Reconquista continues to North Africa

It kind of did. The Portuguese conquered Cueta (in modern day Morrocco IIRC). The capture of Ceuta in 1415 led the Portuguese into looking for a way to get at the profitable India/China trade as well as the trans Saharan trade. The capture of Ceuta led to the establishment of ports along the coast of Africa and the establishment of the base at Goa and in Timor. Also lead to Da Gama's and Magellan's voyages.

This encouraged the Spanish kings to fund a little Genoan by the name of Christopher Columbus.
 
Reconquista continues to North Africa,if this happens what are the consequences.
If you want to do a TL a good point might be after Las Navas de Tolosa. Have Ferdinand III live a few years longer and may be the Castillians will push right on into the Maghreb.
 

Raymann

Banned
If you want to do a TL a good point might be after Las Navas de Tolosa. Have Ferdinand III live a few years longer and may be the Castillians will push right on into the Maghreb.

You would need to avoid the Italian Wars also. Perhaps offer Jews and Muslims land in Africa in exchange for their support.
 
Just prevent Charles V from becoming Carlos I.

By the time he was arriving to Spain an expedition to take Oran was being prepared. He was constantly blamed by the spaniards of the era for forgetting the coast of Africa. There was a generalized sense in Castille and in Aragon that the Magreb should be taken from Tunis to Morocco in order to prevent the return of the Moors or at least the attacks from the barbarian pirates (I mean from Barbary).
 

Thande

Donor
A common idea on here seems to be that if America's discovery had been delayed, the energy that Spain put into conquistadors would have gone into powering the Reconquista into North Africa instead. Although one should consider that in such a situation Spain would be without the New World gold that gave it such a short-term economic shot in the arm.
 
Delay Columbus's voyage to the Americas by a couple of decades or have his journey end up with him and his crew dying and disappearing off from the face of the Earth. Plus nixing the Hapsburgs from rising in power in Spain would grant the Spaniards the chance to lay waste into North Africa. Basically North Africa from Fez to Tunis if not to Tripoli would end up Romance-speaking and majority Christian.
 

mowque

Banned
Delay Columbus's voyage to the Americas by a couple of decades or have his journey end up with him and his crew dying and disappearing off from the face of the Earth. Plus nixing the Hapsburgs from rising in power in Spain would grant the Spaniards the chance to lay waste into North Africa. Basically North Africa from Fez to Tunis if not to Tripoli would end up Romance-speaking and majority Christian.

*squints* Can you up the font size, please?
 

mowque

Banned
A common idea on here seems to be that if America's discovery had been delayed, the energy that Spain put into conquistadors would have gone into powering the Reconquista into North Africa instead. Although one should consider that in such a situation Spain would be without the New World gold that gave it such a short-term economic shot in the arm.

Didn't that inrush of gold also trash the European economy?
 
*squints* Can you up the font size, please?

I apologize mate.

Delay Columbus's voyage to the Americas by a couple of decades or have his journey end up with him and his crew dying and disappearing off from the face of the Earth. Plus nixing the Hapsburgs from rising in power in Spain would grant the Spaniards the chance to lay waste into North Africa. Basically North Africa from Fez to Tunis if not to Tripoli would end up Romance-speaking and majority Christian.
 
A common idea on here seems to be that if America's discovery had been delayed, the energy that Spain put into conquistadors would have gone into powering the Reconquista into North Africa instead. Although one should consider that in such a situation Spain would be without the New World gold that gave it such a short-term economic shot in the arm.

Well, after all, most of the american precious metal (mainly silver, despite the myth about american gold) was spent in the european wars, so, without Americas and without Charles V the iberian situation probably is only slighty worse than OTL in economical terms.

But this scenario would change a bit the things. Unknown adventurers gaining prestige, titles and social status like in OTL Americas would have less oportunities, since the north africans are a stronger opposition than indigenous americans (so, 500 guys and 20 horses couldn't do much, and they are not going to have local support) So, that kind of people should comform with less valuable booty. Thus, probably that means the great nobles will have more importance in the conquest of north Africa.

Also, it would be interesting the ottoman reaction.

Didn't that inrush of gold also trash the European economy?

I could be wrong, but I think that, although it trashed the european economy in short-term causing a wave of hiper-inflation, in long-term also allowed the rise of capitals that founded the ulterior development in Europe.
 
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