07-10-2020, 06:26 AM | #4871 |
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Re: New Reality Seeds
"Captain Poldark allus said 'e saw some strange things over in the 'Mericas..."
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07-10-2020, 06:31 AM | #4872 |
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Now throw in some inappropriate Jane Austin and we got game. Given the time period, some Blake inspired elements could be good too.
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07-10-2020, 07:17 AM | #4873 | |
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There is a contemporary route across the Pacific Japan actually is interested in meddling in - the Spanish silver route from Mexico south to the properly east to west Northeast Trades and the North Equatorial Current into the Philippines - Japan actually made a few attempts on that, notably the rebellion/invasion around Manila in 1606/7. The easy transpacific route for Japan is more northerly, riding the North Pacific Current and the subtropical westerlies to Vancouver or Oregon.
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07-10-2020, 09:22 AM | #4874 | |
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And it does give access to Spanish Mexico. Is a "Pacific Great Circle Route" a thing? |
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07-10-2020, 11:52 AM | #4875 |
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Well, it is what the Manila Galleon took.
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07-10-2020, 07:53 PM | #4876 |
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Easier to go up the coast of East Asia, and cross the Bering Strait to Alaska. Of course, they'd need to know that that was an option, but it's plausible for any large enough East Asian power to accomplish in that era if they think to try.
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07-10-2020, 08:23 PM | #4877 | |
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07-11-2020, 07:50 AM | #4878 |
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Re: New Reality Seeds
Try this one...
In the reign of Augustus a plague came through the empire. It was harsh in the Celtic lands and in the Latin lands, but it seems to have been far worse in the Teutonic lands. Some say Germanicus brought the plague North with his legions, but who knows. Within two generations southern Germania was much like northern Gaul. Even more so when the canal connecting the Rhine and the Danube was completed. As the Rhine is better known and more frequently navigated the fisher folk living on the shores of the Northern seas are becoming more connected to Rome. They bring stories of the cold northern seas and rumors of lands beyond those. Lately, the building of ships and their navigation have improved. Expeditions have gone south of the deserts in Africa. The Greeks long ago proved the world is round, could there be new unknown lands close enough to sail to? Basically, a Roman Columbus and maybe a "Romans and Indians" campaign.
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07-11-2020, 08:27 AM | #4879 | |
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07-11-2020, 08:54 AM | #4880 | |
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