What If? North America is full of Monsters

[Sailor.X]

In this scenario North America is never peopled by Native Americans. Instead it remains a place that no prehistoric people ever tried to settle. In North America creatures like Dinosaurs, Dragons, Greek Mythological Monsters, Native American Mythological Monsters and Asian Mythological Monsters. Roam the Continent. In the 1490s the Spanish make landfall on the continent in Florida and find a place out of their worst nightmares. They flee back to the ships as what appears to be a Gorgon turns half the landing party into stone. In Mexico the Spanish do make landfall and establish a settlement. They discover gold and other valuable resources and begin further exploration. Right up until they encounter feathered Dragons 200 miles inland.

Word of what lives in North America reaches most of Europe. And news of the Gold and Mineral wealth also reaches Europe. The question is does the exploration and settlement happen like it did in the real timeline. Or does it remain a mostly mysterious continent. To dangerous to fully explore.

 

[PsihoKekec]

European adventurers: Challenge accepted.

 

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The high risk of death will deter mass immigration of the scale we saw OTL, at least for the first few hundreds years until the vast majority of monsters are wiped out or a wide safe zone is established. The promise of adventure might attract men who would have moral qualms about going to war with other men in the old world. Like in OTL, young women will follow men to the New World trying to find husbands. The hardest part would be establishing a safe foothold on the continent from which to branch out from. Monster slaying will become one of the most glorified aspects of society in the New World. The New World will also become known for it's bizzare inventions that were created to defeat the monsters, which will eventually become family heirlooms or museum pieces. Once all of the monsters are gone, there might be a cultural feeling of loss, that the great days of adventure are over, and those times will be fondly looked back upon.

Some people might try to tame and breed the monsters. If they are successful, then nations in the new world could become a force to be reckoned with should they incorporate monsters into their armies, ie sending out a first wave of monsters in a battle to soften up enemy forces.

 

[Sailor.X]

The high risk of death will deter mass immigration of the scale we saw OTL, at least for the first few hundreds years until the vast majority of monsters are wiped out or a wide safe zone is established. The promise of adventure might attract men who would have moral qualms about going to war with other men in the old world. Like in OTL, young women will follow men to the New World trying to find husbands. The hardest part would be establishing a safe foothold on the continent from which to branch out from. Monster slaying will become one of the most glorified aspects of society in the New World. The New World will also become known for it's bizzare inventions that were created to defeat the monsters, which will eventually become family heirlooms or museum pieces. Once all of the monsters are gone, there might be a cultural feeling of loss, that the great days of adventure are over, and those times will be fondly looked back upon.

Some people might try to tame and breed the monsters. If they are successful, then nations in the new world could become a force to be reckoned with should they incorporate monsters into their armies, ie sending out a first wave of monsters in a battle to soften up enemy forces.

Some Monsters might just be too large to engage with anything but World War 2 level weapons. Some of the mythological Monsters are freaking Kaiju sized in the folklore.

 

[Simonbob]

Some Monsters might just be too large to engage with anything but World War 2 level weapons. Some of the mythological Monsters are freaking Kaiju sized in the folklore.

Balista and catapults. China had gunpowder. Cannons were starting then.

Heck, there was a fic by Acadamia Nut, https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hadleys-revenge.149776/.

That's about medieval knights fighting Xenomorphs. And, it's a kinda awesome one shot.

 

[Sailor.X]

Balista and catapults. China had gunpowder. Cannons were starting then.

Heck, there was a fic by Acadamia Nut, https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/hadleys-revenge.149776/.

That's about medieval knights fighting Xenomorphs. And, it's a kinda awesome one shot.

I am referriing to some of the Asian Monsters that were as big as a mountain. So yeah those will require World War 2 level weapons mainly Bombers.

 

[Simonbob]

I am referriing to some of the Asian Monsters that were as big as a mountain. So yeah those will require World War 2 level weapons mainly Bombers.

Or..... Monsters of our own! Train a pack of hellhound pups till they're bigger than a bus, then go to war on giant critter back!

 

[ATP]

In this scenario North America is never peopled by Native Americans. Instead it remains a place that no prehistoric people ever tried to settle. In North America creatures like Dinosaurs, Dragons, Greek Mythological Monsters, Native American Mythological Monsters and Asian Mythological Monsters. Roam the Continent. In the 1490s the Spanish make landfall on the continent in Florida and find a place out of their worst nightmares. They flee back to the ships as what appears to be a Gorgon turns half the landing party into stone. In Mexico the Spanish do make landfall and establish a settlement. They discover gold and other valuable resources and begin further exploration. Right up until they encounter feathered Dragons 200 miles inland.

Word of what lives in North America reaches most of Europe. And news of the Gold and Mineral wealth also reaches Europe. The question is does the exploration and settlement happen like it did in the real timeline. Or does it remain a mostly mysterious continent. To dangerous to fully explore.

Killing dragon need modern guns,so - after 1870 we would have colonisation of Americas.
Basically,entire Americas would be bigger Chile,where local indians/mapuche/ hold till 1870 with spears against muskets.

How it affect world?
1.No spanish Empire
2.No English empire,or smaller and weaker.
3.No USA.
4.In Europe gold would not become cheap - as a result,Poland could survive as superpower.

Entirely alien world,with Europe still dominating other countries,but with other major powers.
Well,France would remain superpower,but not other countries.

We would probably still have real Kings.

So - better world,i think.