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Let's say that our dear friend Christopher Columbus and his crew is captured in Hispaniola by Anacaona and either left stranded there without possibility of return or outright executed. Shouldn't be too hard as Columbus's men were poorly armed and numbered no more than 90.
What happens? Does Spain finance another expedition? Does Portugal do something similar? Is European colonialism averted this way?