Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Spanish Empire

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  1. William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!
    1:53:09A speculative Japanese expedition to recover the seized shipNotable Point
  2. William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!
    1:59:20Japanese, Dutch and English pressure on Spanish AmericaNotable Point
  3. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    2:07:26The South Sea Company and Spain's imperial cash shortageQ&A
  4. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    25:21Letters of marque and the boundary between privateering and piracyNotable Point
  5. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    5:28How captivity shaped Hein's command experienceNotable Point
  6. Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command
    9:24The Holy League's crowded political bargainChapter
  7. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    20:49Geography and disease shape the bullion routeNotable Point
  8. The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver
    42:09San Juan was a predictable strategic targetNotable Point
  9. Battle of Cadiz(1656): Going Godly for Gold
    13:01Spanish silver and fiscal brittlenessChapter
  10. Battle of Cadiz(1656): Going Godly for Gold
    42:00The financial shock of CadizNotable Point
  11. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:06:15An Anglo-Spanish dynastic union in 1560Q&A
  12. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:30How Spanish coastal towers helped defend southern ItalyQ&A
  13. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:11:37If Jamestown met an established Viking AmericaQ&A
  14. A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin
    48:13Why Spain also imagined conquering Ming ChinaNotable Point
  15. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:22:10How a natural Strait of Panama rewrites global historyQ&A
  16. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    59:32Comparing empires without excusing colonialismNotable Point
  17. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    4:49Jenkins' ear, smuggling, and an extractive Spanish EmpireChapter
  18. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    32:34Blas de Lezo and Sebastián de Eslava use the warning wellNotable Point
  19. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    59:18Spanish defensive depth lets disease defeat the expeditionChapter
  20. Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias
    1:02:56Defeat shifts Britain from conquest toward independence movementsChapter
  21. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:01:17Why Spain could not simply reinforce CartagenaNotable Point
  22. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:06:19Cartagena's defenders combine regular and local forcesNotable Point
  23. Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 9
    17:29How Vernon's fleet captured Portobelo in 1739Chapter
  24. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    21:25Medina Sidonia's administrative strengths and Armada commandChapter
  25. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    23:04Rank could not replace Medina Sidonia's missing naval preparationNotable Point
  26. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    35:46The War of Jenkins' Ear, slave trading, and Spanish American silverNotable Point
  27. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    2:42:31Japan might buy the Philippines instead of invading themQ&A
  28. Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)
    47:49Spain's first rates protected a dispersed empireNotable Point
  29. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    3:18:00Book starting points for Spanish treasure fleetsQ&A
  30. Ottoman Venetian War: Comment Response
    14:41Atlantic ships and direct long-distance tradeNotable Point
  31. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:48:47Changing dynasties and the Spanish EmpireNotable Point
  32. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:52:50Why reject the quickest way to break Spain?Q&A
  33. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    43:13Attacking Spanish trade while expanding British commerceChapter
  34. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    44:40Using sea control to open a South American flankNotable Point
  35. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    45:17A Mexican port as a corridor to inland powerNotable Point
  36. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    1:32:34Targeting Mexico for trade access and another shipyardNotable Point
  37. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    7:31San Nicolás and the Argentine independence struggleChapter
  38. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    10:27Imperial trade restrictions and merchant shippingNotable Point
  39. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    17:19British shipping replaces Spanish commercial powerNotable Point
  40. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    51:22What Empire's map leaves out of Spanish AmericaNotable Point
  41. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 5(March 2023)
    1:06:40Using a winning position to demand technology for peaceNotable Point
  42. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:52:27San Nicolás in the Argentine war of independenceChapter
  43. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    1:56:41British invasions exposed both River Plate wealth and imperial weaknessChapter
  44. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    10:29Treasure fleets make sea trade a strategic targetNotable Point
  45. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    4:42Cuba, the Monroe Doctrine, and the road to warChapter
  46. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    15:44Spain's surviving power after 1898Q&A
  47. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    23:38Why Europe did not collectively challenge the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
  48. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    40:19A change of governor renews rebellion in the PhilippinesNotable Point
  49. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:42:09Why Britain tolerated American expansion in 1898Q&A
  50. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:46:04Germany waits for an opening in the PhilippinesQ&A
  51. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:57:55Why Spain's decline was not inevitableQ&A
  52. The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)
    15:10Tordesillas divides opportunity as well as territoryNotable Point
  53. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    23:02Treaty claims turned commerce into conflictChapter
  54. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    1:44:56Were Portuguese ships like Spanish galleons?Q&A
  55. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    1:33Imperial division and Caribbean rivalryChapter
  56. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    4:53Colonial costs and the lure of Spanish treasureNotable Point
  57. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    6:50Havana as Spain's convoy hubChapter
  58. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    9:22Havana's harbour economy and global trade routesChapter
  59. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    53:20Anson and the lure of the Manila galleonNotable Point
  60. Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-1783
    2:33:06The peace gives the new United States two powerful neighborsNotable Point
  61. Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)
    1:15:59The 1810 map puts Spanish claims beside CanadaNotable Point
  62. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    28:47Spain's global commitments limited Armada strengthNotable Point
  63. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 2
    11:42Spain's empire brings strategic burdens as well as resourcesNotable Point
  64. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 2
    12:39Spain's composite monarchy complicates mobilizationNotable Point
  65. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 3
    23:16The Nootka crisis converts mobilization into trade concessionsChapter