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Good points. Issues I see with expanding sales of sub-Saharan negroes to Ottomans by Europeans: - the "moral" issues you mentioned; - the triangular trade was profitable, hence no pressure to expand and invent a new one; - established businesses model between NA and Ottomans and thus the high...

Oh ... OK. I had a senior moment and somehow misread your post to mean exporting food to Russian Central Asia, and not the several hundred Russians on the Okhotsk Sea coast.

How are you getting any bulk goods to Russian Asia?

I'd bet that kimchi-bigos will be explosive ...

1600 Why would the Maritime Powers attack the Ottomans? For all we know they could be busy shipping in African slaves (replacing previous supplies from PLC and Russia) and loving it.

As to Persia - depending on how far east the Nogai Tatars roamed in 1600, the Caspian Sea basin could be connected to the world ocean. DID SOME CHECKING Sadly, no :( - the Lesser Nogai Horde subordiante to Crimea did not reach the Caspian Depression. However, maybe the North Caucasus is wetter...

Exactly. You are correct. But the land is flat. Nevertheless, excellent point - the Vistula ends near Kwidzyń/Marienwerder. This probably kills off Danzig and Elbing as major ports. Even if they can easily be reached by boat, the distribuaries of the Vistula being easy to dredge (if even that...

Both Manilla Galleons find this mega island immediatelly. By running aground on it :) You are missing/underplaying Persia which holds Azerbaijan and east Georgia. in 1600 it might push to its NW more as to gain access to the oceansea, more interesting than the Ottoman-locked Black Sea. 1600 In...