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What if Portugal goes westwards instead of eastwards. Their major breakthrough is to discover America instead of sailing south of Africa?

How would Spain react, and Portugal be able to conquer similar areas as Spain did OTL and keep it?

The reason I ponder this, is because I'm working on a TL where there is a succesful Vinland settlement, which starts trading a lot with Europe in the 1300s and the stories of gold in the south start leaking into Europe after 1400.

Now at this time Portugal seems to be the one most advanced in sailing, and if they are sure in 1400 that there is land in the west surely they'd go beyond the Azores.

I see England as a possibility as well, since it's English and Hanseatic traders that trade with the Vinlanders mostly. But it depends mostly on the initiative of rulers.

But anyway, the question, is, Portugal in new world 1420 or 1430, what next?

Though you may well ponder on other things as well and comment on whatever you wish to in connection to this.
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