Plato Describes Atlantis // First Mention of the Island // 360 BC 'Critias'

Letter from English Samurai Describing his Life in Japan // 1611 Primary Source

Download World of Tanks for free here: https://tanks.ly/31qiCi9 Use code 'TANKTASTIC' for a T-127 Tank, 500 Gold, and 7-days of Premium Access Thanks to Wargaming for sponsoring this video! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here we have the incredible story of the first western samurai, Will Adams, in a letter he wrote in desperation to merchants trading into to the East Indies. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: 百楽兎 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Turk Bitig / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) Otto Domes / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)  EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Chinese Take on 1950s American Life // "Materialistic America, I Applaud You!

Get your special offer for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/voicesofthepast. It's an exclusive offer for our 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: https://www.magellantv.com/explore/history -------------- Extracts taken from "A View of America" by No-Yong Park (1951): https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010317954 Edited and narrated by David Kelly. — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- Epidemic Sound Artlist.io We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Huge thanks to the Prelinger archive and archive.org for clips. San Francisco (1955 Cinemascope film) by Tullio Pellegrini Prelinger Archives Golden Gate By Rich Niewiroski Jr. - http://www.projectrich.com/gallery, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1520007 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Ancient Chinese Historian Describes Japan // First Full Description of Japan // "Wei-Zhi" (297 AD)

Here we have the first full description of the island east of China - what would become Japan. Straight from the 3rd century History of the Kingdom of Wei, these words give us our first insight into life on that remote island and their mysterious female rulers. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Trans. by Tsunoda and Goodrich: Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories. Thanks to: I, Taejo [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)] Fumihiko Ueno [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)] Xuan Che そらみみ [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

History of the Universe Channel Presentation

FIRST VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XSCrSkK2HcQ CHANNEL LINK: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtRFmSyL4fSLQkn-wMqlmdA THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

First Japanese Visitor After Sakoku Describes European Life // 1862 Tokugawa Embassy Primary Source

More from Japanese national icon Fukuzawa Yukichi. After his groundbreaking trip to America, here we have the first detailed Japanese perspective of Europe, after the Sakoku period of isolation. England, France, Holland and Russia. Extract from The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi translated by Eiichi Kiyooka, 1934 edition. If this channel is something you like, if you think saving primary sources is important, head over to the patreon and join up! https://www.patreon.com/voicesofthepast — Don’t forget to subscribe to my brother's channel History Time, where he makes full length historical documentaries:- https://www.youtube.com/historytime — Music courtesy of:- - Epidemic Sound — Voice actor & editor:- David Kelly We try to use copyright free images at all times. However if we have used any of your artwork or maps then please don't hesitate to contact me and we’ll be more than happy to give the appropriate credit. Thanks to: OKJaguar opethpainterFlickr: Hôtel du Louvre Alessio Bragadini CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange French Fashion Plate - 1848-1864 Operating theatre: The original uploader was MykReeve at English Wikipedia. This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the user Chris 73 and is freely available at //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_of_Japan_Map.png under the creative commons cc-by-sa 3.0 license. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]