Jewish Pirates - Treasure for Days! & The New World - European History - Part 4 - Extra History

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We've seen how the diaspora affected the naval warfare of the Mediterranean, but there is another part of this event that can't be ignored: Columbus' journey to the Americas. The colonizing of the "New World" gave Jewish people expelled from Spain a whole new place to escape to, one hopefully out of reach from the Inquisition. And we see all of these ideas coalesce in one particular pirate, Moses Cohen Henriques, a man who used his connections to understand the workings of the Spanish colonies and pulled off one of the biggest treasure grabs on the high seas. Dude had his citizenship papers signed by Henry Morgan it really doesn't get more pirate-y than this.
If you missed the previous episodes check them out here:
Part 1 - Fleeing the Inquisition: • Jewish Pirates - Fleei...
Part 2 - Barbarossa’s Sidekick: • Jewish Pirates - Barba...
Part 3 - The Pirate Rabbi: • Jewish Pirates - The P...
Part 4 - Treasure for Days: • Jewish Pirates - Treas...
Lies: • Jewish Pirates - Lies ...
Music: • ♫ Jewish Pirates - "Lo...
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[@LoudRevised]

“Good War!” That’s such a metal thing to say.

[@mercce6750]

It's like something Orks would say.

[@perfectplayingplaids]

But everyone gets pissed for some reason why it's my ancestors who cried that 🤔

[@paxmeier915]

@@perfectplayingplaids hol up

[@ottovonbismarck1352]

“Just because a group is oppressed doesn’t mean they can’t oppress.” History in a nutshell

[@jonjohns8145]

Palestinians: "Yeah .. we know"

[@bobjoe1849]

Also Irish and Scottish

[@DanielGalimidi]

It's like all those different forms of oppression are nested within each other, like Russian dolls.

[@angusyang5917]

A textbook example is Liberia, where freed slaves from the US oppressed the natives there

[@legoworksstudios1]

@@angusyang5917 or the US. Broke away from the Brits over a lack of representation and has a bad history of mis- or underrepresenting many minorities and natives. At least things are improving in several areas

[@abcdef27669]

Dutch period in Brazil could be compared to the Danelaw in England: Short, but with an everlasting influence in the following centuries.

[@rogerogue7226]

Thank you, that is a very informative and clarifying comparison.

[@Zaccancook]

send this man a link

[@MegaGun2000]

It would be awesome if you guys spoke about the Conversos who came to India

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

what is the influence there?

[@abcdef27669]

@@xXxSkyViperxXx Language, customs, cuisine, local ethnicity. At least 19% of the northeast brazilians have dutch ancestry.

[@jinhyolee8442]

Everyone gangsta until the Dutch ships start playing Het Wilhelmus.

[@1972LittleC]

Or De Zilvervloot ;)

[@bskorupk]

Nobody Expects the Hilbert Inquisition!

[@Uncle_Iroh.]

Kaas

[@TorvusVae]

I see you are also a traveler of good taste ^_^

[@MegaGun2000]

It would be awesome if you guys spoke about the Conversos who came to India

[@danc6167]

Such an exciting series. I'm of Dutch-Jewish lineage and a mentor of mine is a Jamaican Jew. This filled in a lot of gaps of my history

[@YaakovEzraAmiChi]

Oh wow. It's fun to learn there's Jews from places I'd never thought there would be.. such as Jamaican Jews or the Jews of China.

[@goose93]

I'm of slovak-jewish lineage and am also very interested in Jewish history

[@nicholasdelucena1260]

Fun fact: sephardic jews in the Iberian Peninsula adopted toponymic surnames to hide their ancestry and nowdays "Pereira" (pear tree), "Pinheiro" (pine tree), "Moreira" (from the portuguese word for the blackberry tree "Amoreira"), "Carvalho" (oak) and Oliveira (olive tree) are VERY common surnames in Brazil.

[@miguelfsousa]

Siiim!!!!

[@KasumiRINA]

It's very similar in Ukraine, Chekhov said "there isn't an item that won't fit for a Jewish surname". They don't follow general name etymologies. Many are a proper noun, Kravitz, like Lenny? Ukrainian for "tailor". Shvets, Portnoy - same meaning. Rybak - "fisher". Reznik - "cutter". Syrota - "orphan". Etc.

[@ReetVeter2000]

My last name is Espinosa its from the spanish word espino a prickkely hedge. I was born Amsterdam and my family came here because of the inquisition.

[@jorisschekkerman1391]

fun fact: we in the netherlands have a song about piet hein and how he defeated the treasure fleat, it's a very good song

[@alexdobma4694]

I'll translate (roughly): Piet Hein! Piet Hein! His name is small but his actions were large! He conquered the Silverfleet, he conquered the Silverfleet!

[@pawernielsbroek3971]

Link?

[@Celebmegil]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXMp4qcgM2Xm5o Piet Hein - De Zilvervloot

[@alexdobma4694]

@@pawernielsbroek3971 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXusgn2AiZugjK8

[@sebastiaanvanwijk4435]

@@pawernielsbroek3971 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXusgn2AiZugjK8

[@AegixDrakan]

I am shocked, shocked that a famous pirate had a happy ending to his story. They typically don't. :o

[@cageybee7221]

especially a jewish pirate, as jews in general tend to get the short stick of life.

[@sytzekamphuis2939]

Piet Hein Piet Hein Piet Hein zijn naam is klein Zijn daden bennen groot Hij heeft gewonnen de Zilvervloot A Dutch children's rhyme about the conquering of that treasure fleet that's still sung today.

[@the7crystals668]

Die heb ik nog nooit gehoord

[@peerb5102]

In 2010 toen de wk finale plaatsvond tussen Nederland en Spanje zag je ook vaak spandoeken met de tekst "Piet Hein het zilver, nu wij goud" Helaas mocht het niet baten

[@sytzekamphuis2939]

@@peerb5102 Oef... auw. Ik dacht niet dat een van de grootste sporttraumas van mn leven onder een video over piraten opgehaald zou worden ;)

[@alldamnnamesaretaken]

Heb dat als kind nog moeten zingen in de muziekles

[@HerrMuyller]

Wordt heel vaak gezongen op Leuvense cantussen. Dikke schijf.

[@kikivoorburg]

Being Dutch I’d like to be proud whenever the Dutch Republic does something great, but knowing it’s all overshadowed by the slave trade makes that impossible. History - even one’s own - must be analysed with careful scrutiny and constant vigilance against bias.

[@moviesformoshedaniel9031]

Everyone was involved in the slave trade. Everyone

[@kikivoorburg]

@@moviesformoshedaniel9031 Of course, I'm not working under the assumption that the European slavers were somehow more 'morally corrupt' than anybody else was at the time. Nonetheless, 'not being worse than everybody else' doesn't equate to 'good' or 'moral'. History must thus be analysed with care. Rarely can anyone be labelled truly 'good' or 'evil'. The best we can do is 'bad for the time' and 'good for the time'. European empires were 'normal for the time', but on a larger scale than ever observed in history. My comment merely tries to point out that just because the Dutch Republic was slightly more religiously tolerant than other nations at the time, does not by any means make them a 'good' nation. Slightly better for the day, possibly -- but not 'good'. The continued engagement in slavery unequivocally proves this. Apologies for the long reply, but hopefully this clarifies my position somewhat!

[@5thMilitia]

How is everything overshadowed by the slave trade?

[@victor382]

The Dutch republic literally created civil wars and unrest in a territory that was peaceful. All so that the Price of Orange could get his own kingdom, and awful people could become richer persecuting their neighbors and stealing from their rightful Lord the king of Spain and the Church. I have nothing but contempt for the Dutch republic. The fact that the conversos overthrew and conspired to take down the local government while pretending to be faithful Christians just proves the point of the Inquisition, they couldn’t be trusted. Anyway I am so glad that these videos and history is surfacing. The so called victims can be victimizers, and the so called villains are no so awful if you take a closer look.

[@samrevlej9331]

@@5thMilitia You can't discuss things like European/Western piracy and naval warfare in the early Modern period without the slave trade looming in the background.

[@jared5112]

This is why I love Extra History. Rather than going over a historical topic I've heard over a thousand times, they go over a completely unique topic I'd never heard about before.

[@brendanrisney2449]

"Just because a group is oppressed, doesn't mean they cant oppress others." Get this man a microphone! Wait

[@jakirokotaro4311]

"There are no Jews in the new worlds" is starting to sound an awful lot like that war that doesn't exist in Ba Sing Se.

[@icook1723]

I was thinking "There are no cats in America".

[@LPyourplay]

The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai

[@yaelvacacenteno1382]

@@LPyourplay reject invitation

[@Scarletraven87]

@@icook1723 Fievel

[@justineallandevelos6491]

What war? there is no war in Ba sing se

[@nyffyrg9932]

"Just because a group is oppressed doesn't mean they can't oppress others-" Thank you for mentioning this. I feel alot of people are forgetting things like these. It is nice to see media actively proclaiming this stuff. If we forget stuff like this we can become just as bad as the oppressive forces of long ago

[@AtheistIII]

may not be the most important thing to take away from this, but the scene with Moses spying in a barrel is fantastic xD

[@MyOwnNameWasTaken]

I liked Pete Han's polka-dotted panty flash when Moses leapt out to tell him the good news.

[@javierpatag3609]

Wow. You guys had to give Charles V his Habsburg chin. :-D

[@lizycole8999]

OH

[@theidioticbgilson1466]

It’d be cool if you did videos about other diaspora communities like the Roma people

[@vincentiu-nicolaeleata4469]

Would love to see that one since thier usually confused with other people.

[@satanmephestopheeleez2756]

I agree. There is so much misleading/incorrect information about that community out there. It would be nice to hear the perspective of a generally reliable source like ExH.

[@advaithpillai]

+1

[@MegaGun2000]

And about the Conversos who came to India

[@lyreparadox]

+

[@DragoniteSpam]

This video's a weird emotional see-saw between exciting, swashbuckling tales from the high seas, and gross human rights violations that we still see the ripple effects of today. Such is history.

[@harrietharlow9929]

History is complicated, which is part of its allure.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

The fact that oppressed groups can also be or become tyrants themselves makes life interesting and frustrating

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@christianweibrecht6555 Indeed. No group that has been oppressed is immune from having at least some of its members becoming the oppressor.

[@DragoniteSpam]

@@christianweibrecht6555 Yup. Rarely can things in history (or... anywhere) be partitioned into nice, neat categories of "X is all good" and "Y is all bad."

[@salmansingh66]

@@christianweibrecht6555 mankind in all its types always has more than one face

[@gustavopraes1121]

I am Brazilian and Jewish. Just later in my life I could discover that my relatives traveled the entire world troughout the East Indian Company. An amazing history that I found by Open Dutch Archive platform with tons of data. Thank you Netherlands. What a shame Spain. I did not forget 1492!!! Well done Extra Credits, loved your work, I am part of this video, my history. Thank u so much!!!!

[@gamlielpiha2679]

As a Brazilian, Sefaradic Jew I do appreciate this entire series. Congrats! Jews with their hands tight behind their back, overcame the Egyptians , Assyrians, Babylonians, Romans etc etc..... and also overcome the Catholic Inquisition etc.... etc.. Where are all those Super Powers today? Long Gone While Jews are still growing and stronger than ever before.

[@cariri12]

I was born in Recife, a 4m pop. Metropolis with that dutch influence that you can see even in the buildings today - mostly the famous 7 bridges. Until today everything is different. We have a strange proud about it even

[@Kurtizss]

They just made Pirates of The Caribbean look like a children's book

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Well, it started as a Disneyland ride...

[@anoobyproaz5616]

Well it is a PG-13 franchise

[@Nianiosoglou]

Pirates of The Caribbean IS a children's "book"

[@user-vw6qr1hu1o]

Charle's chin is a delightful detail.

[@AynenMakino]

I'm very glad bits of Dutch history are being addressed by this channel, flattering or not. My schooling, back in the 80s and 90s, never even mentioned the history the Dutch have in Brazil. And it doesn't go much into the slave trade either. I have to hear about a lot of our darker history on KZbin. So it's no wonder that when the 'black Pete' discussion broke out in the Netherlands, my generation didn't get it. Luckily some channels are able to set the record straight. Thank you!

[@drallagon]

As someone from the south of Brazil, during all of my years taking history lessons in school, this part was very marginally mentioned. They make it sound as if the Dutch tried taking a couple sugar cane farms and failed, not a 1/4 century ocupation lol (I'd guess locally it would be better taught though)

[@leggonarm9835]

My ancestors went to New Mexico and helped colonize the area, there are a lot of Spanish Jew descendants there.

[@luccasgill3314]

That intro was SO COOL!

[@miko2589]

Yea

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Agreed! Badass! Well done!

[@elirodriguez4411]

Reminded me of the Admiral Yi first intro. Supercool

[@vincentiu-nicolaeleata4469]

Loved the sounds,especially the splash at the end.

[@bskorupk]

@@vincentiu-nicolaeleata4469 Because why let a bit of Naval Gunnery get in the way of a good Crusade?

[@hoedjesman3852]

I would love a full series on the Dutch Republic!!

[@HugostarGames]

i think for them to start making series for entire countrys history would probly burst their capacity

[@hoedjesman3852]

Fair, but the Dutch republic was just the period after the 80 years war until the napoleonic wars

[@AtlasNL]

@@HugostarGames It’s not the entire history though. Only a part. The Republic became a Kingdom later on, and the Kingdom wouldn’t be included in a series about the Republic of course.

[@eacalvert]

Omg my 7 year actually listened to the video while playing a game. He has ADHD, so the fact that this video interested him enough to actually stop and pay attention is huge!

[@karliebellatrixyoung6359]

9:52 Virtually all of the best history works like this though. The problem with grade school history is that it doesn't have the time or space to get granular enough to tell these kinds of stories, but they are really the whole game with academic history. You've got to have an angle for every research question, because the big story is literally too big to get your head all the way around without resorting to simplifications. Please keep doing series like this.

[@rikuvakevainen6157]

Moses? A pirate? Now I have heard everything.

[@zvimur]

Considering the family name (Cohen = Priest) implies biblical lineage from Aharon, high occurrence of Great Great.....Uncle's name is to be expected.

[@finnishboo4192]

Jep

[@exeggcutertimur6091]

I mean he *did* move water. Just with some ships instead of divine power.

[@jewishjedi]

I'm an Ashkenazi jew, but I really loved this series. Thanks soooooo much. :)

[@erens208]

We need a full 80 year war series

[@souledgar]

The animated interpretations in this video, especially the stuff going on while the narration explains Henriques’ exploits, is brilliant.

[@vincentiu-nicolaeleata4469]

Love the message at the end,explaining why they talked about piracy despite it being a less good thing but popular as a topic to talk about something less popular as a topic and as much as a bad thing.Really makes you feel that they care about thier viewers.

[@joonseolee7005]

I LOVE EXTRA CREDITS!!!

[@mageillus]

More episodes please! It’s awesome to hear of other pirates that we don’t already know of

[@jopersoniusker4268]

Piet Hein, Piet Hein, Piet Hein zijn naam is klein. Zijn daden benen groot, zijn daden benen groot, hij heeft gewonnen de zilvervloot! (sorry, I just never thought this man would be mentioned in a Extra Histories series)

[@TheCreepypro]

man after watching this series I can't help but think all these jewish pirates are more interesting than the pirates you actually end up hearing about

[@ernestvanophuizen461]

Oh dear, he was doing so well, just pronouncing Piet as Pete... only to stumble at 7:22, when admiral Pete suddenly became admiral Piett, of the Imperial Star Dreadnought Executor.

[@freshiie22]

"just because a group is oppressed, doesn't meant they can't oppress others..." GOLD!!

[@dominictemple]

Do you, or anyone else, have any book recommendations on this topic, because I’d love to find out more about this era.

[@user-ey5hl3ee9u]

Hey exatra history can you make a short episode on Jean lafitte ? He is also another famous pirate with Jewish origins

[@sonofsocrates9899]

Let's not forget to mention Jewish slave traders as well.

[@flopster8139]

@@sonofsocrates9899 yeah the like 5 of them

[@benshefi9558]

What are your sources?? Please add a bibliography to your description!!! You're an educational channel!

[@blackjumbaron7940]

agreed

[@10gamer64]

YES

[@iaintb8]

Usually they give a reading list in the Lies episode, as well as addressing mistakes and things they didn't have time to cover. Should be coming in the next few weeks!

[@vriecibel]

You should watch the lies episode at the end of the series when it realises because that's were normally sources get named

[@iaintb8]

@@BrotherHood-xh9sg true, but they should have some for the pirates at least!

[@diegoontour]

I love this channel, the way they show us part of the story that is little known in a didactic way is great! I wish they could make some videos about Jose de San Martin, the other liberator of South America, since they covered the life of Simon Bolivar.

[@bearcb]

Dutch occupation in Brazil was around the city of Recife, nowadays with a population of 4 million in the metropolitan area. Many buildings and bridges built by the Dutch are still there. When the Portuguese took the city back, the jews emigrated to another Dutch colony in North America called New Amsterdam, now known as New York City.

[@burgerfanman]

Great series, really enjoyed. these videos look upon topics that are often never brought up otherwise.

[@LRpaul145]

I don't know their names, but I love how [artist on the left]'s child is playing with Zoey :) very cute.

[@parvuspeach]

very good series, thank you all for this!

[@danem.9402]

Great series guys! Taught me a lot.

[@jpuh4783]

Super happy and proud of this channel for this excellent series

[@cpn_porta]

5:30 Why is the dutch flag upside down?

[@sogghartha]

must be vaccine deniers

[@martijn9568]

@@sogghartha For those that don't get the reference. A large part of the protesters who protest against covid19 measures often hang the Dutch flag up site down.

[@tarnax1022]

You guys are becoming better and better at telling these individual historical stories, and I'm loving it!

[@ianbrewster8934]

Honestly you have the best channel on KZbin hands down....

[@Contrabasstubone]

The quality has improved, congrats guys.

[@leonardonsius]

One of my all time favorite series of videos! Thanks for these videos :D

[@theemries4766]

The Spanish Crown after learning that a modern day $1,000,000,000 USD was stolen by some Jewish Dutch Pirates: *I live in Spain... but the S is silent...*

[@owenbillo5513]

I just noticed that they replaced the "VWC" on the Dutch ships with "CWC" nice little reference there

[@waleedkhalid7486]

This has got to be the most nuanced series you guys have done yet!

[@theoutlook55]

Your animations just keep getting better. Kudos! 👏🏿

[@jeremy1860]

This has been a great series. Thanks for making it 😊

[@AhJong0]

What a superb series - love these ones that open my eyes to a part of history I knew nothing about.

[@toraesthetic8578]

The only comments section on a video about Jews that isn’t filled with anti-Semitism. You must be doing something right

[@scaramuccie]

The first Synagogue of the Americas still exists! It's in Recife, Brazil and it's pretty humble but you can almost feel the history when you go inside of it

[@MatanArie]

Episode 3 & 4 of this series are missing from the chronological playlist.

[@nykxssss]

Can you guys make a series about the anglo-dutch wars? And how they impacted the world. Also prob the greatest admiral of all time 'michiel de ruyter'

[@owensharnas8528]

Is it bad that I’ve watched and re watched all of the extra history videos so many times that I know all the patrons in order and can do the voice Matt says them in

[@hanzup4117]

The animation has come a long way :)

[@christophersudbrink4946]

Awesome intro! Badass! Well done! Very well done!

[@thing1920]

The King Uploads

[@johnstuart1338]

I lived in South America for a few years. I didn’t know about the Sephardic Jews until this series, and it explains a few things that seemed incongruous to me at the time.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the episode.

[@GailGurman]

For fans of Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series (which starts with "1632"), the latest book in the series is #30 (!), 1636: Calabar's War, and it features Moses Cohen Henriques as the main character's friend. I've only just started reading it, so I can't give an opinion yet, but I've enjoyed other books in the series by the same authors, so I expect to like it.

[@shikatsu]

I knew I had heard the name before and it is a great series sadly the main Author has passed...

[@jasondouglas6755]

Can’t wait for your guys next history series.

[@ayli9]

Great series!

[@KS-PNW]

This was a really well done series!

[@Soul_Blazer]

This was such an interesting series

[@andrewt233]

This series blew my mind! GG :)

[@DomyTheMad420]

i honestly have not been this hyped for an EH series to continue since Ned Kelly.

[@AndreaHernandez-jn1rv]

As a Spanish-Sephardi jew with A LOT of unexplained Moroccan/ North African ancestry, this has been an exciting series

[@generaltwinkeltoast644]

Thx for the content!

[@MaskedNozza]

I really have enjoyed learning from this series. I'd also love to know what island it was that Moses Cohen Henriques fortified into a pirate island.

[@JadeSilvestris]

0:22 love the looney toons reference

[@celiaccrab6952]

Ahhh. Piracy, horribly brutal and now romanctized.

[@pietro3477]

Make a video on temerlane, please!

[@franciscotavares4142]

Fun fact: The brazilian city invaded by the Dutch kept everything (or at least great part of) the Dutch built there, is the city of Recife in Northeastern Brazil

[@apeman9238]

Ahh yes, sweet Permanbuco

[@CanalOmega]

Northern Mexico's cooking is greatly influenced by Jewish tradition, specially Nuevo Leon.

[@maxk4324]

Thank you for doing a series on a part of Jewish history

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I love that the Dutch Fleet is dressed like Elmer Fudd.

[@baliczek4568]

Best series ever

[@HistoryMonarch1999]

It’s small but I liked the opening with the sounds.

[@GodBless423]

Outstanding!!!

[@alexelmaleh3076]

A colorful bunch, us Sephardim

[@mosin_boi]

This has got to be your best intro ever.

[@mohammadsadeghlavaie5560]

Great vid

[@blackjumbaron7940]

When the Jews and Muslims worked together.

[@Wesllyn_]

You guys have to do a series on the Spanish civil war

[@Finn-gw9hh]

Agian the dutch flag is upside down🤣

[@mildlyinfuriatedbird2557]

Glad to see a video on the history of the Jewish community in Jamaica. Cheers from the island itself!

[@omegapc9520]

honestly the fact that morroco today only has a small Jewish community is sad

[@michal31131]

My family is from Casablanca, they had to run away in the middle of the night to the port for a ship heading to Marseille because they were afraid of persecution. I always wondered what life would be like if they stayed there.