Hnau
Banned
Sometime after the establishment of the Carthaginian Republic in 575 BCE, but before any major wars with its neighbors, a Carthaginian explorer sailing the coastline of Morocco discovers to the Canary Islands, where he finds a few people... the Guanches have only had a few hundred years to populate it. He sets sail westwards, believing that there are more islands to be found, only to be driven ever further by a storm. The ship, a good long-range Phoenician one, finds itself in the Caribbean. The crew enters the forests of Hispaniola to find food and water sufficient for their needs. They are then able to luckily make a return voyage in order to tell the tale.
It's basically the premise for the world Ezcalli from GURPS Alternate Earths, but what is plausible, if this implausible POD is hand-waved away? Do the Americas become a legend, with which to inspire further explorers, much farther down the timeline? Or do the Carthaginians send more expeditions, soon after?
It's basically the premise for the world Ezcalli from GURPS Alternate Earths, but what is plausible, if this implausible POD is hand-waved away? Do the Americas become a legend, with which to inspire further explorers, much farther down the timeline? Or do the Carthaginians send more expeditions, soon after?