Ottoman Turks and New World Expansion

Dear All, this reminds me a long tiome topic opened on thsi regards about what if chineses discovered America. I said then and I�m saying now.

Spaniards approached to the new world after first Columbus trips. Colonies were set up on Cuba. Expeditions departured from Cuba to the shores of Yucatan, Veracruz and Tabasco.

Now, some spaniards were either captured or their boats shipwrecked. This very few survivor were rescued/captured by the natives living on the the area.

   Cortez got the most valuable asset on his conquest, when the Malinche was offered as a tribute to him. When a spaniard survivor was rescued, he was able to translate to the castillian to the mayan, and the Malinche was able to translate from the Mayan to the Nahua. Therefore, Cortez was able to play with the mesoamerican realpolitik and turn the tributaries city states agaisnt the mexicas.

   If the Ottomans , Chinese, Martians or any other culture managed to arrive to the shores of Mexico or Peru they surely would face a more consistence resistance without any near supply base or reinforcements, being eventually defeated by the locals or the tropical deseases as the black vomit or the malary.

   


Edited by Jalisco Lancer - 02-Feb-2007 at 17:27

Originally posted by Jalisco Lancer Dear All, this reminds me a long tiome topic opened on thsi regards about what if chineses discovered America. I said then and I�m saying now.

Originally posted by pekau Another forum like this is in the Imperialism forum, just before Modern forum. Very interesting topic. Can this forum somehow merge with the one posted in Imperialism section>?

Originally posted by MASON1 i dont think ottomans could reach the new world becouse they faced a lot of thread from neighborhing countries like, afrika, europe, and persians they couldnt afford the new world.

I heard that Colombus first asked support from the Ottomans but Ottomans rejected him.