Post by simpleton on Nov 2, 2017 18:22:33 GMT
In 1566 the most powerful man on earth, Philip II, emperor of Spain and Portugal is fed up with wasteful war in Europe and slow progress in the huge, sparsely populated colonies (most native Americans succumbed to disease). He realizes that Holland is financing its war thanks to spices from the far east and to England. He knows that Dutch colonies are defended by fewer than 2,000 Europeans, so seizing them from the Philippines will be much easier and far more profittable than fighting hundreds of thousands of Dutch over a tiny territory in Holland. Investing his wealth to develop the immense Americas and conquer the valuable Pacific and Indian Ocean territories is much wiser than wasting all the wealth from sugar, gold, silver, cacao, vanilla, etc, in European wars for meager gains.
Accordingly, he decides to move the imperial capital every 2 years to expedite westward expansion of the Empire and its economy, navy, merchant fleet and army.
He moves the Imperial capital to Acapulco to develop the extremely sparsely populated Pacific Americas. He immediately realizes that sending the goods from the Philippines to Europe through Mexico is much more costly and slow than sending them across the Indian and Atlantic Ocean. Moreover it makes a lot more sense to move goods and people between the Pacific and Atlantic through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, than along extremely long roads from Acapulco to Veracruz.
He strongly promotes migration to the Pacific and builds an excellent road across the Gulf of Tehuantepec for people to make rapidly and safely the crossing.
He builds 20 large shipyards in the PI, Hawaii, Acapulco, Barra de Navidad, Manzanillo, Lima, Mollendo, Guam, Valparaiso, San Diego, San Pedro, etc, to rapidly expand the navy and merchant fleet and to provide jobs for settlers and natives. He also greatly expands ship building also in Cuba, Spain, Brazil, Angola, Porugal, Veracruz, Tabasco, Cartagena, Maracaibo, Santo Domingo, Mozambique, Goa, Cape Verde, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, etc,
His mighty fleet soon wipes out piracy and enables the capture of Jamaica, T & T, Antigua, Sta. Lucia, Belize, Aruba, Curacao, Haiti, Bonaire, British & Dutch Guiana, eliminating safe haven for pirates and the RN and French navy and taking away the income that sugar yield for England and France. Spain-Portugal has the sugar monopoly
Instead of a single nao from Manila to Acapulco and viceversa per year, Philip sends 20 naos from the DEI and Manila to Europe and the Atlantic Americas and one from manila to the Pacific Americas, with Japanese, Indian and Chinese settlers, silk, china, spices, manila rope, etc,
He sends periodic expeditions to the west from Acapulco and soon discovers overcrowded Hawaii, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, etc, which he invades. He relocates tens of thousands of young Hawaiians to populate the Pacific coast of the Americas. He recruits Filipinos and Hawaiian to assist Spaniards in the invasions of the weak DEI, Formosa, Okinawa and the coasts of Thailand and Indochina, where he recruits more men. He directs the settlement of Chile, Peru, Pacific New Spain and north of Spanish territory. He also orders the settlement of the Noth American coast and annexation of extremely weak New France With the emperor in Acapulco, a large number of Europeans migrate to the Pacific coast. He organizes the settlement of New Zealand (Nueva Vasconia) and Australia.
From Acapulco, Philip moves the Capital to Lima, where he organizes colonization of Peru, Chile Eucador, etc, mining, shipbuilding, roadbuilding, metal smelting, etc, greatly boosting migration and the economy. He realizes that quinine, coca, quinoa, balsa wood, etc, are invaluable export items and ups their production.
After 2 years he moves the capital to Manila, whence he oversees the invasion of Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Singapore and the DEI and raises a large army of Filipinos, Japanese, Thais, Indochinese, DEI natives, etc, to eventually invade the Chinese coast with the now huge Spanish navy and army.
Philipp moves the capital to Surabaya, whence he organizes the invasion of the Chinese coast, Sakhalin, Malaya, Ceylon, Rangoon, Mauritius, South Africa and India and the building oif shipyards, roads, towns, etc, and settlement of Borneo with young Japanese, Formosans, Filipinoes, Chinamen, etc,
The capital then moves to Capetown, when he directs the settlement and development of South Africa, Angola, Mozambique and exploration of the Namibian coast, Zambia, Rhodesia, etc, (all of which receive completely different names). Spanish prospectors soon find gold and diamonds. Spain-Portugal controls the diamon monopoly in Brazil and South Africa-Namibia. Philip directs the invasion of India and the coast of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (with Indian, Spanish and African troops)
Philip moves the capital to Rio and greatly develops Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Guiana (there is now only one) and Venezuela.
With a huge fleet and army from dozens of colonies, Philip moves the capital to Palermo, whence he directs the invasion of the Ottoman and French Empires, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Persia. A large Indian and Chinese army advances from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, while an immense fleet performs 50 different landings along the Mediterranean Ottoman and French coast and 10 landings along the French coast. Spain also occupies Ireland and relocates a million Irish to the colonies, reducing overcroiwding. France and Persia collapse in 2 months and the Ottoman Empire collapses in 3 months. Philip organizes the reclaiming of the former Bizantine Empire by Christian settlers.
Finally, Philip moves the Capital to Constantinople (so renamed), whence he signs a coalition with Catholic Poland, Bavaria and Austria, to invade Switzerland, Holland, Prussia and Scandinavia.
Spain invades Denmark and the Spanish fleet transport Spanish and Polish troops to invade Sweden and Norway. Polish, Bavarian, Austrian and Spanish troops rapidly occupy Prussia, Hanover, Holland, etc, Then a huge army enters Russia from the Baltic and Black Seas and by land from the Causacus, Romania, Poland, Finland, etc, Russia collapses in 2 months.
In under two decades Philip rules around the world. The sun truly never sets in Spain.
Accordingly, he decides to move the imperial capital every 2 years to expedite westward expansion of the Empire and its economy, navy, merchant fleet and army.
He moves the Imperial capital to Acapulco to develop the extremely sparsely populated Pacific Americas. He immediately realizes that sending the goods from the Philippines to Europe through Mexico is much more costly and slow than sending them across the Indian and Atlantic Ocean. Moreover it makes a lot more sense to move goods and people between the Pacific and Atlantic through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, than along extremely long roads from Acapulco to Veracruz.
He strongly promotes migration to the Pacific and builds an excellent road across the Gulf of Tehuantepec for people to make rapidly and safely the crossing.
He builds 20 large shipyards in the PI, Hawaii, Acapulco, Barra de Navidad, Manzanillo, Lima, Mollendo, Guam, Valparaiso, San Diego, San Pedro, etc, to rapidly expand the navy and merchant fleet and to provide jobs for settlers and natives. He also greatly expands ship building also in Cuba, Spain, Brazil, Angola, Porugal, Veracruz, Tabasco, Cartagena, Maracaibo, Santo Domingo, Mozambique, Goa, Cape Verde, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, etc,
His mighty fleet soon wipes out piracy and enables the capture of Jamaica, T & T, Antigua, Sta. Lucia, Belize, Aruba, Curacao, Haiti, Bonaire, British & Dutch Guiana, eliminating safe haven for pirates and the RN and French navy and taking away the income that sugar yield for England and France. Spain-Portugal has the sugar monopoly
Instead of a single nao from Manila to Acapulco and viceversa per year, Philip sends 20 naos from the DEI and Manila to Europe and the Atlantic Americas and one from manila to the Pacific Americas, with Japanese, Indian and Chinese settlers, silk, china, spices, manila rope, etc,
He sends periodic expeditions to the west from Acapulco and soon discovers overcrowded Hawaii, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, etc, which he invades. He relocates tens of thousands of young Hawaiians to populate the Pacific coast of the Americas. He recruits Filipinos and Hawaiian to assist Spaniards in the invasions of the weak DEI, Formosa, Okinawa and the coasts of Thailand and Indochina, where he recruits more men. He directs the settlement of Chile, Peru, Pacific New Spain and north of Spanish territory. He also orders the settlement of the Noth American coast and annexation of extremely weak New France With the emperor in Acapulco, a large number of Europeans migrate to the Pacific coast. He organizes the settlement of New Zealand (Nueva Vasconia) and Australia.
From Acapulco, Philip moves the Capital to Lima, where he organizes colonization of Peru, Chile Eucador, etc, mining, shipbuilding, roadbuilding, metal smelting, etc, greatly boosting migration and the economy. He realizes that quinine, coca, quinoa, balsa wood, etc, are invaluable export items and ups their production.
After 2 years he moves the capital to Manila, whence he oversees the invasion of Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Singapore and the DEI and raises a large army of Filipinos, Japanese, Thais, Indochinese, DEI natives, etc, to eventually invade the Chinese coast with the now huge Spanish navy and army.
Philipp moves the capital to Surabaya, whence he organizes the invasion of the Chinese coast, Sakhalin, Malaya, Ceylon, Rangoon, Mauritius, South Africa and India and the building oif shipyards, roads, towns, etc, and settlement of Borneo with young Japanese, Formosans, Filipinoes, Chinamen, etc,
The capital then moves to Capetown, when he directs the settlement and development of South Africa, Angola, Mozambique and exploration of the Namibian coast, Zambia, Rhodesia, etc, (all of which receive completely different names). Spanish prospectors soon find gold and diamonds. Spain-Portugal controls the diamon monopoly in Brazil and South Africa-Namibia. Philip directs the invasion of India and the coast of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (with Indian, Spanish and African troops)
Philip moves the capital to Rio and greatly develops Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Guiana (there is now only one) and Venezuela.
With a huge fleet and army from dozens of colonies, Philip moves the capital to Palermo, whence he directs the invasion of the Ottoman and French Empires, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Persia. A large Indian and Chinese army advances from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, while an immense fleet performs 50 different landings along the Mediterranean Ottoman and French coast and 10 landings along the French coast. Spain also occupies Ireland and relocates a million Irish to the colonies, reducing overcroiwding. France and Persia collapse in 2 months and the Ottoman Empire collapses in 3 months. Philip organizes the reclaiming of the former Bizantine Empire by Christian settlers.
Finally, Philip moves the Capital to Constantinople (so renamed), whence he signs a coalition with Catholic Poland, Bavaria and Austria, to invade Switzerland, Holland, Prussia and Scandinavia.
Spain invades Denmark and the Spanish fleet transport Spanish and Polish troops to invade Sweden and Norway. Polish, Bavarian, Austrian and Spanish troops rapidly occupy Prussia, Hanover, Holland, etc, Then a huge army enters Russia from the Baltic and Black Seas and by land from the Causacus, Romania, Poland, Finland, etc, Russia collapses in 2 months.
In under two decades Philip rules around the world. The sun truly never sets in Spain.