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Yeah I think the charting would've lagged a decade or two behind naturally since Spain and Portugal would have to come from behind for a bit and generate actual interest in what was going on in the New World so that would take some time. Columbus did have a real force of personality and presence...

I'd agree with the assessment that the Discovery of North America was a boring discovery. After Columbus' discovery, fleets were willing to make the journey across the North Atlantic, but it was mostly just for fishing, not settlement. I think it's telling it took a full century before the...