Hey Guys,
According to Wikipedia, Britain was offered Iceland by Denmark in return for 'Crab Island' (now Vieques) in the 1780's. What if, instead of keeping a hold on this island, Britain did relinquish it to the Danish in return for Iceland? What would the affects be on Iceland, North Sea development over the centuries, any form of a 'Viking Revival' in Britain, and of course mainly Britain.
Of course in the 1700's around a third of the population was killed by smallpox, then in 1783 a quarter of the population were killed by the volcano erupting and over half the livestock on the island dying off. But let's say that even with these disasters Britain still annexes Iceland, let's say with a little bit of a hand-wave or something the British still take it.
Could we see Iceland being annexed into the UK? Or is that just ASBish? Could we see a large number of Scots, Welsh and possibly Englishmen moving to Iceland? If so would we see some kind of Scando-British development come up?
According to Wikipedia, Britain was offered Iceland by Denmark in return for 'Crab Island' (now Vieques) in the 1780's. What if, instead of keeping a hold on this island, Britain did relinquish it to the Danish in return for Iceland? What would the affects be on Iceland, North Sea development over the centuries, any form of a 'Viking Revival' in Britain, and of course mainly Britain.
Of course in the 1700's around a third of the population was killed by smallpox, then in 1783 a quarter of the population were killed by the volcano erupting and over half the livestock on the island dying off. But let's say that even with these disasters Britain still annexes Iceland, let's say with a little bit of a hand-wave or something the British still take it.
Could we see Iceland being annexed into the UK? Or is that just ASBish? Could we see a large number of Scots, Welsh and possibly Englishmen moving to Iceland? If so would we see some kind of Scando-British development come up?