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Next video is up!! We follow the ongoing saga of Afonso de Albuquerque as he barely makes it back to India. However, his homecoming is filled with danger with enemies both internal and external. Please share on social and leave a comment / like!

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Currently on 19 minutes of a 23 minute production - hoping to have it out on Monday / Tuesday. 

It always impresses me how having a monopoly on something can change the entire political and economic scene. Goa, in the 16th century, happened to be THE hub of the Arabian horse trade. A commodity that every kingdom and sultanate needed for their armies. By controlling the city, the Portuguese had leverage on everyone.

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The Portuguese defenders of Goa were outnumbered and had been under siege for months in 1512. In late October of 1512 Afonso de Albuquerque arrived with a relief force and quickly deployed his reserves into the city while his navy bombarded enemy positions and cut off the Island of Tiwadi on which Goa was located. Still outnumbered - the Portuguese with their Indian Mercenaries counter attacked. What ensued was a harrowing battle that left many dead on both sides.

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I'm coming up to the half way mark in video production for the next video! Here is a scene from it; In 1512 Afonso de Albuquerque returned to India to find it a complete mess. Many had though he had died in Malacca and he had to deal with malcontents in his own ranks. The army and navy had become weak - What's worse, the Sultan of Bijapur had returned to retake Goa with a massive army.

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It was sad to create this sequence. The mighty Flor de la Mar goes down in a storm on Nov 20 1511. The pride of the Portuguese Navy died a legend. The ship was carrying a vast treasure taken from Malacca. Its current estimated value is $2.6 Billion and remains there near Timia Point off the northern coast of Sumatra to this day. Anyone wanna join me for a treasure hunt?

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Audio Podcast is up! Video should be out in a two weeks (long episode)

With Malacca captured, another part of Afonso de Albuquerque's great plan to conquor the Indian Ocean falls into place. With a King's ransom he returns to India - but his journey will be filled with danger.

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Hello everyone! Been AWOL for a bit to do some travel with the family. It was lovely for my wife and I to teach our little one about the history of England and the Roman Empire (This is from Bath). He absolutely loved it. I'm back and will start the final two episodes on the Portuguese series in a just a bit. Hope everyone is doing well!

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My next video is done!! Need to do some sound checks and I'll have this out tomorrow!!

5 months ago | [YT] | 314

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Back to video production! I thought my War Elephant icons came out pretty well - albeit a bit cute. Hoping to have this video out by Friday!

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Folks - need to take care of some items on the home front (nothing serious) - so I'll be unable to do video editing for a bit. - I at the 17 minute mark of this 26 minute video on the bConquest of Malacca. I'll have it out by the end of the month. In the meantime, here's a war elephant for you.

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