After doing some more research (and taking a lot of time off), I've decided to create a new timeline. This timeline is the reincarnation of sorts of my older one, Columbian North, and will hopefully last a lot longer. I hope to solve some issues I had with the last one. Anyway, here goes!
Note: I will be Spanish-izing some terms here. When I do, I will put the OTL word in parentheses afterwards. (like this.)
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1492
January: A butterfly flaps its wings in China. It has no idea it has just changed the history of the human race forever.
Spring: Christopher Columbus secures funding for his proposed voyage to find a western route to Asia.
March: Ferdinand and Isabella issue a decree expelling all Jews from Spain.
June: Rough weather begins off the coast of Yucatan.
August: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de La Frontera. In late August, the rough weather off the Yucatan solidifies into a full-blown hurricane.
September: The hurricane has died down into tropical storm levels. On the Santa Maria, menacing clouds appear on the horizon. Columbus confers with the captains of the the other two ships, and they agree to change course northwest to avoid the storm. They manageto avoid the worst of the winds but the Pinta suffers some sail damage.
October: On October 15, land is sighted for the first time by a sailor aboard the Nina. Colombus and crew go ashore near OTL Norfolk, where they are greeted by the native Nadoa (Nottoway) tribes. Columbus claims the land for Spain but sees nothing that particularly arouses his interest, except for a certain plant the natives call tabago (tobacco). Columbus trades some cloth trinkets for a good supply to show the Spanish court back in Madrid. Columbus concludes this must be a land north of China, and sets sail to the south to try and find it. However, as they set sail the already damaged Pinta hits a sandbar and is forced to be abandoned.
As the other ships are already fuill to capacity, Columbus convinces the local Nadoa chief to allow his sailors to build a settlement near their landing site. This settlement is named, ironically, Buenos Ventos (Good Winds). Columbus promises to pick his stranded men up on his return voyage, and sails south with his remaining two ships.
November: Columbus follows the coastline, making contact with local chiefs along the way. He makes contact with Cecotán (Secotan), Toscarora (Tuscarora), and Pomoica (Pamlico) tribes. Nothing he sees truly impresses him, but he takes on several turkeys, a bushel of pecans and some pumpkins as examples of the treasures of the Orient. He observes the natives posess small quatities of gold, but not heaps as the tall tales of China would have it. He continues south.
December:
Columbus reaches the mouth of the Santi (Santee) river. A trading mission with a local Santi tribe goes wrong, however, when one of Columbus's sailors gets in a fight with a Santi tribesman over the barter price of a gold medallion. Columbus's men intervene on the side of the sailor and soon enough, it comes to blows. The Santi party is defeated by Spanish guns and several natives taken captive. However, several of Columbus's sailors had perished in the fight, and Columbus decided to head back for Spain.
1493
March: After traveling by way of the Azores, Columbus arrives in Cadiz. His account of his voyage would make a stir throughout Spain and all of Europe...
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A map of the First Voyage:
Note: I will be Spanish-izing some terms here. When I do, I will put the OTL word in parentheses afterwards. (like this.)
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1492
January: A butterfly flaps its wings in China. It has no idea it has just changed the history of the human race forever.
Spring: Christopher Columbus secures funding for his proposed voyage to find a western route to Asia.
March: Ferdinand and Isabella issue a decree expelling all Jews from Spain.
June: Rough weather begins off the coast of Yucatan.
August: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de La Frontera. In late August, the rough weather off the Yucatan solidifies into a full-blown hurricane.
September: The hurricane has died down into tropical storm levels. On the Santa Maria, menacing clouds appear on the horizon. Columbus confers with the captains of the the other two ships, and they agree to change course northwest to avoid the storm. They manageto avoid the worst of the winds but the Pinta suffers some sail damage.
October: On October 15, land is sighted for the first time by a sailor aboard the Nina. Colombus and crew go ashore near OTL Norfolk, where they are greeted by the native Nadoa (Nottoway) tribes. Columbus claims the land for Spain but sees nothing that particularly arouses his interest, except for a certain plant the natives call tabago (tobacco). Columbus trades some cloth trinkets for a good supply to show the Spanish court back in Madrid. Columbus concludes this must be a land north of China, and sets sail to the south to try and find it. However, as they set sail the already damaged Pinta hits a sandbar and is forced to be abandoned.
As the other ships are already fuill to capacity, Columbus convinces the local Nadoa chief to allow his sailors to build a settlement near their landing site. This settlement is named, ironically, Buenos Ventos (Good Winds). Columbus promises to pick his stranded men up on his return voyage, and sails south with his remaining two ships.
November: Columbus follows the coastline, making contact with local chiefs along the way. He makes contact with Cecotán (Secotan), Toscarora (Tuscarora), and Pomoica (Pamlico) tribes. Nothing he sees truly impresses him, but he takes on several turkeys, a bushel of pecans and some pumpkins as examples of the treasures of the Orient. He observes the natives posess small quatities of gold, but not heaps as the tall tales of China would have it. He continues south.
December:
Columbus reaches the mouth of the Santi (Santee) river. A trading mission with a local Santi tribe goes wrong, however, when one of Columbus's sailors gets in a fight with a Santi tribesman over the barter price of a gold medallion. Columbus's men intervene on the side of the sailor and soon enough, it comes to blows. The Santi party is defeated by Spanish guns and several natives taken captive. However, several of Columbus's sailors had perished in the fight, and Columbus decided to head back for Spain.
1493
March: After traveling by way of the Azores, Columbus arrives in Cadiz. His account of his voyage would make a stir throughout Spain and all of Europe...
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A map of the First Voyage:
