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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

hypothetically, if Columbus journey would have sunk in a storm.

How long would it have been until another European would have tried?

10 years, 50years? a century??

or maybe an asian expedition reaching across the Bering straight would have found it?

Would the meme be a hiccup in history, or a significant change?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    If the second fleet to Sydney had lost one more ship, the whole colony would have died of starvation and the British would have redirected their efforts to a tiny island north of New Zealand instead of trying to make Australia viable.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Maybe 10 years, everyone was scrambling to find a short route to India for spices and other goods, Portugal and Spain were fairly set on going West to India, even if a few expeditions failed it wouldn’t have stopped them.

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