As part of my TL I'm working on a slightly different Portuguese Restoration War were Portugal gets help from the English earlier and in greater numbers.
Now, assuming after this Spain tries to settle and gives Portugal up for a lost cause a few years earlier than OTL (wants to end its open conflict with the English, suffered defeats similar to OTL), would would be its demands and what would Portugal willingly part with?
Ceuta will probably remain Spanish as they refuse to submit to the new Portuguese House of Braganza, as per OTL. Tangiers isn't going to the English so Spain can have that too. Maderia seems something not vital to Portuguese interests but also with enough value for Spain to want it (possibly). Also because I felt Spain needed something larger I'm toying with the idea of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique).
Again, not sure how realistic that is though.
I don't include anything in the Americas because that's vital to Portugal. West Africa (Angola) again is a vital link to Brazil. Anything around the Indian Ocean seems a bit too far away for Spain to care about, plus a lot of the smaller islands around Africa are very anti-Spanish.
Any thoughts? Would Ceuta and Tangiers be enough?
Now, assuming after this Spain tries to settle and gives Portugal up for a lost cause a few years earlier than OTL (wants to end its open conflict with the English, suffered defeats similar to OTL), would would be its demands and what would Portugal willingly part with?
Ceuta will probably remain Spanish as they refuse to submit to the new Portuguese House of Braganza, as per OTL. Tangiers isn't going to the English so Spain can have that too. Maderia seems something not vital to Portuguese interests but also with enough value for Spain to want it (possibly). Also because I felt Spain needed something larger I'm toying with the idea of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique).
Again, not sure how realistic that is though.
I don't include anything in the Americas because that's vital to Portugal. West Africa (Angola) again is a vital link to Brazil. Anything around the Indian Ocean seems a bit too far away for Spain to care about, plus a lot of the smaller islands around Africa are very anti-Spanish.
Any thoughts? Would Ceuta and Tangiers be enough?