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For 200 years map makers drew California as an island. The path to find out why led me on a pretty wild journey.
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putting the story into "tweet terms" is honestly fucking genius. seriously. stroke of GENIUS
i CANNOT believe Vox ever let you go dude. they are morons, you are so good at your craft. if they knew what they were doing, theyd had offered your ownership to keep your onboard lmfao
Umm. You were a missionary, that explain your partially way of tell history but in a professionally video quality way. Please, stop saying how bad Spain was, just tell what they do, not how bad it was for you. Tell facts, stop using adjectives.
7:42 there are some suggestions Montalvo may have got the name from the Song of Roland. This would make sense as the author was also the author of Amadis of Gaul, which was a book about knights that famously Don Quixote was obsessed with to the point of madness. Stories about Charlamagne and his knights were, like those of King Arthur, the basic fare from which this romantic tales of knights drew from. In the Song of Roland one of the saracen king's armies comes from a land called Califerne, that may have been a garbled reference to the concept of the Muslim Caliphate, which of course would make sense as his novel The Exploits of Esplandian ended up being, like a lot of books, based around a conflict between Christians and non-Christians.
Itβs well documented that central California used to flood with some degree of seasonality. Iβm curious if this has played into any hypotheses as to why California was perceived as an island by some but not others.
Can we take a second to acknowledge you full blown harassed some guy on a train and he probably thought you were psychotic saying California was an island???
Dude. The native people gaslit and thirst trapped the entire world when they hit them with the: βWhat isla-? Ahhhh yeah thereβs an island over there for sureβ¦ Oh yeah yeah, only women live on it by the way. So definitely tell everybody, and go check it out yeah?β
This reminds me of a quote. "But assuming we don't blow ourselves up, us Californians just have to worry about California breaking off from the United States to go hang with Hawaii. Alaska can come too."
Johnny sweats Hispanophobia. I'm getting worried about him actually. Maybe some some Mexican or Spaniard took away from him the girl he liked, who knows; but the fact is that he fully buys the Black Legend (British/French/Dutch anti-Empire Propaganda) and resells it bit by bit π π€¦π»ββοΈ
Dive into sources and more info from our research here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iqHcp2rW-Ljl9UCaASX7s6lQK161lI9B6V1L2dx1jQ/edit
Where is the next part to "How Europe Stole the World"?????
Amazing editing and transition effects
16:32 – "Dude Listen.." That portion is soo funny!
"Luckily I live in Washington dc"
Me: "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy
Damn bro I am so lucky I witnessed you change the title
Based on this video:
Blame the dumb pirates perhaps.. for *spreading it*.
Love it!! .. also pass by to congratulate you on your perfect Spanish grammar and everything π
"I vow now to figure out what happened to California"
Well Gavin newsome
putting the story into "tweet terms" is honestly fucking genius. seriously. stroke of GENIUS
i CANNOT believe Vox ever let you go dude. they are morons, you are so good at your craft. if they knew what they were doing, theyd had offered your ownership to keep your onboard lmfao
Hey Johnny I'm still waiting for the follow up of 'How Europe stole the World' : 'How Johnny Harris make money by spreading lies on YouTube'. Cheers
Umm. You were a missionary, that explain your partially way of tell history but in a professionally video quality way. Please, stop saying how bad Spain was, just tell what they do, not how bad it was for you. Tell facts, stop using adjectives.
7:42 there are some suggestions Montalvo may have got the name from the Song of Roland. This would make sense as the author was also the author of Amadis of Gaul, which was a book about knights that famously Don Quixote was obsessed with to the point of madness. Stories about Charlamagne and his knights were, like those of King Arthur, the basic fare from which this romantic tales of knights drew from. In the Song of Roland one of the saracen king's armies comes from a land called Califerne, that may have been a garbled reference to the concept of the Muslim Caliphate, which of course would make sense as his novel The Exploits of Esplandian ended up being, like a lot of books, based around a conflict between Christians and non-Christians.
Itβs well documented that central California used to flood with some degree of seasonality. Iβm curious if this has played into any hypotheses as to why California was perceived as an island by some but not others.
Can we take a second to acknowledge you full blown harassed some guy on a train and he probably thought you were psychotic saying California was an island???
The fact that he didn't mention Los Santos π’
Dude. The native people gaslit and thirst trapped the entire world when they hit them with the: βWhat isla-? Ahhhh yeah thereβs an island over there for sureβ¦ Oh yeah yeah, only women live on it by the way. So definitely tell everybody, and go check it out yeah?β
Your filmers some mid actor
Plot twist: Elon Musk creates the Boring Company to mine Gold secretly
Anyone else notice Townsend and son in the boat holding the map?
what an intro
Hey! Isnβt that Jon Townsend in the boat with Fra Antonio?? Yes, yes it is!! Great shout-out to another history You-Tuber!
ze end of ze world vibes here
that's why you always reconnoiter the rim folks
@Townsends, love your camio π
If only California would become a island once again and fall into the sea
3:51 Get in line buddy, weβre all wondering the same too!
Trust the science TM
"I vow to figure out what's going on with California" lol I figured it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZT_nYlhaE
This reminds me of a quote. "But assuming we don't blow ourselves up, us Californians just have to worry about California breaking off from the United States to go hang with Hawaii. Alaska can come too."
A great piece of work, Johnny!
I just cannot stop watching your channel Johnny, learning from you is addictive at this point haha. I love your videos!
Johnny sweats Hispanophobia. I'm getting worried about him actually. Maybe some some Mexican or Spaniard took away from him the girl he liked, who knows; but the fact is that he fully buys the Black Legend (British/French/Dutch anti-Empire Propaganda) and resells it bit by bit π π€¦π»ββοΈ