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America, 1776. The land is abuzz with revolution and you, my friend, you - are supporting the British. That’s because you don’t live here, you live… here. You’re a Shawnee Indian, and to be honest you preferred dealing with the French, but if it comes down to it the British have been so kind as to only conquer the Eastern Seaboard and leave your homeland, and everything West of the Appalachians as Indian Territory. Now the Yankees are coming in droves, the US government is finding all kinds of ways to run off with more land, and your nation is just too small to stand up to this imperial power… wait a second… an imperial power… who wants to rule your land without representation… your nation, your tribe, your… state, if you will, is too small to stand up to them alone… but there are lots of tribes… What if they were… United?
Music (in order of appearance):
John Philip Sousa - Right Forward
Rule Britannia
Yankee Doodle
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
American Indian Music - Shawnee Pow Wow Drums
John Bartmann - Happy Families (credit JohnBartmann.com)
Chinese Classical Troupe of Beijing - Feast Away in Quig Palace
Tyner, Poochay, Crowe - Shawnee Song #1
Kevin Macleod - Adventures in Adventureland
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Get your free trial of MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/jackrackam . It's a special offer for Life & Times viewers! Start your free trial today. MagellanTV is a new kind of streaming service run by filmmakers with 3,000+ documentaries! Check out our personal recommendation and MagellanTV’s exclusive playlists: magellantv.com/explore/history
America, 1776. The land is abuzz with revolution and you, my friend, you - are supporting the British. That’s because you don’t live here, you live… here. You’re a Shawnee Indian, and to be honest you preferred dealing with the French, but if it comes down to it the British have been so kind as to only conquer the Eastern Seaboard and leave your homeland, and everything West of the Appalachians as Indian Territory. Now the Yankees are coming in droves, the US government is finding all kinds of ways to run off with more land, and your nation is just too small to stand up to this imperial power… wait a second… an imperial power… who wants to rule your land without representation… your nation, your tribe, your… state, if you will, is too small to stand up to them alone… but there are lots of tribes… What if they were… United?
Music (in order of appearance):
John Philip Sousa - Right Forward
Rule Britannia
Yankee Doodle
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
American Indian Music - Shawnee Pow Wow Drums
John Bartmann - Happy Families (credit JohnBartmann.com)
Chinese Classical Troupe of Beijing - Feast Away in Quig Palace
Tyner, Poochay, Crowe - Shawnee Song #1
Kevin Macleod - Adventures in Adventureland
Rossini - William Tell Overture





![What you Missed in the Age of Discovery - Ferdinand Magellan
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I was born too early to... *checks notes* die of malnutrition.
1494. Spain and Portugal are both really into this new business of sailing the seas and owning everything you touch, but they have a problem. What if the other country sails the seas and touches the stuff that they own? That would be bad! So they cut the world in half. Spain owns this half of the Earth, and Portugal owns this half of the Earth. Spain gets to colonize the New World and make all the money buying slaves and selling sugar and chocolate and silver. Portugal gets to control who can sail around Africa, which means they get to make all the money trading slaves and spices.
But one day, an enterprising man by the name of Ferdinand Magellan arrives in the Spanish King’s court. He says “Your majesty, what if I told you the islands where Portugal gets its spices are actually on your half of the Earth? And what if I told you, you didn’t have to sail around Africa to get there? I’m like 90% sure we can wiggle underneath South America, and if we do, that’s your ticket to the untold riches of the spice trade. But it will take a captain of unassailable courage. My name is Ferdinand Magellan! I had a place in the conquest of Malacca, I served in the court of the Sultan of Ternate, I took a lance to the knee in Morocco. If you’ll have me, I am prepared to embark on the adventure of an age, to see for the first time with European eyes, ancient and diverse cultures and convert them to Catholicism. I am prepared to attempt what no man has ever dreamed before. Soon will I meet the men who shall be my brothers at sea, and I will be the first to circle the world!
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