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COLONIAL AFRICA MAPS Please note that the Spanish possesions in northern Africa included the territory of Draa and thus the borders are not the same as those of modern Western Sahara: NO STRAIGHT LINE PLEASE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Sahara...

Probably because I am Spanish I do see a clear difference. If you look at the map and you see Gibraltar, Ceuta and Melilla, you may think "hey! What is the difference? They both are tiny specks of land surrounded by another country". If you check the history, you see the difference there...

What saved Portugal was not only the "massive" british lines of Torres Vedras but the activity of the Spanish Guerrillas. The army that was supposed to take Oporto entered Galicia with some 100.000 men and it was going to attack and anglo-portuguese army of 20.000. Obviously the allies were...

Bingo! At least one reasonable idea! Someone said that the christian kingdoms of the north were overestimated. In fact I think that you are overestimating the islamic territory of the south. The conversion of the local population to islam was slow and it was not massive. In fact it was not...

I do not think so, but they could go for the yellow-white-red leaving the cross for the dutch.

Remove the epidemics of the XIX century or make the spanish government to prevent the occupation of the isthmus. Without land for an airstrip maybe Britain could ask Spain to exchange Gibraltar for something else in northern Africa, for example Tangiers with a good port and land for a huge base...

Impressive... as always. I just cannot wait to see what the portuguese can make to recover the lost pride, maybe we are going to see a fully Portuguese India!

What is the Portugal coloured nation in the Iberian Peninsula?

It is funny to speak about that as an annoying cliché, after having read: It is much easier than that, just a more intelligent Spanish foreign policy, just concentrate in recovering the portions that were seized during the XIX century, that is the istmus. No istmus: no airfield. Then...

Spain was in the slave trade just because they wanted to protect the Indians. If you go back to the Valladolid Controversial in 1550 between Las Casas and Sepúlveda, one of the recommendations by Las Casas was the introduction of african slaves as they would be better adapted to hard working...

I think 600,000 is a typo, however you have such invassion IOTL in 1601-1602... https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=103639

What about independent Ireland in the XVII century? https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=103639

Latin was still used as lingua franca among scholars and clerics even after the reformation.

First of all I wanted to tell you that it is impressive what you have done! Then just a couple of contributions: 1600 map: Portugal and her colonies should be coloured also as Spain, I think that Flanders, French Comté and Milan should also be coloured after Spain (what is that colour in...

Please continue, this is a POD I've always liked. This would probably butterfly Aragon as a major kingdom and the county of Barcelona would be annexed by this "Cidian Kingdom of Valencia". IOTL one of his daughters married the count of Barcelona. Zaragoza would fall under Castillian rule... So...

Spanish banking was quite sofisticated and advanced, the problem were the kings with money problems that considered banks and the funds in them as their property...

In the late XVIII century there was an spanish secret agent, Domingo Badía (aka Ali Bey), that reached an agreement with a claimant to the Moroccan throne by which Spain would get Northern Morocco in exchange for military help. However Charles IV had signed a treaty with the moroccan king and...

How would this involvement be seen in France? One thing is siding with protestants agains the Hapsburg, but another thing is siding with the English.

Just imagine that Roosevelt accepts the offer, thinking that this would allow him to use Spain as a beach-head to Europe. Spain sends the troops and one small fleet. Franco thinks that with troops in Russia fighting against Communism and troops in the Pacific fighting Japan he will be safe...

That can be the mother of all wanks...