Portugalicia

The Union of Portugal and Galicia, but more commonly known as Portugalicia, was an Iberian kingdom that existed during Brazilian's Varna series. Coming into existence near the beginning of the series, they would become a key player in naval exploration outside of Europe, and would form several New World colonies, as well as reaching different regions of Asia.
== Formation ==
The union was formed during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Castile had intervened on the French side in 1448, but the Portuguese wanted to maintain their good relations with both England and Castile. Therefore, when England requested a Portuguese intervention in 1451 after Aragon's surrender, Portugal secretly met with Castile to discuss the matter. Portugal needed Castilian protection in case of a Moroccan invasion, so when Portugal joined the war, the Castilians deliberately offered no resistance as Portuguese forces reached Toledo. To make the act even more convincing to England and France, the Treaty of Porto was signed. where Castile gave Galicia to Portugal, and hence Portugalicia was formed. French troops in Castile were sent back to their homeland, and the Iberians left the war.
== The First Maghrebi War ==
The next action of Portugalicia was to join Castile and Aragon (in a personal union since 1459) in completing the Reconquista by invading Granada and their Moroccan ally in 1462. Granada surrendered in a year, but Morocco did not back down, so in 1464 the Iberians invaded Morocco itself, capturing and sacking the capital city of Fez. This forced Morocco's hand, and with the Treaty of Ceuta, Portugalicia gained Tangiers.
== Maritime Voyage ==
Discovering the New World
In the autumn of 1492, officials in the Azores territory reported a Sardinian ship being caught in a storm, forcing it to sail further west, and to its doom. Or so it was thought. A few months later, the lost fleet was spotted returning from the west, and through 1493 and 1494 several Sardinian ships sailed back and forth in that direction. In 1495, Portugalicia decided to send their own fleet to the west, and they discovered what we call Bermuda, the northern Bahamas, and southern Florida. These territories became the first colony; Terra dos Lagos. When Portugalicia began to colonise Cuba in 1497, they met the Sardinians halfway across the length of the island, and the two sides agreed to split the island as per their current occupations; the west joined the Terra dos Lagos, and the east joined New Sardinia.
=== Another Way to India ===
1496 saw the first ship leave Portugalicia for India, making contact with the Vijayanagara Empire after a year of sailing.
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