]

There are no archaeological evidents of Irish monks ever been to Iceland. Only writings of an island called Thule which could resemble Iceland but could easily be the Faroe Islands. Weather Irish monks came here or not, they never did settle the country as the Norse did. These are more speculations than any hard evidence. However there are placenames named after those potential irish monks, very old ones. Having said that, I enjoy these speculations and wrote an essay on it while pursuing my undergraduate in history. Btw, love your videos! Especially about the Vikings in England. - One thing on the word endings - In the old manuscripts they wrote fex. Haraldr BUT IT WAS PRONOUNCED Haraldur - they did this with many words only in order to abrevate the text they wrote on the manuscripts, who were written on calf skin wich was very expensive. So now you know it ;)

[@oilersridersbluejays]

I love Icelandic names. Top favs: -Floki Flokisson -Arni Arnason -Snorri Snorrason -Gudmunder Gudmundersson -Skuli Skulason.

[@MarvilatAggies]

1:22 I saw this in CK2, I thought Iceland was uninhabited before the vikings colonized it so i thought it was funny seeing independent gaelic priests owning the land. Good info, thank u.

[@weltgeist2604]

ARGHHHH ARGHHHH It's da sound of da Faroese ARGHHHH ARGHHHH It's da sound of da Faroese

[@historywithhilbert146]

You mean "Bjork bjork" ;)

[@aGeilini]

Angus Rhodes seing in that in the video made me laugh. i'm Faroese.

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

eivør

[@asbjrnpoulsen9205]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWUYYR4nLuWadE

[@LoveLiyah849]

Could you do a video on the different terminology and debate between "the dark ages", " Medieval" and "the middle ages". Because I find it interesting how scholars have shifted from describing the time as the dark ages to more positive language.

[@Idaparasite]

The fact that you only have 40k subscribers shocks me

[@95spades]

Concerning swedes: During the dark ages sweden where two "tribes" if you can call it that, the swedes on the eastern coast and geats in the west (svear and götar in swedish). The swedes are obviously the ones who went east, but their name makes their history overshadow that of the geats, who where closer to the norse and also went west (there are findings of english gold and such in the coastal areas of western sweden, and also further inland in what was the geatish territories to give the claim ample credibility.) So, here's where I'm going with this - it would be awesome if you could bring up some dark age geatish history as well as the swedish :)

[@DaliwolfBacon]

Wow! Great video! I find the Norse migration to Iceland fascinating because it seems to me that Iceland would be a terrible choice as a destination for farmers, metal smiths, or anyone who needed familiar natural resources. I guess you could say that the migration speaks to the Norse's ability to adapt under extreme circumstances!

[@fundindylgobrad1598]

Great video! Where is the Netherlands clip though?

[@1258-Eckhart]

5:50 "the first settlers". No, we have already established that the first settlers were monks from Ireland, on the SE coast of Iceland.

[@TheAshCooper]

interesting and informative. great video well presented .

[@palmarmagnusson111]

Garðar Svavarsson was from Småland, around Västervik area, that is Sweden to day, Swedish. Norway is and never has bin more than a Danish County.

[@danedog1157]

You just got a subscriber!

[@josefsmariasmundsson799]

I am born in Flókadalur in Skagafjörður ,Íceland near Siglufjörður in the north. This Flókadalur is named after Flóki Vilgerðarson who lived there one winter. so, something is wrong with this story.

[@pallpalsson6574]

THE sine on THE sheld is from 16 century wiskraft

[@1piece473]

I'm surprised no one commented about how funny he pronounced gardarr svarversson 3:40

[@Steinburger100]

Great video from a dane who has also family in iceland

[@jackmehoff9204]

I too, found this channel cuz of Shad when he did the shoutout in a video.

[@harpermaxey9070]

The “bjork” cameo made me laugh

[@nielbd]

Very good video so I SUBSCRIBEd

[@DagurRunolfsson]

Very very good video

[@erlinggaratun6726]

Your norse pronunciations are very good. Any scandinavian background, Herbert?

[@gspm23]

Nice job! You could do one about Greenland! Would be nice.

[@jjf1234]

Great video

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thank you!