Map Thread II
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Butterflied... ITTL the Pope sees Britain as a counterweight to the HRE (hence the British Empire, which comes about via a friendly Pope invoking the principle of translatio imperii to piss off the Germans). One consequence of this is that in the 13th century the Pope flees to Britain, and by the 17th there are three competing Papacies, one in London, one in Salzburg and one in Santiago.
None of which is to say that there isn't severe religious strife, it's just that it's a little different to OTL's in many respects. Although in Britain, you still have the problem of an established church being increasingly rejected by *Puritans...
One of the Popes is in Santiago because it's one of the holiest places in Christendom and the Curia there is a puppet of the Leonese King.
As for the lack of a Pope in Rome, that's because the German Emperor decided to keep his tame Pontiff somewhere closer to hand then Italy. It's generally held that the papacy will only return to Rome in the reign of Petrus Romanus, although the origin of this myth is probably Imperial propaganda of the 13th century.
Then it probably simular to my On a Tall White Ship were the son of Henry I, William Adelin, doesn't die in the white ship accident. There is a link in my signature. If you need any help I'd be a willing researcher on the time period for you. I'm guessing that the Powerful Dukes of Aquaitaine are the ones the seize control of France fro your depictions below. From what I've read of the timeperiod the Normans had unrivaled power during that period of time, and if Louis the Fat and Phillip Augustus fialed to set the series of events that they had that the Capets would just return to being the Dukes of Paris, and unable to control the destiny of the French speaking areas.
Thanks, that's really kind of you! I'm intending to focus on the 1600s at present, but I may at some point return to flesh things out earlier on ITTL's history. If things go well I definitely have plans for a prequel telling the tale of the *Conquistadores...
Yeah, that was pretty much what I had in mind.
Other areas have been explored, but the map shows where the British colonies are more or less. There is also a European presence further north in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and settlements in Brazil, but they're out of the scope for the map. As for the Incas, they haven't been conquered because the British are just as happy to trade with them; ITTL Mexico only got conquered because of an over-ambitious explorer disobeying orders (rather like Cortes in fact), and generally at this point in time the emphasis is on trade and influence rather then outright conquest.
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Miskito and Mani are vassals, protectorates, or claimed but unsettled?
Ed, you are simply the most awesome member of AH.com
Seriously Ed, you are outstanding.... how much would it cost me to commission you to do a few maps for me? I'm asking in all seriousness... I'd pay to have you put your touch on a few maps for my work.
i never said that the key was complete. i added ones that i felt needed to be added.
which, in turn, leads to my Native American color. the color is similar to the skin color of the Comanche (rascist but wth, i'm part Navajo) and in another of my maps... posted much much earlier, the color had a major role.
which, in turn, leads to my Native American color. the color is similar to the skin color of the Comanche (rascist but wth, i'm part Navajo) and in another of my maps... posted much much earlier, the color had a major role.
But what nation would it represent? Native Americans are not all one state.
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