Greetings and salutations.
It strikes me that South America (aside from the Eternal *Inca Empire and Mega-Brazil) is a bit underutilized in AH. This is perhaps understandable, given the era of colonial rule left the era at independence with a quite small population, poor internal communications, and very shaky political foundations: the ability of Latin Americans to shape world history, or of even that of their own continent outside of their own national balliwicks, was limited. Still, things could have been rather different, especially with early PODs.
So, a challenge: with PODs after the establishment of firm Portuguese and Spanish control - let's say after 1600 for Spain and 1661 (Treaty of the Hague) for Portugal, try to get some seriously different outcomes for South America, or at least large parts of it. Full timelines are not not needed: just come up with a good POD or two and explain how you think it would play out over time.
Bruce
It strikes me that South America (aside from the Eternal *Inca Empire and Mega-Brazil) is a bit underutilized in AH. This is perhaps understandable, given the era of colonial rule left the era at independence with a quite small population, poor internal communications, and very shaky political foundations: the ability of Latin Americans to shape world history, or of even that of their own continent outside of their own national balliwicks, was limited. Still, things could have been rather different, especially with early PODs.
So, a challenge: with PODs after the establishment of firm Portuguese and Spanish control - let's say after 1600 for Spain and 1661 (Treaty of the Hague) for Portugal, try to get some seriously different outcomes for South America, or at least large parts of it. Full timelines are not not needed: just come up with a good POD or two and explain how you think it would play out over time.
Bruce