Alternate History- Vikings in the Caribbean

Come on

>>3258939
They would have ruled the world because they would have gotten rich off if Tobacco, gold, sugar, and chocolate. Not to mention exotic clothes and furs, potatoes, peppers and many other things that would have been discovered and brought back to Europe by the Norse.

It's actually hard to determine how where and when.

What I mean is how would they establish trade? Would they have a long network of trading around the Atlantic coast? It seems much too far spread for the even the entirety of the Norse to travel.

They would have to establish a whole other kingdom, one with a fair location that allowed it to be a hub for trade, travel, and easy access to get back to Europe. Possibly the Carolina coast? Fairly close to the Caribbean, bounty of resources, ideal climate.

Much more would have to be taken into consideration

>>3258968
OP here I was thinking sort of the same thing of this to be honest, it's just that when Columbus sailed to the West Indies it was reported that the natives were peaceful. I had it in my idea that the natives would trade raw materials with the vikings, and in return the vikings may have given them some improvements in technology or weapons.

>>3258939

Nothing, the Vikings had no ability to exploit the resources of the Caribbean and had no slaves to institute a plantation system with. In fact the Caribbean offered nothing to the Vikings except death by disease.

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>>3258939
They would've overheated.

>>3258939
They'd die quickly. The locals were maritimers who'd kill them with ease.