Christopher Columbus had approached the king of Portugal, John II, with an offer that he couldn’t refuse. Columbus had a plan to find another route to India and secure a sea route to the silk road, bringing immense riches to the Portuguese. Spain later went on to become the largest colonial empire for it’s time and truly became a Great Power, being the strongest country in the world in the 16th and 17th centuries, most of which happened exactly because of colonization, as they controlled most of the Americas. The question then becomes, what if Christopher Columbus had sailed for Portugal and the Portuguese discovered and colonized the new world. Would this make them a world power, and if so, what a Portuguese America look like? I will answer all of these questions in this video! Enjoy! ▬ LINKS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTHSKVWP Discord Server - https://discord.gg/jE48DHSGG9 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/RewritingHistory/membership ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Video Intro 01:03 - How the Europeans Discovered the Americas 02:47 - Why the Portuguese refused Columbus' Offer? 05:05 - Did Portugal Already Know about the Americas 10:32 - Portugal Discovers and the New World 14:19 - Portugal Colonizes the New World 20:50 - Portugal and England ally and Split North America 22:28 - The Fall of the Aztec Empire 24:38 - The Fall of the Inca Empire 27:57 - Spain Conquers the Western Mediterranean 29:17 - Can Portugal Keep their Empire?