spanish america

The idea of the Canary Islands being taken not by Spain/Castile but rather by the good ol' Portuguese bois has been floating around in my mind as of lately, especially as it seems that the Portuguese had a vested interest in them (and also discovered them outright). I've looked at this thread...

Let's say that the Spanish Bourbons escape to Mexico like the Braganzas did to Brazil, and establish themselves in the New World. Then, for whatever reason, let's say no invasion of Russia and he campaigns in Spain instead that year, Napoleon is able to win in Europe and keep his brother on the...

The Battle of Cartagena de Indias was the biggest engagement of the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it was one of the worst defeats suffered by the British military. Despite outnumbering the Spanish defenders by a huge margin, the British failed to storm Cartagena's fortifications and were decimated by...

what if USA "liberates" all 1763 Spainish colonies? Napoleon was never born and Spanish empire survives with 1763 borders in 1850s and are without civil wars but for that reason they don't enact post occupation reforms and have even less industry. American settlers are countered by brutal...

Following the collapse of Spanish authority in its American colonies thanks to the Peninsular War, an attempt was made in the Viceroyalty of New Spain to create an autonomous junta presided by the imcumbent viceroy, José de Iturrigaray. Unfortunately, while this plan was supported by the local...

If Napoleon was never born would US never succeed in manifest destiny? with no Louisiana purchase and peninsular war and resulting instability could spain populate Louisiana, Oregon and OTL American southwest With Catholics in order to counter US settlers before inevitably being removed from...

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If the Reformation never happened, say Martin Luther, Jean Calvin and other reformers weren't born and Henry VIII doesn't do that thing, what would the effects of that be on the European colonization of the Americas? This TL assumes that the Church would eventually reform itself, because even...

With a POD of 1550, your challenge is to make the majority of the Amazon be located in the Spanish-speaking regions, you can do this any way you want (screw Brazil, Portugal, wank Spain, Gran Colombia etc.) as long as it's not unrealistic to the point it could be considered ASB. You don't...

I challenge you to make a ucronia where the Spanish empire survives and lasts until the 20th century.

How would a United Spanish America fare against USA? How would it influence the world wars?

Like the American revolutionary war Spanish american wars of independence are an united effort The New republic is modelled after USA with limited central government and high regional autonomy butterflying away secessionist movement Leader sets a precedent of limited terms like Washington...

Spainish at Tordesillas push border to middle of Atlantic and get Brazil In New England they establish shipyards since Latin America lacks timber Armada rules the western Atlantic preventing any non Spanish colonies From Newfoundland to Straits of Magellan they build naval forts for Armada...

Juan Santos Atahualpa was a messianic leader who, claiming to be the reincarnation of the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, led a rebellion against Spanish authorities that lasted ten years, from 1742 to 1752. Although the rebellion was never truly defeated and only ended because of his death, after...

A bit of a weird idea I had one day, but what if/how could the Spanish Empire, instead of simply conquering dozens if not hundreds of native kingdoms through the New World and the Philippines, had mantained most of those states (but not all) in a system of protectorates and vassals much like the...

Tupac Amaru II was an indigenous noble and political leader who claimed to be descended from the last emperor of the Neo-Inca state, Tupac Amaru, who was captured and executed in 1572. The indigenous population in the colonies had long been oppressed, with conditions not exactly great. Tupac...

The Incan Empire was one of the only native states to avoid European conquests in the new world- the others being the Haida and the Cherokee. They achieved this through leasing out a few relatively unimportant mines to the Spanish and using the money to buy guns and the technology to make them-...

With a PoD between 1789 and 1815, is it possible for Spain to fall to a French-style republican revolution (deposing the monarchy and nobility, instituting a new national identity, commitment to spreading the rebellion, etc.), mostly through internal instability, a republican French invasion, or...

What if, for whatever reason, all of Spain's colonies in the new world failed? Who would colonize where? What would the end result be? Sorry for the simplistic WI, I was originally have all the major empires (England, France, Portugal, and Spain) have their colonies in the New World screwed...

So, assume that Spain after Napoleon's departure manages to maintain control over most of its Latin American colonies, through a succession of factors such as José de San Martin's Army of the Andes failing to liberate Chile, Simon Bolivar either being crushed early or confined to Venezuela, and...