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Post by jasonsnow on Apr 8, 2018 22:37:11 GMT
No, people, Columbus did not discover the Americas.
Fortunately, the fame of Viking explorer Leif Erikson has slowly increased, and the knowledge that he was the first European to witness the Americas in around 999 AD has been more widely known. In that year, he and his crew arrived in the mythical lands of Newfoundland, a land ruled by unexplored nature and savage natives. He named this land Vinland, or "Land of Wine", where he wintered over before returning home. However, the Vinland settlement soon withered due to lack of settlers and the hostile terrain, doomed to eventually be abandoned, and Leif's tale was bound to be forgotten. It wouldn't be until centuries later until Columbus came in 1492.
But what if Leif's settlement had thrived? Let's say people from Greenland and Iceland became interested and came to Vinland, making it grow into a thriving colony. How would history play out?
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Post by jasonsnow on Apr 9, 2018 14:00:16 GMT
Obviously, Vikings would explore further south and west, conquering the lands of the Hudson Bay and possibly even northern Maine. Explorers from Greenland could explore the northern Canadian Archipelago, going as far out as Nunavut, the Northeastern Territories and western Alaska. Other European kingdoms may attempt to explore this mythical Viking lands, however, access will be closely restricted. Can this newfound power save the Vikings from collapsing in 1200, allowing them to thrive at least another century?
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Post by lordroel on Apr 9, 2018 14:02:03 GMT
Obviously, Vikings would explore further south and west, conquering the lands of the Hudson Bay and possibly even northern Maine. Explorers from Greenland could explore the northern Canadian Archipelago, going as far out as Nunavut, the Northeastern Territories and western Alaska. Other European kingdoms may attempt to explore this mythical Viking lands, however, access will be closely restricted. Can this newfound power save the Vikings from collapsing in 1200, allowing them to thrive at least another century? Well i do not know, but it would be interesting to see a Viking Kingdom survive ore what ever it will be. |
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Post by jasonsnow on Apr 9, 2018 14:03:39 GMT
Obviously, Vikings would explore further south and west, conquering the lands of the Hudson Bay and possibly even northern Maine. Explorers from Greenland could explore the northern Canadian Archipelago, going as far out as Nunavut, the Northeastern Territories and western Alaska. Other European kingdoms may attempt to explore this mythical Viking lands, however, access will be closely restricted. Can this newfound power save the Vikings from collapsing in 1200, allowing them to thrive at least another century? Well i do not know, but it would be interesting to see a Viking Kingdom survive ore what ever it will be. Can you imagine a new Viking realm in modern Canada? It's bound to make them superpower level. Hell, maybe even a successful Viking invasion of the British isles. That's quite the POD. |
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Post by lordroel on Apr 9, 2018 14:04:56 GMT
Well i do not know, but it would be interesting to see a Viking Kingdom survive ore what ever it will be. Can you imagine a new Viking realm in modern Canada? It's bound to make them superpower level. Hell, maybe even a successful Viking invasion of the British isles. That's quite the POD. Well you first need a level of Vikings in America population to do that. |
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Post by jasonsnow on Apr 9, 2018 14:15:19 GMT
Can you imagine a new Viking realm in modern Canada? It's bound to make them superpower level. Hell, maybe even a successful Viking invasion of the British isles. That's quite the POD. Well you first need a level of Vikings in America population to do that. Let's say the initial population of Vinland is 1,000. In 15 years, having in consideration the harsh nature and incoming settlers, the population may reach 2,200. That's a yearly 80-people increase. Slowly, those 80 people will become 90, then 100, and so on, until you reach a yearly 5,000 people, enough to sustain an important settlement and exploration. Add to that a few dozen yearly people coming from Greenland. Of course, this is unrealistic by OTL standards, but let's say this happens because... idk, Vikings like wine or something. |
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