Comments on: 243 - A Map of the Republic of New Netherland

By: maggies mind

maggies mind — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:08:24 +0000

Wow, neat! I feel smarter having visited ;)

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:59:29 +0000

Also, how did the New Dutch end up with Philadelphia and Delaware?

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:57:24 +0000

I think the whole history of North America would be very different. With New Netherlands splitting the colonies, the Revolution, if it happened, would’ve happened quite differently. New England would almost certainly have been a separate nation (perhaps with a more Canada-like history?)

If the southern colonies broke off and formed a new nation, perhaps still called the United States, they would probably extend further south. In our history, there were many proposals to take Cuba from Spain, but they were opposed by northerners who didn’t want Southern slaver power extended. In that timeline, that wouldn’t've been an issue. And what of Central America? Many southerners wanted to take control of Central America to extend the plantation system. Maybe Nicaragua would be a US state with a Nicaragua Canal …

(Would this truncated US, lacking New England and New York have purchased Louisiana from the French? There’s an interesting notion … La Republique de la Louisianne …)

(Hmm … what of Haiti, finding itself surrounded by a slave-holding nation?)

A lot of althistorical thoughts abound!

By: ghqrehog

ghqrehog — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:18:02 +0000

“Nevermind, just realized from reading his site that he’s calling Albany “Fort Orange”.”

That’s what Albany was called until the English took over.

By: nygdan

nygdan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:28:41 +0000

Nevermind, just realized from reading his site that he’s calling Albany “Fort Orange”.

By: nygdan

nygdan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:19:30 +0000

I love it. But shouldn’t Albany be the capital of the republic?

By: Other people's blogs : NYCO’s Blog

Other people's blogs : NYCO’s Blog — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:42:50 +0000

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By: Diary of a Mad Natural Historian » Alt history

Diary of a Mad Natural Historian » Alt history — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:09:06 +0000

[...] this is a long-winded way of pointing you at a Strange Maps post on a map of the Republic of New Netherland - maps and alternative history - nice match. While I’m on the subject, C.M. Kornbluth’s [...]

By: Lurker

Lurker — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:28:55 +0000

Question: How do you get a House of Peers (Lords, etc.) in a republic? How are these honors conferred? Or is this like the unelected Senates in Commonwealth realms where the upper house is proportioned roughly according to the power structure of the lower house?

By: mikeinportc

mikeinportc — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:05:24 +0000

Cool premise .
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Mike in “Ochenang” ;D