naval technology

  1. How advanced could native South American seafaring become if the Moche had invented the outrigger canoe around 250 AD?

    This is my other Native American seafaring POD (might do another), as Native American seafaring is something deeply fascinating to me, and I personally think that the South Americans were the most advanced, due to both their sail use and their potential contact with Polynesians. And yet, I...

  2. Effects of the independent invention of the outrigger canoe by Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.

    What exactly would happen if the Tlingit, or some other Pacific Northwest Native American people, invented the outrigger canoe independently? I know the Native American tribes of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska already had a impressive record of seafaring with their canoes, and already traded...
  3. AltoRegnant

    Assuming Early Colonization: How Far South Could You Sail From Carolina In 1495?

    So I'm working on my timeline, The Death of Ferdinand, and in it, Charles VIII hired Columbus instead of Castile (under Joanna, Isabella's rival claimant), and he has established a small settlement in Carolina, I'm thinking near the border of them. Now, they've found some small bits of quartz...
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