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Ferdinando de Medici, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, toyed with the ideas of establishing colonies, both in North Africa (after Tuscan successes against the Barbary pirates) and in South America. For the latter effort he employed Robert Thornton, and it seemed as if the endeavour would be successful, except Ferdinando died before Thornton's return, and Cosimo II had no interest in colonies overseas.

So, employing some handwavium lets have Ferdinando live long enough to see the setting up of his colonies (doesn't matter if in Africa or South America), what effects does it have on Tuscany?
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