WI: Islamic sailors discover the New World

I think the Bruneian Empire could discover the New World a couple of decades after the Columbus expedition sailing via the Kuroshio current sailing from Luzon, that is if they are more tolerant of their non-islamic subjects, I know this because of the Galleon trade, this will be a reverse galleon trade if the Bruneians were able to get a slice of the New World.
 
I think the Bruneian Empire could discover the New World a couple of decades after the Columbus expedition sailing via the Kuroshio current sailing from Luzon, that is if they are more tolerant of their non-islamic subjects, I know this because of the Galleon trade, this will be a reverse galleon trade if the Bruneians were able to get a slice of the New World.

Through the pacific? No. I don't think they had the capability to sail half that length.

One thing we have to remember is the motivation. Why would Al-Andalus try to go west? There were already good, if long, trade routes and since the Muslims were generally better educated than the 15th century Europeans during the whole of the middle ages they knew it would be impossible to reach Asia sailing that way.
 
Through the pacific? No. I don't think they had the capability to sail half that length.

One thing we have to remember is the motivation. Why would Al-Andalus try to go west? There were already good, if long, trade routes and since the Muslims were generally better educated than the 15th century Europeans during the whole of the middle ages they knew it would be impossible to reach Asia sailing that way.

In search of new lands to exploit? As part of a voyage that got blown off course from an African one, leading to them wondering if Brazil (by whatever name) is all there is, or if there's even more?
 
Through the pacific? No. I don't think they had the capability to sail half that length.

One thing we have to remember is the motivation. Why would Al-Andalus try to go west? There were already good, if long, trade routes and since the Muslims were generally better educated than the 15th century Europeans during the whole of the middle ages they knew it would be impossible to reach Asia sailing that way.

It was fairly well-known throughout Europe by the time of Columbus that it was impossible to get that fair to Asia. he simply chose not to believe it.
 
Through the pacific? No. I don't think they had the capability to sail half that length.

One thing we have to remember is the motivation. Why would Al-Andalus try to go west? There were already good, if long, trade routes and since the Muslims were generally better educated than the 15th century Europeans during the whole of the middle ages they knew it would be impossible to reach Asia sailing that way.

Actually, the Malagassy from Borneo travelled a long open sea to be able to settle Madagascar, I don't see why Borneans can't travel in a very long distance again.

I think Al-Andalus settling the Americas combined with Vinland surviving would make a very Interesting timeline...
 
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Lusitania

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The issue is are we taliking about a boatload of Moroccans who are shipwrecked in the new world. There have been stories of Roman and other people who made it to the New World but in the end they had little or no impact.

I think that Arab ships would have a hard time to make a round trip to the New World.
 
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