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Honestly, I think Kongo must have obtained the Mutapan territory through rebellion because I can't see how they would have gotten there. I wasn't paying much attention to that war because I didn't anything would happen. I've been omitting a whole pile of dumb wars between countries that can't get at each other. England and Denmark have spent much of the last seventy-five years "at war" with Vijayanagar and Ming and so on. Which is part of the reason Europe has been dull lately.
I seriously hope England and Denmark haven't lost any soldiers due to their ships sinking.
Sorry to hear about the dumb European AI interfering across oceans that it can't navigate. It is interesting to see Vijayanagar becoming a weird colonial power, exerting influence throughout the Indian Ocean. Where are Navarra's colonies in Africa, by the way? It sounds like they disappeared. If the weren't using the islands, I'm not surprised. Historically, The trading posts that Europeans set up on the African coast never exceeded populations of ~500 Europeans unitl quinine was discovered. Most only had a dozen or so. By contrast, the island of Madeira (far from the Malaria ridden areas of sub-Saharan Africa) grew rich from the profits made by growing sugar. Once again, an example of disease dominating history.
Leaving that tangent, the colonialism in the game is getting quite fascinating. The Basque New World, Danish and Irish posts on the coast. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Leaving that tangent, the colonialism in the game is getting quite fascinating. The Basque New World, Danish and Irish posts on the coast. I can't wait to see what happens next.
I hope you're playing along with the story (if so you got me good), otherwise...
I'm pretty sure that's just their cover story for where all the New World goods are coming from. We don't want the Danes to get curious and realise there's a giant mass of 'empty' land that they're in prime position to settle.
We all want the danes to succeed, Danish Spain is way cooler then Spanish Spain.
But regarding Navarran Africa, if you look at the map in 1621, where Navarran Africa use to be, is now Austrian land, which means it is referring to North America
But regarding Navarran Africa, if you look at the map in 1621, where Navarran Africa use to be, is now Austrian land, which means it is referring to North America
Their only real African colony has been Arguin thus far. Austria obtained its colonies in that area from Genoa, whose color is similar to Navarra's. If you've read the whole AAR and are still confused, look at Sirk's spoiler. Something along those lines is what's being said by Navarra according to the AAR.
In other news, I prefer a successful Navarra over a successful Denmark, and I don't see both of those coexisting for too long.
Except the Basques, who want it to secede
Except they are Basque. The Basques have it made.
Actually, I believe WolfSnakeCaffer is right. The colony at Arguin was originally Navarran--it was their first colony. It was probably captured by Genoa during one of the Austro/Navarran wars against Genoa, then taken by Austria later on, since colonies get transferred without turning up in the peace treaty. Also, Denmark, Leinster and Hedjaz have one true colony apiece in Africa, though they none of them have QFTNW.
As far as Denmark and Navarra coexisting, we'll see. The Danes have been there four hundred years now and there still haven't been any wars between them. What really surprises me is the longstanding peace between Norway and Denmark, given that Norway is catholic.
I looked back again and Arguin was Genoese before it was Navarra's, so it either changed hands several times through wars or the early colonies didn't last. But it was Navarran in 1584 when the New World was discovered.
@wam-mnebu, Leinster is now an administrative republic. Connacht has actually become a republican dictatorship.
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Irish and Indians in Africa, oh boy. I find this powerful Indian state very intriguing.
They have coexisted for 400 years, why not another 200?
And I noticed the spoiler, hence why I mentioned North America
Not any more, the basques ruled over Navarra 100 years ago, but now they are merely serfs to the Austrian nobles. Now that Navarra is no longer sovereign, I will no longer support them.
ALL HAIL DENMARK, DEATH TO AUSTRIA!
THE NEW WORLD, 1597-1648
Pacal III Xiu, the last chief of the Mayans cursed his long-dead ancestor, Vahxaqui Caam. What a fool he had been to ally with the fierce warrior people of the western plateau. Though peace had held for the reigns of a few more chiefs, the Aztecs sought ever more men for their priest’s knives and had attacked his people repeatedly. Twenty years ago, his predecessor Kan Boar III had been forced to recognize High Elder Moctezuma Mazatl of the Aztecs as his overlord. In 1597, Moctezuma had delivered him an ultimatum: either the Mayans would recognize him as their chief, or Pacal and one hundred families would be sacrificed to their God on the pyramid at Tenochtitlan. Pacal had no choice but to step down. Moctezuma was the ruler of the only well-organized tribe in the world.
Or was he? About ten years earlier, a strange story had spread from the coastal regions, a tall tale of pale-faced men in strange ships, who rode fearsome giant beasts. Supposedly, they had worn clothing made of silver that could deflect the sharpest obsidian spearpoint, and wielded blades made of silver as well. The villagers even claimed they had killed men from far away with strange devices that made a loud noise. Such a people would be worthy opponents for the great Moctezuma Mazatl. But no doubt it was just a crazy story told by people who had eaten bad clams.
Meanwhile, Navarra was having difficulties with its new colonial possessions. Only a few years after their lands were transferred from Cherokee to Navarra, the Creek tribe decided they liked their new overlords even less than their old ones. Leaving the cotton fields where they had been forced to labor, they proclaimed their independence again in 1597. After Francisco IV’s death in 1600, neither the regency council nor his son Enrique III were as committed to the New World as he had been. With Navarra involved in wars with Genoa and Etruria, the Creek rebellion was ignored. Navarra formally recognized their independence in 1607.
The New World in 1609:
Navarra’s exploitation of the New World, begun with such enthusiasm by Francisco IV, slowed in the years that followed his death. Perhaps the shroud of secrecy that surround the endeavor made Navarra’s prospective colonists fearful of stepping into the great unknown, despite the incentives. Two more colonies were planted on small tropical islands, one on the coast west of the Creek Indians and another north of the Muskogee settlement. But by 1636, only Muskogee and Antigua were fully self-supporting.
The rest of Europe grew increasingly suspicious of Navarra’s “African” colonies. Neither the Irish nor the Danes encountered them in their journeys along the African coast. And while the new ‘tobacco’ that was beginning to come from St. Lucia was popular in Europe, fetching extraordinary prices, it was something that had never been seen at the markets of Timbuktu and Zanzibar. Prevailing opinion was that they must have found an island chain, perhaps a western extension of the Canaries. But sailors feared to go out to the open ocean without a map.
But in the 1620’s, Queen Jane von Chelyabinsk of England decided she wanted to see her subjects do just that. The long process of subjugating the troublesome Scots had finally been completed in 1625, and the English flag waved over the entire island. England had excellent shipwrights, fine seamen, and a larger navy than Navarra. It was only a matter of preparation and selecting the right captain for the expedition.
But the English were slow to make their move, and in the meantime, The Map appeared. An enterprising fellow named Amerigo from the western coast of Iberia had stolen Navarra’s nautical charts and presented them as the records of his own voyages. He sold his map of ‘America’ to the Doge of Etruria, but it was not long before it found its way to a printing press. Soon all Europe was a-buzz about the new land in the west.
Some were skeptical at first. A few islands they could believe, but a land as large as the known world lurking in the western ocean? But sailors from all the seafaring nations soon began testing out these charts and the truth could no longer be hidden. A New World had been discovered, and its inhabitants were too primitive to defend it.
A mad scramble to claim territory in this new land began. The English had been preparing for this for years and claimed extensive lands in South America, a number of islands in the Caribbean and a New England in North America. Norway found its way back to fabled Vinland, but mostly as a waypost on the way to its colonies on the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Leinster took advantage of its westerly position and poured the profits from the Tyrconnell market into establishing colonies on the North American coast, and the islands in the south. Denmark and Austria concentrated on the Caribbean islands, while Etruria claimed the largest island and also a stretch of the northern coast of South America. Berry established colonies along the eastern coast of South America. Bohemia placed a scattering of trading posts along the South American coast as well.
With this influx of Europeans, it was not long before more conflicts broke out between them and the natives. And both protestants and catholic nations agreed that if they did conquer the heathen nations of the New World, it was only for their benefit. By what other means could they be brought to understand the true faith and their souls be saved?
The native peoples tried to band together to save themselves, but they had no answer for the advanced technology of the Europeans. The Shawnee and Cherokee and even the Aztecs aided in the defense of the Creek when Leinster attacked them in 1639, but soon found themselves at war with Berry, Bohemia, and Etruria. The Creek were able to buy off Leinster and Berry with gold in 1644. However, before they could regroup, they were attacked by Sweden, who—with the aid of their ally in England--forced them to cede half their territory in 1647.
It took two generations, but the confrontation Moctezuma had dreamed of was experienced by Cuitlahuac Totoquihuatzin, High Elder of the Aztecs. Alarmed by the growing presence of people that he had thought a legend in his youth, Cuitlahuac had joined in the defense of Creek but to no avail. In 1547, Leinster destroyed their armies and forced the Aztecs to grant them a foothold in Central America where they could grow coffee and sugarcane. In less than a generation, Europeans had gone from holding a few enclaves in the new world to claiming most of its eastern coast.
North America in 1548:
South America in 1548:
Pacal III Xiu, the last chief of the Mayans cursed his long-dead ancestor, Vahxaqui Caam. What a fool he had been to ally with the fierce warrior people of the western plateau. Though peace had held for the reigns of a few more chiefs, the Aztecs sought ever more men for their priest’s knives and had attacked his people repeatedly. Twenty years ago, his predecessor Kan Boar III had been forced to recognize High Elder Moctezuma Mazatl of the Aztecs as his overlord. In 1597, Moctezuma had delivered him an ultimatum: either the Mayans would recognize him as their chief, or Pacal and one hundred families would be sacrificed to their God on the pyramid at Tenochtitlan. Pacal had no choice but to step down. Moctezuma was the ruler of the only well-organized tribe in the world.
Or was he? About ten years earlier, a strange story had spread from the coastal regions, a tall tale of pale-faced men in strange ships, who rode fearsome giant beasts. Supposedly, they had worn clothing made of silver that could deflect the sharpest obsidian spearpoint, and wielded blades made of silver as well. The villagers even claimed they had killed men from far away with strange devices that made a loud noise. Such a people would be worthy opponents for the great Moctezuma Mazatl. But no doubt it was just a crazy story told by people who had eaten bad clams.
Meanwhile, Navarra was having difficulties with its new colonial possessions. Only a few years after their lands were transferred from Cherokee to Navarra, the Creek tribe decided they liked their new overlords even less than their old ones. Leaving the cotton fields where they had been forced to labor, they proclaimed their independence again in 1597. After Francisco IV’s death in 1600, neither the regency council nor his son Enrique III were as committed to the New World as he had been. With Navarra involved in wars with Genoa and Etruria, the Creek rebellion was ignored. Navarra formally recognized their independence in 1607.
The New World in 1609:
Navarra’s exploitation of the New World, begun with such enthusiasm by Francisco IV, slowed in the years that followed his death. Perhaps the shroud of secrecy that surround the endeavor made Navarra’s prospective colonists fearful of stepping into the great unknown, despite the incentives. Two more colonies were planted on small tropical islands, one on the coast west of the Creek Indians and another north of the Muskogee settlement. But by 1636, only Muskogee and Antigua were fully self-supporting.
The rest of Europe grew increasingly suspicious of Navarra’s “African” colonies. Neither the Irish nor the Danes encountered them in their journeys along the African coast. And while the new ‘tobacco’ that was beginning to come from St. Lucia was popular in Europe, fetching extraordinary prices, it was something that had never been seen at the markets of Timbuktu and Zanzibar. Prevailing opinion was that they must have found an island chain, perhaps a western extension of the Canaries. But sailors feared to go out to the open ocean without a map.
But in the 1620’s, Queen Jane von Chelyabinsk of England decided she wanted to see her subjects do just that. The long process of subjugating the troublesome Scots had finally been completed in 1625, and the English flag waved over the entire island. England had excellent shipwrights, fine seamen, and a larger navy than Navarra. It was only a matter of preparation and selecting the right captain for the expedition.
But the English were slow to make their move, and in the meantime, The Map appeared. An enterprising fellow named Amerigo from the western coast of Iberia had stolen Navarra’s nautical charts and presented them as the records of his own voyages. He sold his map of ‘America’ to the Doge of Etruria, but it was not long before it found its way to a printing press. Soon all Europe was a-buzz about the new land in the west.
Some were skeptical at first. A few islands they could believe, but a land as large as the known world lurking in the western ocean? But sailors from all the seafaring nations soon began testing out these charts and the truth could no longer be hidden. A New World had been discovered, and its inhabitants were too primitive to defend it.
A mad scramble to claim territory in this new land began. The English had been preparing for this for years and claimed extensive lands in South America, a number of islands in the Caribbean and a New England in North America. Norway found its way back to fabled Vinland, but mostly as a waypost on the way to its colonies on the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Leinster took advantage of its westerly position and poured the profits from the Tyrconnell market into establishing colonies on the North American coast, and the islands in the south. Denmark and Austria concentrated on the Caribbean islands, while Etruria claimed the largest island and also a stretch of the northern coast of South America. Berry established colonies along the eastern coast of South America. Bohemia placed a scattering of trading posts along the South American coast as well.
With this influx of Europeans, it was not long before more conflicts broke out between them and the natives. And both protestants and catholic nations agreed that if they did conquer the heathen nations of the New World, it was only for their benefit. By what other means could they be brought to understand the true faith and their souls be saved?
The native peoples tried to band together to save themselves, but they had no answer for the advanced technology of the Europeans. The Shawnee and Cherokee and even the Aztecs aided in the defense of the Creek when Leinster attacked them in 1639, but soon found themselves at war with Berry, Bohemia, and Etruria. The Creek were able to buy off Leinster and Berry with gold in 1644. However, before they could regroup, they were attacked by Sweden, who—with the aid of their ally in England--forced them to cede half their territory in 1647.
It took two generations, but the confrontation Moctezuma had dreamed of was experienced by Cuitlahuac Totoquihuatzin, High Elder of the Aztecs. Alarmed by the growing presence of people that he had thought a legend in his youth, Cuitlahuac had joined in the defense of Creek but to no avail. In 1547, Leinster destroyed their armies and forced the Aztecs to grant them a foothold in Central America where they could grow coffee and sugarcane. In less than a generation, Europeans had gone from holding a few enclaves in the new world to claiming most of its eastern coast.
North America in 1548:
South America in 1548:
Wow. That is more colonizers then I thought possible. I am very pleased with this colonization drive.