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Vendaval reacted to Augenis's post in the thread How would you name a Polish-Lithuanian-Russian Commonwealth? with
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Keep in mind that the name "Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth" never existed. It's a modern invention which was never used at the time. So... -
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Vendaval reacted to LSCatilina's post in the thread Possible name/s for a French colony in western Australia with Like.
Nouvelle-Hollande seems the most obvious choice, as Australia was widely known as such up to the XIXth century. (See Lapérouse's...
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Vendaval reacted to Kurd Gossemer's post in the thread France Antarctique, or what if the French succeded to outcompete the Portuguese in Brazil during the 1500s? with Like.
Hey I'm writing a TL just about that, you trying to copy me or something? :p Seriously though, a France that control Brazil fully will...
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I don't think Antarctica was established as the name of the continent yet (in fact it was not yet even discovered) but the especulative...
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Cocaigne.
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Vendaval reacted to Gloss's post in the thread Possible growth and development of France Antarctique? with Like.
Much of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay south of Rio de Janeiro has in theory a climate similar to the Po Valley or even North-Mid...
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Vendaval reacted to Ricard (i.e. Rdffigueira)'s post in the thread Possible growth and development of France Antarctique? with Like.
The big problem, I see, is that, as you both mentioned, at the time, the Portuguese already had a significant presence in coastal...
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Vendaval reacted to Gloss's post in the thread Possible growth and development of France Antarctique? with Like.
I find interesting the idea of an Americas where more than 5 multiple colonizers colonize from the early 16th century, maybe this colony...
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Vendaval reacted to Miguel Lanius's post in the thread WI: The French successfully colonize South America with Like.
I think its because of geography, and opportunity. France is smack-dab in the middle of Western Europe. There's a lot of pies and...
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Vendaval reacted to Miguel Lanius's post in the thread WI: The French successfully colonize South America with Like.
The French got THIS close from taking over the region around Rio and Niteroi. I think it came down to a single battle. If they and their...
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Vendaval reacted to Guilherme Loureiro's post in the thread WI : França Antartica / French Brazil with Like.
That doesn't mean sugar isn't important; there's a reason why the flag of Rio de Janeiro state has both a coffee bush branch and a...
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Coffee was not introduced to Brazil until the 18th century, and did not become a major export until the 1820s, and only surpassed sugar...
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Vendaval reacted to Galba Otho Vitelius's post in the thread WI : França Antartica / French Brazil with Like.
A few points each on possible PODs and possible effects.. On the POD, France has to be understood as the great runner up in the...
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I imagine that any French colony would be mostly used for the production of sugar, and like Portuguese Brazil it would become the...