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  1. A Divided Australia

    I was wondering if at some point there was a chance of another power claiming a large portion of mainland Australia and making it stick long enough for a Colony that looked towards some one other than Great Britain to grow at odds to New South Wales.
  2. Polynesian Wank?

    How about the Polynesian diaspora doesn't remain contained in the center of the Pacific but spreads to planting Polynesian colonies not just on the Pacific islands but on the surrounding continents, Australia, Asia and the Americas? A few improvements in ship building technology maybe?
  3. Accelerate Nautical Technologies

    What would it take to fast track the invention of more useful (carrying capacity/range) and robust ships? Say if we started tinkering with POD in Ancient Greece what would be needed to have something roughly comparable to bleeding edge high tech 15th to 16th century ocean going ships sans...
  4. Ancient Libraries; What are they good for?

    Most TLs if their PoD is back far enough and they are in the region make a point of saving the local Ancient Library institutions which had a disturbing habit of burning throughout history. Or if there isn't one handy establishing one. The general feeling seems to be that with these collections...
  5. WI Ching Shih Street Rat Prostitute, Pirate, Publican 1785 to 1844 got ambition?

    Ching Shih was one of the most successful Pirates who ever lived, one who ran her operation more like the Mafia than the more smash grab and run types more common to her time. What If? She had decided to try and make something of her resources? With the ships and men and women she led could...
  6. Looking for a Novel I read many years ago.

    It was very light on the Alternate History and could as easily passed as straight Historical Fiction. Don't remember many details but here goes. The Protagonist was a child slave in ancient Greece who worked his way up to be a semi powerful merchant. (In fact that was what I thought the book...
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