age of exploration

I don't think I've ever seen this one done before. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who circumnavigated the world ... in service of Spain. His history in Portugal became rather turbulent: For the sake of this scenario, let's suppose Magellan and Manuel don't have a falling-out...

"Where are we going?" "To the Church, there is something I need to do before..." "Before you depart" "I know" "Why is it this late at night though? What could be so important you'd need the sky to be covered in darkness to keep it a secret" "I...I might not come back, not alive anyway...

What is the most likely scenario where one European country ends up controlling all of the Americas until at least the late 1700s. How do two entire continents under one flag develop from there? The first part of this scenario is the challenge I pose, and it can be done by any means. The second...

One alternate history scenario that interests me is if England somehow colonized Mexico before Spain did, in this timeline we will assume that either Spain shows no interest in colonizing Mexico thus Mexico remains uncolonized long enough for England to have a chance to colonize Mexico or Spain...

Wolfborn A Native American Timeline I am the wolfborn, the spirit of history, the core of today, and the heart of tomorrow. I am wolfborn of this land. - Old Sioux Poem. Welcome to Wolfborn: A Native American Timeline! Where Natives are given the due focus they deserve with a chance to...

In OTL Portugal and Castile made a certain number of treaties to estabilish their official zones of influence in Africa, Asia and America, the most famous being Tordesillas. The first of those treaties was Alcáçovas, that treaty said that future lands discovered in the Atlantic south of the 27th...

Union of The Three Crowns: The History of The Nordic Empire Chapter 0: Prologue For better or for worse, the world from 1492 to 1945 was dominated by Europe. During this time, the great empires of Europe, whether the British, French, Spanish or Russians were the main players on the global...

Could it be possible that only one European country takes part in the colonization of the New World (Americas), Africa, Asia, and Oceania? This is going to be tough as said country will need to make sure no one else gets a permanent foothold outside Europe. Now it can be possible for other...

Hello everyone. As of late I've been reading about how Ottomans were able to block Europeans from trading with the orient after conquest of Constantinople and how they were able to stop the Europeans from trading with the east. This in turn forced the Europeans to look for alternative ways to...

Say that the Spanish conquest of Mesoamerica and Peru goes sideways for whatever reason - the conquistadors were pretty damn lucky anyway - so that Madrid's colonial empire is, for the time being, restricted to the Caribbean and maybe Colombia + Venezuela. Would this smaller empire be stronger...

I'm talking about this guy, who was the son of king João III and died at the age of 16 from either tuberculosis or diabetes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Manuel,_Prince_of_Portugal Let's say he's a bit healthier and succeeds his father whem he passes away in 1557. I assume his reign...

Hey; it's another one of these threads. So i just canceled my old tl due to both loss of interest and the fact I just think it was getting bad (too... France wanky). but i already had a few new ideas. I might revamp it. Yet Another Roman Empire: What if the Latin Empire were to survive and...

Jesus isn't born in 4 B.C.. Spain is still ruled by the Visigoths (not sure if still Germanic or nativized into Romanism) and the silk road is controlled by the Khans. Without the Christian-Muslim rivalry, would Western Europe have the same obsession with finding an alternative route they did...

As every schoolchild knows, consistent contact between the eastern and western continents started with the voyage of Mansa Abubakari II of Mali, who took a large, well-equipped fleet across the ocean and landed in the region of Guyana in 1312CE. This sparked a hurricane of trade and later...

WI Spain had gone for African colonization rather than Mexico?

I always found the lack of colonizer nations in real history kinda boring. Only 5 nations colonized America, and only three dominated 99 percent of the continent. What are the possibilities of a more diverse America? Probably the Danes and Swedes are good bets, BC they kinda had a colonial...

Considering the trailblazers of the A of E in the OTL, I'd like to explore potential alternative candidates to those we know, and possible consequences of their endeavours. Firstly, the Americas: supposing some crises or series of unfortunate events stalled Spain or Portugal from exploring...

The Death of Ferdinand: What If The Catholic Monarchs Didn't Come To Power? Our story begins, like so many others, on the field of battle in the year of our Lord 1476. This is the battle of Toro, part of the War of The Castilian Succession. Two armies, both alike in dignity and prestige, fight...

Hello everyone, I've been reading and commenting on this site for a while and I thought I'd give the whole writing thing a try. As you may be able to tell by the title, this will be a timeline about Spain, and the rest of the world. It will start with a POD in 1492, with four major changes for...