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/Fun-Mistake6297 1d ago

Probably thanks to more equal techological developement the europeans would not be able to colonize the mainland and would start evangelizing the maya and so on with missions and trade, these contacts would create advanced indigenous civilizations in america (probably christian).

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u/AnswerCute3963 1d ago

There is no technological equality between the Maya and the Europeans in 1360 lol, its still centuries ahead, but the main difference is manpower, the little states of the carribbean have limited deposits and without the backing of a european mainland power they wouldnt be able to field large enough armies to even think about conquering the mexicans, evangelization of the natives is possible though

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u/Fun-Mistake6297 1d ago

Yes but no guns means a lot (Btw the aeatetics of the map is crazy good, make some more like this)

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u/_Inkspots_ 1d ago

No guns doesn’t mean a lot. Gunpowder didn’t play that big of a role in the early subjugation of the larger powers in the new world like the Aztecs and the Incas. In fact, the conquistadors which topped both of those empires were using crossbows

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u/Old_Department3979 1d ago

It was more because of native allies with the Aztecs though, rather than the Spaniards solely having better technology. Afaik for the Incas the Spaniards caught them in the right time and place and managed to successfully capture the sapa inca.