WI : England rediscovers the New World

Remember that England sent Cabot out in 1497, iirc, but didn't do anything aside from fishing the Grand Banks for a century.

It's not obvious that they'd behave much differently ittl.
 
It's not obvious that they'd behave much differently ittl.

Mind, if the Spanish are making the decision to explore and colonize based on what they're hearing from England, "oh, the English are sitting around and salting cod again this year" is probably going to dampen a lot of the Spanish crown's enthusiasm for adventures in the New World.
 
Mind, if the Spanish are making the decision to explore and colonize based on what they're hearing from England, "oh, the English are sitting around and salting cod again this year" is probably going to dampen a lot of the Spanish crown's enthusiasm for adventures in the New World.
Fishing was really profitable and Spain had a long tradition of shipping. Killing Basques wasn't a punishable in Iceland until recently for a reason
 
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