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  1. Rivers in the Pacific Northwest

    I've put up a TL in which Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana are one political unit- Ouragan. the "Land of Three Rivers". For the flag, I've got a vertical green stripe on the far left for the Willamette (ATL William River). I'd like blue and white horizontal stripes representing the Snake (...

  2. Earlier Napoleon

    A thread in the pre-1900 forum reminded me of an old story in which a British traveller meets a French officer in the 1760s or 1770s(?). The officer, a Corsican, has all kinds of ideas for French military triumph, but his lowly birth prevents his advancement. Sound familiar? (I might have asked...

  3. Trotsky lives?

    Interesting article about Jean van Heijenoort, Professor of Mathematical Logic at Columbia, Brandeis, and Stanford- and formerly Trotsky's bodyguard! (And lover of Frida Kahlo.) https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/ray-monk-philosophy-biography-jean-van-heijenoort-kahlo-trotsky What if...

  4. Britannic Iceland in the 17th-18th C

    Just caught this on Wiki- any timelines based on this, or any more info on it?

  5. Romantics: Byron, Shelly, and Keats survive.

    Inspired by the Marlowe thread: were there any two poets luckier than Wordsworth and Coleridge? Their natural successors were Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Wordsworth- 1770-1850, died age 80 Coleridge 1772- 1834, died age 62 Compare- Byron 1788- 1824 died age 36 Shelley 1792- 1822 died age 30...

  6. Scurvy

    A very good essay on how scurvy, totally defeated by the Royal Navy by the early 1800s, made a comeback at the turn of the century ., especially among polar explorers (like Scott), due to mistaken "modern" (at the time) science, combined with Imperial economics...

  7. Query- Russia keeps Alaska; Exile government after Russian Revolution?

    I don't visit this forum often- mostly in pre-1900. Are there any threads where Russia keeps Alaska, and an exile gov't - Czarist, White, republican, or social democratic- sets up in Alaska? (I live in Taiwan, so I'm interested in parallels/)

  8. Expansion of various aspescts of successful Vinland

    If a Vinland settlement was successfully established, how long would it take for various cultural elements to disperse? a) domestication of animals- pigs cows , chickens. sheep, goats, horses. b) cereal farming- barley, wheat c) ironworking/metalworking d) literacy e) shipbuilding f)...

  9. Alexander's capital

    Suppose Alexander lives. He's got eastern capitals in Babylonia or Persepolis; western capitals in Pelia or (more likely) Athens or Thebes- but where is Alexandropolis? Byzantium seems a bit out of the way; Troy? Tyre? Antioch?

  10. Name for Spanish Commonwealth?

    I don't speak any Spanish, so could anybody suggest a likely name for a Commonwealth-type organisation evolving from the Spanish Empire? If it came into existence (assume Napoleon was butterflied away) what do you think the divisions would be?

  11. Napoleon born too early

    Sorry if it has been posted- looking for an old short story by a well-known author. A British traveller in the 18th C, on holiday, meets a French officer who complains bitterly about the Ancien Regime which judges a man by his ties to the aristocracy. As they talk. it becomes obvious (to the...

  12. King of Ireland- after Invasion of 1779

    It's generally accepted that one of the best chances for a successful invasion of Great Britain is the French and Spanish Armada of 1779. Suppose there was an invasion that succeeded, or was at least good enough to rip Ireland away (through force or peace talks) as a separate country? France and...

  13. Alternate Name for British Columbia

    Columbus Day is coming up in the U.S., and with it a flood of articles about him. (It's alright, this is not political.)In an ATL based on western North America becoming a British colony under the name New Albion, I named one of the provinces "Western Columbia"(roughly OTL British Columbia)...

  14. French canals

    I was wondering about the French canal system in the 1700-1900 time range, particularly how extensive it was, and whether there was a possibility of commercial/naval connections between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Could it have offered an alternative to the sea route if that was blocked...

  15. Spain USA Navy 1820s question

    There were a couple of old threads 1-2 years ago discussing the naval powers of Spain and the USA in the early 19th Century. I know, I posted one of them; but the search function won't find them- anybody know them?

  16. Lincoln, Seward assasssinated= President Douglas

    So I thought this up while doing some bitching constructive criticism on AmericanAdam's "Power of the West" TL (This has nothing to do with AA's "New Albion"; everything is identical to OTL until the POD). POD: OTL, In 1859 Thurlow Weed, William Seward's poweful political manager, felt it...

  17. Seward defeats Lincoln

    I'm sure this must have been done, but what if for some reason Seward takes the 1860 nomination- reconciliation with Greeley, better organisation, doesn't take the European tour but still manages not to put his foot in his mouth etc. The argument made against him was that he was so radical the...

  18. Requests: division of Spanish America into kingdoms

    -Sometime in the last couple of months there was a discussion of the division of Spanish America into separate kingdoms at the time of Charles III, late 1700s- anybody know where to find it?

  19. Oregon/Washington Rivers flag info request

    Anybody familiar with the Washington/ Oregon area, specifically colours associated with the Columbia, Willamette and Snake Rivers? This is for a flag for my New Albion timeline, where an expanded Oregon (Ouragon) takes in southern Washington State and stretches east almost to Twin Falls. It's...

  20. Plausibility:France takes Cape Colony before Revolution; Boers to Western Australia?

    Suppose France takes the Cape Colony- maybe a Cliveless world where they retain more of India and want it for the same reason as Britain did. They're also somewhat stronger and richer because of this, so they can hold off the Brits. This is a Catholic France, which doesn't go down well with the...
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