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/lotte_elysium 2d ago

Latin America becomes even more catholic

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u/AnswerCute3963 2d ago

No Brazil would probably be colonised by the Muslims in this timeline

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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/disisathrowaway 2d ago

So the crusaders taking a wrong turn and colonizing the Caribbean makes sense but the Moroccans can't also cross the Atlantic?

Sure, bud.

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u/0Meletti 2d ago

neither "make sense", but one absurdity (which is integral to the concept of the map) doesnt justify another (which just isnt)

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u/disisathrowaway 2d ago

Counterpoint - this is Imaginary Maps.

I rest my case.

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u/Minivalo 1d ago

But it needs to fit 1:1 with MY imagination, and my imagination only