Greetings Paradox Community. One thing that always seemed a bit strange to me was the lack of representation of the the Cape Horn Inter-Ocean Route, that was integral to the later clipper route used by the english and dutch during this time period. The clipper route was the traditional route derived from the Brouwer Route and sailed by clipper ships between Europe and the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. The route ran from west to east through the Southern Ocean, to make use of the strong westerly winds of the Roaring Forties. The clipper route fell into commercial disuse with the introduction of marine steam engines, and the opening of the Suez and Panama Canals. This route was developed in the late 1600s and the 1700s and was an innovative workaround from the traditional route created by Dutch navigator Hendrik Brouwer in 1611. By the early 17th century the Dutch East India Company was given a monopoly on all Dutch trade via the Straits of Magellan and the Cape of Good Hope, the only known routes at the time to the Far East. To search for an alternate route and one to the unknown Terra Australis, Isaac Le Maire, a wealthy Amsterdam merchant and Willem Schouten, a ship's master of Hoorn, contributed in equal shares to the enterprise of finding an alternate route, with additional financial support from merchants of Hoorn. Jacob Le Maire, Isaac's son, went on the journey as “chiefe Marchant and principall factor,” in charge of trading aspects of the endeavour. They would eventually find a path to the indies through the pacific vis a vis rounding South America. After the passageway around Cape Horn was discovered, the subsequent two centuries saw ships of all nationalities opting for this route over the previously favored Strait of Magellan. During this period, much of the world’s trade passed through here with ships carrying grain, gold and wool from Australia to Europe, others transporting trade from the Far East to Europe and passenger liners travelling between the coasts of the United States.
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My suggestion is that we represent this flow of trade by creating a connection(s) traveling from the west in australia/polynesia, towards the east into Patagonia, the southernmost American trade node. This is EU4's current trade map as of 1.34
And these are my proposed changes, Red being the essential change, and yellow more tentative changes that I believe would improve the representation of Pacific trade to SA:
Here's an image for reference:
My suggestion is that we represent this flow of trade by creating a connection(s) traveling from the west in australia/polynesia, towards the east into Patagonia, the southernmost American trade node. This is EU4's current trade map as of 1.34
And these are my proposed changes, Red being the essential change, and yellow more tentative changes that I believe would improve the representation of Pacific trade to SA:
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