So in a TL where Columbus and Spain don't explore westwards (or doesn't survivie the trip), what if English Explorers make the trip instead, perhaps an eccentric following the old Norse Sagas.
Assuming they succeed, and England uses this to secretly set up a trade network in the New World, with small trade posts for importing Tobacco, and as they move further south, Sugar - what are the likely effects if England is the sole European player in the New World for 130 years, after which the discovery is out of the bag, and other European powers make expeditions.
Assuming they succeed, and England uses this to secretly set up a trade network in the New World, with small trade posts for importing Tobacco, and as they move further south, Sugar - what are the likely effects if England is the sole European player in the New World for 130 years, after which the discovery is out of the bag, and other European powers make expeditions.