Empthy Madagascar

Ran Exilis

Do you mean empty like Iceland before the Vikings settled there (i.e. never had a human population), or that all the human populations on Madagascar somehow went extinct (shortly) before the Portugese discover the Cape?
 

corourke

Donor
Faeelin said:
Well, the Arabs knew about Madagascar. Do they settle it?
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I mean, obviously not, if it is empty when the Portuguese discover it.

This TL requires multiple PODs to work (like Empty America) but it is a pretty interesting idea.


I assume it will be settled by Europeans at some point, though not necessarily by the Portuguese. I have found information on the internet that indicates that sugarcane could be grown there, so we could see a type of Brazil-in-the-East economy emerge. The proximity to Africa (and therefore slaves) could be a reason to create a plantation economy there.
 

Valdemar II

Banned
corourke said:
I mean, obviously not, if it is empty when the Portuguese discover it.

This TL requires multiple PODs to work (like Empty America) but it is a pretty interesting idea.


I assume it will be settled by Europeans at some point, though not necessarily by the Portuguese. I have found information on the internet that indicates that sugarcane could be grown there, so we could see a type of Brazil-in-the-East economy emerge. The proximity to Africa (and therefore slaves) could be a reason to create a plantation economy there.
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Personaly I find a dutch colony most likely.
 

markusje

Valdemar II said:
Personaly I find a dutch colony most likely.
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Wow, yeah that would be a very interesting development. Maybe I would now be sitting in some nice Dutchie-Madagascar town sipping cold beer.:cool:

I'm sure it would help Dutch shipping to Indonesia, and maybe even help us get a foothold in India.
 

Homer

Valdemar II said:
Personaly I find a dutch colony most likely.
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I'd say the colony would be conquered and reconquered plenty of times. As is said above, this could be a Brasil like colony, thus an economically important colony plus a colony that is strategically of immense importance, as Capeland was. I'd say that Madagascar would be a first aim in any european overseas war. And therefore it'll end as a british colony.:D
 

mojojojo

Gone Fishin'
What kind of names would the colonizers develope for the local wildlife. I know Some of the giant lemurs had a distinctly ursine appearance
 

Rockingham

Banned
Homer said:
I'd say the colony would be conquered and reconquered plenty of times. As is said above, this could be a Brasil like colony, thus an economically important colony plus a colony that is strategically of immense importance, as Capeland was. I'd say that Madagascar would be a first aim in any european overseas war. And therefore it'll end as a british colony.:D
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You guys are aware of the butterflies this will cause, right:rolleyes:
 

rcduggan

I think it would probably have been settled by Arabs in the late first millennium AD, but still would remain very lowly populated until the colonial era.
 

Tocomocho

rcduggan said:
I think it would probably have been settled by Arabs in the late first millennium AD, but still would remain very lowly populated until the colonial era.
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I think there was also an influx of Bantu peoples at some point, at least on the Western part of the island.
 
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