I belive that in 2008 , in Bondi beach , Sydney, some xv century Portuguese coins were found. No discredit to Captain Cook, but the Portuguese were in Australia 200 odd years before the Brits. One has to remember that the population of Portugal was 2 million souls at that time and they were interested in trade, specially spices. Australia didn't have any and the population was aborigenes. No interest at all.
Since when did Captain James Cook ""discover" Australia? Dirk Hartog (Holland) left a plaque 144 years earlier and Abel Tasman (who Tasmania is named after) was there in 1642? All Cook did was claim Australia as a colony of England!
@funseeker08 and before the Dutch, Portuguese Explorers such as Christopher de Mendonca (1520), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1606) and Luís Vaz de Torres (1606) were in Australia long before english Pirate Cook.
If you're not, you might not know that as kids in this country we are told that Captain Cook discovered Australia. I don't know what kids are told today, but that is what we were told in the 80's.
Portugal "discovered" the world ... or almost ... costs a lot of the great nations now admit that a small country was far more developed than themselves ... and by the way Christopher Columbus was / is Portuguese .. Search for ... do not eat what the media and governments "imposed" as a true
@KaveatEmptor - exactly! portuguese just ignored those territories (Australia and New Zeeland) simply because there was no trade at all of any kind of goods going on there..different from the spice islands (Indonesia) Japan, China,Siam, Malasya.. etc..
Another thing about history, Portugual was the only real global country in the world. In the begining they had colonies but all of them evoluted to Portugal. A citizen that had been born in Mozambique (for instance) was portuguese citizens.
Portuguese made a lot of discoveries in ancient times... But unfortunatly usualy the history is written by those who have the power. When Portugal as a world power nation lost it's power, other countries (principally England) claim from them a lot of things that actually was done and discovery by portuguese.
@HenrySims - they were the first europeans to reach those territories, but from the trading point of view they were irrelevant.. trade with the aborigines? don't think so..
I haven' t got a doubt that the Portuguese discovered Australia, but I doubt the music used at the end is Portuguese. It sounds totally Spanish... It's so sad people keep mixing the two countries up... Portugal is Portugal, Spain is Spain!!!!!! What's so difficult about it? Be thorough the next time you do a report on the Portuguese or Portugal, for knowledge sake!!! ;)
@appleblossom1976 I know what you mean appleblossom, the music does sound Spanish like, but i didn't make this video i only posted it. You can thank Anglo stereotyping.
The music is pointless! It's like making a film about England using Dutch or Swedish music! The British are so accurate on one side, on the other they tend to be self-indulgent with their mistakes, errors and prejudices/stereotypes! Then again, who isn't?
WELL IF nyone doubrts thaT IT MAkes sense brits where close aLLIES And timor leste is just BOVE THE COst of aUSTRAli I THINK WE GIVE THE TIP TO THE BRITS OR At leaST THEY FOILLOWED US WHEREVER WE WENT, INDIA maCAoHONG KONG IN CHINA cANada And aUSTRAlia, MAlaCA aLSO... ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS
@SpringField911 that is so true, i bet we never spat out about the discovery at the time because of the Tordesillas treaty lol... Spain would have been furious if they knew about it, so that we could live in "harmony" we kept it secret.
@SpringField911 exactly ... portugal was more powerful than spain in the15th and 16th century . 17th century was the century of glory for spain. but one thing that is interesting is that a small country like portugal only got an empire like that through diplomacy , military and most of all "espionage". for example there are proofs that the king of portugal knew of the existence of brazil way before they officialy claimed. ( secret was essencial when facing a much more powerful castille)
@SpringField911 and this guy says that the portuguese were like astronauts ... indeed with the same courage. did you know that every european at that time believed that below the african coast there were monsters? yeah but still the portuguese navigated it. when they crossed that cape ( the cape of storms) they changed the name to "cape of good hope" ( you can visit it in RSA) and the maritime way to india was found. you gotta have balls ...
I belive that in 2008 , in Bondi beach , Sydney, some xv century Portuguese coins were found. No discredit to Captain Cook, but the Portuguese were in Australia 200 odd years before the Brits. One has to remember that the population of Portugal was 2 million souls at that time and they were interested in trade, specially spices. Australia didn't have any and the population was aborigenes. No interest at all.
calica44 1 month ago
Since when did Captain James Cook ""discover" Australia? Dirk Hartog (Holland) left a plaque 144 years earlier and Abel Tasman (who Tasmania is named after) was there in 1642? All Cook did was claim Australia as a colony of England!
funseeker08 1 month ago
@funseeker08 and before the Dutch, Portuguese Explorers such as Christopher de Mendonca (1520), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1606) and Luís Vaz de Torres (1606) were in Australia long before english Pirate Cook.
PunchPow 1 month ago
@funseeker08 Are you Australian?
If you're not, you might not know that as kids in this country we are told that Captain Cook discovered Australia. I don't know what kids are told today, but that is what we were told in the 80's.
LadyNatofGlencoe 1 week ago
Portugal "discovered" the world ... or almost ... costs a lot of the great nations now admit that a small country was far more developed than themselves ... and by the way Christopher Columbus was / is Portuguese .. Search for ... do not eat what the media and governments "imposed" as a true
acf19841 1 month ago
Viva Portugal !
Veritas1925 2 months ago 2
@KaveatEmptor - exactly! portuguese just ignored those territories (Australia and New Zeeland) simply because there was no trade at all of any kind of goods going on there..different from the spice islands (Indonesia) Japan, China,Siam, Malasya.. etc..
Valtyful 2 months ago
Another thing about history, Portugual was the only real global country in the world. In the begining they had colonies but all of them evoluted to Portugal. A citizen that had been born in Mozambique (for instance) was portuguese citizens.
qTions 5 months ago 2
Portuguese made a lot of discoveries in ancient times... But unfortunatly usualy the history is written by those who have the power. When Portugal as a world power nation lost it's power, other countries (principally England) claim from them a lot of things that actually was done and discovery by portuguese.
qTions 5 months ago 5
So know, 22 million people in Australia would be speaking portuguese instead of english !
HenrySims 5 months ago
@HenrySims - they were the first europeans to reach those territories, but from the trading point of view they were irrelevant.. trade with the aborigines? don't think so..
Valtyful 2 months ago
America also was dicovered by Portugal...there is Maps in the Torre do Tombo in Lisbon that proves that.
ML678v 7 months ago 4
I haven' t got a doubt that the Portuguese discovered Australia, but I doubt the music used at the end is Portuguese. It sounds totally Spanish... It's so sad people keep mixing the two countries up... Portugal is Portugal, Spain is Spain!!!!!! What's so difficult about it? Be thorough the next time you do a report on the Portuguese or Portugal, for knowledge sake!!! ;)
appleblossom1976 10 months ago 8
@appleblossom1976 I know what you mean appleblossom, the music does sound Spanish like, but i didn't make this video i only posted it. You can thank Anglo stereotyping.
PunchPow 10 months ago 3
@PunchPow I know you just posted this ;)
I was refering to the news report, not you specifically... Sorry if it sounded wrong, that wasn't my intention.
appleblossom1976 10 months ago
@appleblossom1976
The music is pointless! It's like making a film about England using Dutch or Swedish music! The British are so accurate on one side, on the other they tend to be self-indulgent with their mistakes, errors and prejudices/stereotypes! Then again, who isn't?
Rotebuehl1 8 months ago 2
WELL IF nyone doubrts thaT IT MAkes sense brits where close aLLIES And timor leste is just BOVE THE COst of aUSTRAli I THINK WE GIVE THE TIP TO THE BRITS OR At leaST THEY FOILLOWED US WHEREVER WE WENT, INDIA maCAoHONG KONG IN CHINA cANada And aUSTRAlia, MAlaCA aLSO... ITS PRETTY OBVIOUS
badsign1980 10 months ago 2
"Ó mar salgado quanto do teu sal são lágrimas de portugal"
reidoki 1 year ago 8
at that time Portugal and Castille (Spain) where like U.S and URSS :D
SpringField911 1 year ago 26
@SpringField911 that is so true, i bet we never spat out about the discovery at the time because of the Tordesillas treaty lol... Spain would have been furious if they knew about it, so that we could live in "harmony" we kept it secret.
Clavsicus 1 year ago
@SpringField911 exactly ... portugal was more powerful than spain in the15th and 16th century . 17th century was the century of glory for spain. but one thing that is interesting is that a small country like portugal only got an empire like that through diplomacy , military and most of all "espionage". for example there are proofs that the king of portugal knew of the existence of brazil way before they officialy claimed. ( secret was essencial when facing a much more powerful castille)
p220394 1 year ago 2
@SpringField911 and this guy says that the portuguese were like astronauts ... indeed with the same courage. did you know that every european at that time believed that below the african coast there were monsters? yeah but still the portuguese navigated it. when they crossed that cape ( the cape of storms) they changed the name to "cape of good hope" ( you can visit it in RSA) and the maritime way to india was found. you gotta have balls ...
p220394 1 year ago
English thieving bastards!
Portuguese used to eat kangaroos for breakfast before you built your first boat :D
gobluesgogo 1 year ago 32
@gobluesgogo 5*****
filipaopereire 1 year ago