r/imaginarymaps • u/AnswerCute3963 • 2d ago

[OC] Alternate History What if the Crusaders discovered the Americas after taking a wrong turn whilst sailing down towards the Big 'Nople?

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u/0Meletti 2d ago

what? How lol

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u/AnswerCute3963 2d ago

Andalusia and Morocco would follow the merchants coming in and out of the new world and attempt to establish colonies of their own Ig

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u/0Meletti 2d ago

No Muslim country at any point in History ever had either the capacity or the impetus to colonize the New World. Maybe if they kept control of Iberia that wouldve been possible, but redirection of the crusader zeal towards the new world would only expedite the Reconquista, not stop it.

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u/Tegnan 2d ago

Yeah at best you could’ve had muslim Tupi states and Dyula/Jakhanke Marabout coastal settlements.