Age of Discovery - Afonso de Albuquerque - Part 1
Afonso de Albuerque is finally installed as the Governor of India, but his plan are quickly derailed. His cousin Fernando Coutinho, the Marshall of Portugal, arrives with a large fleet and has plans o...
5 Nov 202421min
Age of Discovery - Francisco de Almeida - Part 3
In the wake of his son's death, Fracnsico de Almeida takes the law into his own hands. His need for revenge culminates in the pivotal Battle of Diu in 1509. Flash Point History YouTube Channel: ht...
20 Aug 202425min
Age of Discovery - Francisco de Almeida - Part 2
The Mamluk Armada appears in the Indian Ocean! It is deployed against the son of the Viceroy, Lourenço de Almeida. However, the young Almeida is determined for redemption in his father's eyes for his ...
4 Juni 202429min
Age of Discovery - Francisco de Almeida - Part 1
With the battle of Cochin over, the Portuguese enter into a phase of conquest in 1505. This is spearheaded by the first Portuguese Viceroy, Francisco de Almeida. However his story is not just about a ...
24 Apr 202425min
Age of Discovery - Duarte Pacheco Pereira
1504 The Zamorin of Calicut is on the warpath and about to hit the city of Cochin with a sledgehammer force of over 60,000 soldiers. The Portuguese have 150 men - but one very capable commander. The f...
28 Jan 202428min
Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 4
1503 The Portuguese Empire in India faces major head winds. Vasco da Gama underestimates his old rival, the Samudri Raja of Calicut, and nearly pays for it with his life. Yet despite Portuguese resili...
2 Jan 202416min
Age of Discovery - Vasco Da Gama - Part 3
1502 Vasco da Gama is placed in charge of the Fourth Portuguese Armada and returns to the Indian Ocean. In his last voyage he came as an explorer - this time he comes as a crusader and brings holy war...
17 Nov 202329min
Age of Discovery - Pedro Álvares Cabral
Dec 1500 The Portuguese trading outpost in Calicut has been destroyed. In the night a vast mob attacked, razed it, and killed nearly everyone inside. Pedro Cabral orders his ships to bring their canon...
12 Sep 202326min
