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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.
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
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.
@@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.
what he accomplished was already done by Portuguese mariners more than a century before. those 15th & 16th century Portuguese ships had the biggest balls of them all
Its called gratitude. Most people dont have it anymore and people wonder why half the population has mental illness and why so many people are unhappy.
Some present workspots can be dirty and smelly like on those ships. 😂 Some fish markets i did visit in South Amerika and India can give a idea how bad that smell could have been. 🤮😅
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
Black was the most expensive colour for clothing before the advent of indigo and after the disappearance of the old Roman purple. This is why you see so much blackon Dutch paintings of wealthy men. It is a sign of riches. Black in the church was because on Sunday you put on your most expensive clothes. Black meant money. THAT is why you see so much black in Dutch paintings of the golden age (1575-1672).
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
*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
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 ❤
@@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 TH-cam if you do something different :).
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!
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!
@@zeikerd Hij is beslist GEEN Nederlander of Vlaams. Ik neem aan dat hij Canadees is. In welke wereld klinkt deze ahornsiroopdrinkende man als een stroopwafeletende heer?
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.
After a bit of research, it looks like a laborer in this period would earn roughly 300 guilders a year. Not only were conditions abominable, the pay was a pittance.
I wonder if it's because they truly wanted to, or because they came back after 5 years with such a 'small' amount of money and are now older, making it hard to switch a trade. Loss fallacy type thing maybe? Or maybe they just had the luckiest circumstances on the 1st ride and thought they'd have an equal adventure the second time..
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.
@24:50 Star forts? Notice theres only 1 entrance and exit. Kind of looks like the same layout the Dutch east had in tip of NYC, where "Wall Street" originated.
Service in navy was far worse. Several times more crew lead to worse food supply, far worse conditions and so on. As far as I remember, navy had higher level of crew loses. And, in 17 century usual conscripts in Swedish army had 30% mortality every year.
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!
@@arostwocents Manchester *Verenigd* ackshually, as that's the base form of that past participle adjective. The way Dutch grammar works, the E is tagged on in certain cases, but never when the adjective comes last. Won't bore you with the details, as the exact rules (and the inevitable exceptions) are pretty opaque even to natives. :)
My father was born in Arnem... half my family is dutch. The fact that Holland was never completely and permanently subjugated by so many larger powers throughout their history for more than just small periods at a time is nothing short of astonishing. It speaks volumes into the importance of an economic empire and savvy political prudence.
You have been completely and permanently subjugated by the USA since ww2. How can so many europeans not realise they are a vassal state 😂 we are clear in Britain what we are.
You act completely against your own interests every time the USA's interests oppose yours. You constantly act against the interests of citizens in order to benefit the US system. Anyone who stands against the US meets a sticky end. It may not be nice, but you are more completely and permanently subjugated now than any time in history, just as all of Western Europe is. Germany has a treaty with the US that they can *legally* coup a govt they don't like
You only need to research what happened to leaders who tried to go against the US across the entire fascist empire to begin to understand that no US vassal even begins to have freedom
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!
Real back story is that the trade with Sweden and baltic states bringing back trees, which where sawn with windmills into wooden planks and beams for shipbuilding. Other countries had to do this, mostly, by hand
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.
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
Also windmills. In early 1600s we invented the windmill saw. We could saw timber 30x faster. We could build ships faster and cheaper this way compared to our competitors. More ships is a bigger piece of the economy. Also meant that we could often buy in bulk because there was more money. Money makes money. Something that never changed
The Netherlands was already wealthy and developed in the late Middle Ages. True the Dutch Golden age the wealth moved from the southern provinces to the Northern provinces. And with the southern provinces i mean Belgium.
@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.
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.
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.
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."
@@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.
As someone who grew up in Indonesia, this is very interesting to hear the story of a VOC crew as opposed to Indonesian struggle to rid of the colonists. Thank you for this videos!
@@gmy33 That is a fact! But all I used to know about the VOC is how they were the cruel over-rulers to the local populace of Indonesia. How the nation struggled to get rid of them. I never see them from the perspective of Dutch nationals who worked for them.
@@gmy33 The relationships between the various tribes in pre-colonial Indonesia were complex and varied. While some tribes coexisted peacefully, others engaged in conflicts and warfare. Several factors influenced these interactions, including competition for resources, territorial disputes, cultural differences, and political ambitions. 1. Peaceful Coexistence: • Trade: Many tribes engaged in trade with one another, establishing networks that facilitated the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas. Coastal and riverine tribes, in particular, often had extensive trading relationships. • Alliances: Some tribes formed alliances for mutual benefit, whether for defense, trade, or political power. Intermarriage between tribes was also a common practice to strengthen these alliances. 2. Conflict and Warfare: • Resource Competition: Competition for fertile land, water sources, and other resources could lead to conflicts between neighboring tribes. • Territorial Disputes: Disagreements over boundaries and control of territories often resulted in warfare. • Cultural and Political Differences: Divergent cultural practices, religious beliefs, and political structures sometimes caused friction and conflict. Notably, certain regions were known for their warrior cultures and frequent conflicts. For example, the Dayak tribes of Borneo and the Batak tribes of Sumatra had reputations for headhunting and tribal warfare. Conversely, in more centralized areas like Java and Bali, larger kingdoms and political entities often exercised greater control, which could reduce the frequency of inter-tribal warfare but also led to conflicts on a larger scale. In summary, while there were instances of peaceful coexistence and cooperation among Indonesian tribes, conflicts and warfare were also a significant part of their history. Source ChatGPT 4.0 - Please don’t make the common mistake to think that before colonialism the indigenous people (tribes) all lived peacefully with each other. All over the world indigenous people fought war against other indigenous people. In Asia, in Europe, in South and North America. Since the dawn of time.
One Indonesian King used the Dutch for their war against another King. Do not pretend Indonesia was a peaceful and prosperous country when the Dutch arrived.
@@stevenbos5206I'm Indonesian, nope it wasn't. Glad Dutch colonization had some sort of standard, the Japanese in their short stay was disgusting and made the Dutch look like heavenly angels.
Btw. I worked as a harbor traffic coördinator, pilot station, VTCC, in the port of Willemstad Curaçao for 18 years. My father also a Curaçao born and raised man, sailed as 1st officer on the KNSM for a few years before comming back in 69' and worked as a tugboat capatain and much more for 40+ years. My father asked me many times how the island would have looked like before in the past. He's 83 now. I'm 47. Just beautiful. Nice story. Transported back into time. Awesome vid. Thank you. Great to read the comments here too. Greetings to all.
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
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.
you have about 16,000 to 1,000,000 ancestors from the 1600s depending how many generations back they are. That’s practically irrelevant to you at all at 12-20 generations back. For me the only meaningful thing I traced back to the 1600s was my last name that happened to just follow the male descendants out of 100,000 in that same generation. But otherwise an individual that is your x16 grandparent is pretty insignificant. What is relevant might be the region where most of these ancestors came from but to learn a story about one of them just really is just one of a million other stories of people of equal ancestry. You’re probably related to multiple people involved with the VOC, heck I probably am too seeing my ancestors come from northwest Europe. If the person was alive today and you had a DNA test it wouldn’t even show you are related in any significant way. We will never know all their stories, but these random ones that have some significance stick out and get recorded, and are not all that uncommon.
@TamamFlop My mother was too, but I'm never really happy with the term 'repatriated'. She didn't feel like Holland was her home country. She was born and raised in Indië, belanda totok.
Mate that was really well done, on the edge of the seat. I spent twenty yrs a heroin addict, and some things have never changed, but being put through that in withdrawal for opium, there aren't the words. But ultimatelymost will never be functioning humans again, just the sheer trauma if those five years. Anyhow you take us there and keep up the good work Newcastle Australia 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
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.
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.
Thanks for the incredible video about the VOC. It gives me a better idea of what my ancestor who arrived in the Cape in 1681 on the ship Makassar might have went through.
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 😂
I really appreciate the cadence and tone of your voiceovers. If you added just 1 level of intensity you'd sound very similar to Carlin's hardcore history. The way you're able to take people into that time period reminds me of Hardcore History as well. I hope this is the highest compliment to you because that's how I intend it.
27:30 the war in Iraq 18ish years back, i saw some British RAF loadmasters stacking pallets full of cartons of cigarettes (the good ones were $1 a pack) to bring back. i think it's like £20 for a single pack of cigarettes over there. after someone realized what was going on, they forbid them from doing that any longer. i bet they had raked in the profits.
@freebeerfordworkers yeah, usually they stipulate a limit, like when you stuff your suitcase full of wine bottles for the plane ride home nowadays. the Hadji bazaars were one giant black market of bootleg media back then: shows, series, movies, etc... nobody seemed to care about that, of course. probably because it wasn't nearly as profitable.
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
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.
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 !
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.
really well done doc, I wish only to see more paintings of the era during the video, they're fascinating and it feels more like to be close to the people of the era....
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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
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. 😅
@@YoreHistory Huh, your profile says canada
@@arjen4120 I live in Canada but I am Dutch from Beverwijk.
@@YoreHistory Beaver Neighbourhood, makes sense you ended up in Canada.
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.
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 mariners more than a century before. those 15th & 16th century Portuguese ships had the biggest balls of them all
@@lucianene7741 100% those people are a gift.
I feel slightly better about going to work in the morning now.
LOL...ya your breakfast *SHOULD* be worm free...i hope....
Its called gratitude. Most people dont have it anymore and people wonder why half the population has mental illness and why so many people are unhappy.
@@Senorzilchnzeroso if you do have gratitude you don't get mental illness, got it.
Some present workspots can be dirty and smelly like on those ships. 😂
Some fish markets i did visit in South Amerika and India can give a idea how bad that smell could have been. 🤮😅
Lol
Im a research vessel navigator in the south of Brazil, the seafaring spirit is trully timeless and borderless, thank you for this video
Fugro?
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.
Black was the most expensive colour for clothing before the advent of indigo and after the disappearance of the old Roman purple. This is why you see so much blackon Dutch paintings of wealthy men. It is a sign of riches. Black in the church was because on Sunday you put on your most expensive clothes. Black meant money. THAT is why you see so much black in Dutch paintings of the golden age (1575-1672).
Great comment! Very true. We are a tiny nation but so many great painters in the Golden Age :)
Want Royal purple from pee?
@BrooksDunn no, it was made from the musc glands of some sort of sea snail.
@@BrooksDunnthe pee was to clean there white clothes
Now it's for ppl who are a Lil plump or goth❤
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
New zealand is named after a dutch province
Wasn't it known as Van Deimen's land as well?
That was brilliant. All my fantasies about being a sailor in those times have been dashed against the sharp, barnacled rocks of historical reality. 😅
Hehe
There are hundreds of books written about life at sea in those days..
Unless you were a fortunate son.😊
I live in Bali for few months now and recently got interested in Indonesia history, this is a great story.
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😢
@@mrmarmellow555 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 TH-cam if you do something different :).
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 😂
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!
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.
Alleen in Holland… zeikerd praat tegen flapdrol 😂
Lol Doctor Von Pain.
@@zeikerd Hij is beslist GEEN Nederlander of Vlaams. Ik neem aan dat hij Canadees is. In welke wereld klinkt deze ahornsiroopdrinkende man als een stroopwafeletende heer?
And here I worried that you were gone. Great to have you back...well...back making this style and approach to history videos. Outstanding!
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.
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?...
How about we just don't involve the USA in anything
After a bit of research, it looks like a laborer in this period would earn roughly 300 guilders a year.
Not only were conditions abominable, the pay was a pittance.
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 ;)
I wonder if it's because they truly wanted to, or because they came back after 5 years with such a 'small' amount of money and are now older, making it hard to switch a trade. Loss fallacy type thing maybe? Or maybe they just had the luckiest circumstances on the 1st ride and thought they'd have an equal adventure the second time..
Thank you. I was long waiiting for this kind Dangerous Life of a Dutch VOC Ship.
I really love this video. It really gives a clear picture of what is it to be like on a 17th century ship
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
@24:50 Star forts? Notice theres only 1 entrance and exit. Kind of looks like the same layout the Dutch east had in tip of NYC, where "Wall Street" originated.
Life on board the Dutch VOC is like pure hell.Makes HMS Bounty looks like childs play.
There's a reason why the ships officers always feared a mutiny on ships back then.
Uh bounty is navy
Service in navy was far worse. Several times more crew lead to worse food supply, far worse conditions and so on. As far as I remember, navy had higher level of crew loses.
And, in 17 century usual conscripts in Swedish army had 30% mortality every year.
And yet we only hear about slavery being bad, like we lived with a golden spoon up our a$$.
Talking about one crome of humanity doesn't mean you ignore the rest
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!
Was it larger than the British East India Company?
Is it Manchester Verenigde Vs Ajax then? Interesting
@@johnLee-bb2doYes, way bigger. The VOC is still the richest/biggest ever on the ranks.
@@arostwocents Manchester *Verenigd* ackshually, as that's the base form of that past participle adjective.
The way Dutch grammar works, the E is tagged on in certain cases, but never when the adjective comes last. Won't bore you with the details, as the exact rules (and the inevitable exceptions) are pretty opaque even to natives. :)
@@arostwocents Verenigd Manchester would be the accurate translation, but yes :D
My father was born in Arnem... half my family is dutch. The fact that Holland was never completely and permanently subjugated by so many larger powers throughout their history for more than just small periods at a time is nothing short of astonishing.
It speaks volumes into the importance of an economic empire and savvy political prudence.
You have been completely and permanently subjugated by the USA since ww2.
How can so many europeans not realise they are a vassal state 😂 we are clear in Britain what we are.
You act completely against your own interests every time the USA's interests oppose yours. You constantly act against the interests of citizens in order to benefit the US system. Anyone who stands against the US meets a sticky end. It may not be nice, but you are more completely and permanently subjugated now than any time in history, just as all of Western Europe is.
Germany has a treaty with the US that they can *legally* coup a govt they don't like
You only need to research what happened to leaders who tried to go against the US across the entire fascist empire to begin to understand that no US vassal even begins to have freedom
Nice. My replies explaining how wrong you are all got censored surprise surprise
You are a vassal and completely and permanently subjugated since ww2. You'll have to research it yourself as my lengthy explanation got censored
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!
In part four, the description of a Dutch sailor eating the spicy Indian food for the first time is hilarious.
The Dutch introduced more spices to Indonesia than they procured
@@Aemond2024😂
I was told that cope of good hope was named for a reason.
But this story brings a new horizon.
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.
Met wat er allemaal gebeurd en gebeurt is, zou ik niet zo trots zijn.
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!
Really enjoyed this bit of history and storytelling. Subscribed for more, keep up the good work!
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.
Hello there after......I don t remeber how long. Nice to have you back.
Real back story is that the trade with Sweden and baltic states bringing back trees, which where sawn with windmills into wooden planks and beams for shipbuilding. Other countries had to do this, mostly, by hand
Great post. I cover this in my video on the founding of the VOC. Cheers!
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
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.
Yo man! Goed gesproken Engels! Aan de Nederlandse woorden kan ik horen dat je Nederlands bent! Goeie video. Maak er zeker meer!
Andre van Duin, Henk Westbroek LOL😂
Oh man! Keep them coming! These are so good!
Wow! Now this is good storytelling. Many thanks.
Extremely well written and narrated. Thank you! Cheers from South Carolina, USA
You do an excellent job with the detailing of Dutch global strategy.
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!
Awesome! You are finally back!!!! ❤❤
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
Also windmills. In early 1600s we invented the windmill saw. We could saw timber 30x faster. We could build ships faster and cheaper this way compared to our competitors. More ships is a bigger piece of the economy. Also meant that we could often buy in bulk because there was more money. Money makes money. Something that never changed
The Netherlands was already wealthy and developed in the late Middle Ages. True the Dutch Golden age the wealth moved from the southern provinces to the Northern provinces. And with the southern provinces i mean Belgium.
Much like East India Company then?
How have I just discovered this channel?! This is the greatest channel of all time!
Thanks for some excellent historical story-telling.
@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: th-cam.com/video/JcmZqyJIpPQ/w-d-xo.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.
Glad to see you are back!
Loved this vid, im dutch and learning about the past has always interested me. Thanks!
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.
So well written and full of love for the subject. Thank you for this great work 🙏
Very interesting and well done! Talk about a tough life. No wonder they didn't live long. ⛵
Yore History you're back! Wonderful to see. Great video and the thumbnails look great. Nice and clean. I hope the channel blows up.
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.
What an interesting way to bring history to us. Great video.
Thanks for watching!
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I don't normally watch these kinda narrated tales but man you knocked this one out the park! Good shit.
Thanks for watching!
I love old shipping history!
If every history teacher could tell a story in this way we would all be history buffs. Well done!
As someone who grew up in Indonesia, this is very interesting to hear the story of a VOC crew as opposed to Indonesian struggle to rid of the colonists.
Thank you for this videos!
The dutch where cruel to indonesians ..
@@gmy33 That is a fact! But all I used to know about the VOC is how they were the cruel over-rulers to the local populace of Indonesia. How the nation struggled to get rid of them. I never see them from the perspective of Dutch nationals who worked for them.
@@gmy33 The relationships between the various tribes in pre-colonial Indonesia were complex and varied. While some tribes coexisted peacefully, others engaged in conflicts and warfare. Several factors influenced these interactions, including competition for resources, territorial disputes, cultural differences, and political ambitions.
1. Peaceful Coexistence:
• Trade: Many tribes engaged in trade with one another, establishing networks that facilitated the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas. Coastal and riverine tribes, in particular, often had extensive trading relationships.
• Alliances: Some tribes formed alliances for mutual benefit, whether for defense, trade, or political power. Intermarriage between tribes was also a common practice to strengthen these alliances.
2. Conflict and Warfare:
• Resource Competition: Competition for fertile land, water sources, and other resources could lead to conflicts between neighboring tribes.
• Territorial Disputes: Disagreements over boundaries and control of territories often resulted in warfare.
• Cultural and Political Differences: Divergent cultural practices, religious beliefs, and political structures sometimes caused friction and conflict.
Notably, certain regions were known for their warrior cultures and frequent conflicts. For example, the Dayak tribes of Borneo and the Batak tribes of Sumatra had reputations for headhunting and tribal warfare. Conversely, in more centralized areas like Java and Bali, larger kingdoms and political entities often exercised greater control, which could reduce the frequency of inter-tribal warfare but also led to conflicts on a larger scale.
In summary, while there were instances of peaceful coexistence and cooperation among Indonesian tribes, conflicts and warfare were also a significant part of their history.
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Please don’t make the common mistake to think that before colonialism the indigenous people (tribes) all lived peacefully with each other.
All over the world indigenous people fought war against other indigenous people. In Asia, in Europe, in South and North America.
Since the dawn of time.
One Indonesian King used the Dutch for their war against another King.
Do not pretend Indonesia was a peaceful and prosperous country when the Dutch arrived.
@@stevenbos5206I'm Indonesian, nope it wasn't. Glad Dutch colonization had some sort of standard, the Japanese in their short stay was disgusting and made the Dutch look like heavenly angels.
Hard to believe the Dutch made it as far as New Zealand well before Cook and the Endeavour fascinating to he honest
Why do you think it's called New Zealand? ( Zeeland.)
@@halfdome4158 I know why it's called
@@halfdome4158 I know why it's called new Zealand
Nice and entertaining narration... the reference to the Ferengi was hilarious but accurate
Btw. I worked as a harbor traffic coördinator, pilot station, VTCC, in the port of Willemstad Curaçao for 18 years.
My father also a Curaçao born and raised man, sailed as 1st officer on the KNSM for a few years before comming back in 69' and worked as a tugboat capatain and much more for 40+ years.
My father asked me many times how the island would have looked like before in the past. He's 83 now.
I'm 47.
Just beautiful. Nice story. Transported back into time.
Awesome vid. Thank you. Great to read the comments here too.
Greetings to all.
This was an unusual and thoroughly engaging narrative. So glad I found it.
Subbing.
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 amazing! Just brilliant this firsthand view! And your voice is perfect for this!
YOUR ALIVE! Also,, what happened to the audio? Never mind I fixed it lol.
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.
As a descendant of a Dutch woman born in Batavia in the 1600s to a stone mason with the VOC I greatly appreciate this excellent work you have done.
It's funny to read this as a person born in 21st Century Batavia (now Jakarta). Were your grandparents kicked out of Indonesia post independence?
@@cek0792im sure they were. My grandmother was a mixed indo, her and all of her family repatriated to the netherlands
you have about 16,000 to 1,000,000 ancestors from the 1600s depending how many generations back they are. That’s practically irrelevant to you at all at 12-20 generations back.
For me the only meaningful thing I traced back to the 1600s was my last name that happened to just follow the male descendants out of 100,000 in that same generation. But otherwise an individual that is your x16 grandparent is pretty insignificant.
What is relevant might be the region where most of these ancestors came from but to learn a story about one of them just really is just one of a million other stories of people of equal ancestry. You’re probably related to multiple people involved with the VOC, heck I probably am too seeing my ancestors come from northwest Europe. If the person was alive today and you had a DNA test it wouldn’t even show you are related in any significant way.
We will never know all their stories, but these random ones that have some significance stick out and get recorded, and are not all that uncommon.
@@brandonguild1666 Well stated!
@TamamFlop My mother was too, but I'm never really happy with the term 'repatriated'. She didn't feel like Holland was her home country. She was born and raised in Indië, belanda
totok.
You did a perfect job showing the progression of opiate addiction and withdrawal. Such a great video thank you
Mate that was really well done, on the edge of the seat. I spent twenty yrs a heroin addict, and some things have never changed, but being put through that in withdrawal for opium, there aren't the words.
But ultimatelymost will never be functioning humans again, just the sheer trauma if those five years.
Anyhow you take us there and keep up the good work
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Thanks and cheers. I was an addict for 10 years myself...clean 4 years so understand it well :(
Thanks for watching!
2:01 no mountains in the Netherlands 😂
Wow i didn't even notice this video was an hour long !
Great story and great representation 👌
Cool series but it would have been cool to examine the different jobs for swabs on a ship.
If I could go back I would have done more with it alas it was one of my first series.
I fully appreciate you using the Star Trek analogy.
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.
Shipwreck stories of new zealand at
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Why do you mention the model of your car?
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!
This brings me back memories from the game Anno 1602.
OMG!!! You are back!! You are so awesome!!
4:20 What fortuitous circumstance be this!
Thanks for the incredible video about the VOC. It gives me a better idea of what my ancestor who arrived in the Cape in 1681 on the ship Makassar might have went through.
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 😂
I really appreciate the cadence and tone of your voiceovers. If you added just 1 level of intensity you'd sound very similar to Carlin's hardcore history. The way you're able to take people into that time period reminds me of Hardcore History as well. I hope this is the highest compliment to you because that's how I intend it.
I am of Dutch heritage, and thank you for the history lessen ,
Cheers. I'm Dutch as well :)
What a great way to present history, from the viewpoint of a sailor. Thank you!
Andre van Duyn en Henk Westbroek were on the ship? Haha, the first is a famous dutch comedian and the second a singer :). Excellent video though!
I am Dutch so I had to pay tribute :)
Really well done man, this was awesome!!
27:30 the war in Iraq 18ish years back, i saw some British RAF loadmasters stacking pallets full of cartons of cigarettes (the good ones were $1 a pack) to bring back. i think it's like £20 for a single pack of cigarettes over there. after someone realized what was going on, they forbid them from doing that any longer. i bet they had raked in the profits.
@freebeerfordworkers yeah, usually they stipulate a limit, like when you stuff your suitcase full of wine bottles for the plane ride home nowadays. the Hadji bazaars were one giant black market of bootleg media back then: shows, series, movies, etc... nobody seemed to care about that, of course. probably because it wasn't nearly as profitable.
Wow why am i just now finding this channel?? Such an amazing video
Yo!! Loved these videos!!
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.
do you guys think that the hat you see at 4:00 is his only hat Henk owns or do you think he also has a smaller hat hidden somewhere?
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 !
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!
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.
Thank you for your effort to put these together. You sir have my subscription.
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
Very cool to learn about my history (I'm from Amsterdam) never really learned much about it in school unfortunately. And a shame.
Nice. I am from close to Amsterdam myself :)
really well done doc, I wish only to see more paintings of the era during the video, they're fascinating and it feels more like to be close to the people of the era....