Nice map, Eli!
In Pecos, it should be Nueva Madrid, instead of Nuevo Madrid, I believe.
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In Pecos, it should be Nueva Madrid, instead of Nuevo Madrid, I believe.
Nice map, Eli!
In Pecos, it should be Nueva Madrid, instead of Nuevo Madrid, I believe.
Nuevo Madrid, not Nueva Madrid, as in "el Madrid de los Austrias"
Sorry, I stand corrected.
You're a native speaker of Spanish, and I'm not.
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Very nice, though I had to open it in another tab to see it. I like all the independent Midwestern microstates; it's a nice change from big square American blocks.
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Beautiful.
Thanks!
California was very densely settled starting in the mid XIX century when Chinese immigration started from the war-torn country. Unlike the US IOTL, Mexico never enacted any legislation restricting it, and in fact encouraged foreign immigration and settlement of the northern territories. Polish immigrants escaping the crushing of the 1859 uprising, and Italians escaping poverty contributed significantly as well.
Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, Italian, Irish and Polish workers helped build up industry and lay down rail networks which truly connected California with the south and in turn contributed to building up infrastructure in the interior regions like Nuevo Mexico, Chaco (which was founded after the growth of Ciudad Plata and Confluencia Grande as major industrial hubs on the San Francisco-Veracruz railroad), Chihuahua, and San Elizario.
Irish volunteers joining the Mexican Army in the both the Mexican-American and Anglo-Mexican Wars, as well as significant peacetime emigration resulted in the foundation of the states of Riley and Almitrano (named after the men who founded the Batallon de San Patricio) as well as the state of San Patricio, which was separated from the rest of Texas when the population voted for a proposal to pass through the senate. The state of Azogue was founded from the significant mineral wealth of the region, and also included a special autonomous region for the Navajo living there. Arcangel Miguel was founded due to the very rapid growth of the city of Los Angeles.
The west is populated even more densely than OTL in places, and making it all one or even two states wouldn't have been practical for the Mexican Union.
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EliBarrowBoy, you probably should find a more reliable and convenient image upload service. I think it's common to hotlink from a DeviantArt account.
But yes, fantastic map, but it would be much more appreciated if we knew the backstory.
But yes, fantastic map, but it would be much more appreciated if we knew the backstory.
Depends on the language, in Castillian, yes, it's Montaña, however in Aragonese it's Montanya and in Catalo-Valencian, Muntanya, so if the region was settled or founded by someone immigrating from one of those places, it could make sense.
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On top of that, there's the possibility of linguistic drift and/or a spelling reform.
Thanks!
California was very densely settled starting in the mid XIX century when Chinese immigration started from the war-torn country. Unlike the US IOTL, Mexico never enacted any legislation restricting it, and in fact encouraged foreign immigration and settlement of the northern territories. Polish immigrants escaping the crushing of the 1859 uprising, and Italians escaping poverty contributed significantly as well.
Increasing the number of states in the north as population grows seems sensible enough - I find Chaco and New Mexico rather more of a problem. Population is concentrated along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, especially in the north: dividing it in two along the river would split in two a number of naturally joined communities.
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Has anyone ever animated all of the basemaps together?
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