Markland (Chaos)

Discovery
In the year 1381, the Danish went on a journey with some fishermen, interested in their tales of lands in the west. They landed in OTL Newfoundland (named Prince-Haralds-Land, eventually shortened to ), meeting some Indians. Prince Harald claimed the land in the name of the Danish king, returned to together with some Indians, presenting them to the astonished courts of Europe. In the following years, several other ships would go to the New World, return with plants and animals. After the first curiosity had ebbed, people in Europe mostly didn't care about anymore, though. A few fishermen made settlement on Prince-Haralds-Land, Cape Cod and Manhattan Island, but that was all for the moment.

1435, hit the New World, destroying some small European settlements too; other trade places had to be given up, since the Atlantean trade partners had died or didn't want to have contact with the Europeans anymore. They now concentrated on a few places: Haraldsland, (Nova Scotia),  (Manhattan),  (Atlantic City island), plus the Scottish-Norwegian colony on Martha's Vineyard.

Danish colony
After the separation of their countries, the kings of and the  finally agreed in 1438 for a compromise in the New World, which was negotiated by the pope: Denmark kept the northern colonies (Prince-Harald-Island, Haraldsland, New Jutland), which were extended with time over the whole OTL Canadian Maritimes and the Hudson valley. The Netherlands got the Southern colony of Nieuw Zeeland and were allowed to colonize the lands further South.

In 1471, discovered the mouth of St Lawrence river, but was killed a bit later by Atlanteans, so the expedition decided to return. Another Danish expedition reached Lake Ontario in 1475. Soon, the first Danish colonies along St Lawrence river were founded. Together with the colonies of Prince-Harald-Island and, they formed a belt around the English colonies. For the northern lands, the name Markland became common.

Under England
After some clashes with Danish colonists in Atlantis, the declared the  (1509-12) against Denmark. The Dutch allied with the former. In the, Denmark lost its lands in Canada to the Quadruple Monarchy and Anderland to the Netherlands. Only the city of (OTL New York, plus Long Island) and Prince-Haralds-Land (as a base for fishermen) stayed in their hands.

When the broke apart in the Old World 1628, most of the colonies declared their loyalty to  (former, right). Only a few islands in the Caribbean and the northern colonies in OTL Canada and stayed loyal to king. But as soon as 1637, the broke out in New England. Denmark-, supported by, used the situation to expand there / take old lands back. Only Markland could defend itself during this decades, ironically, thanks to its strong garrison. Denmark-Braunschweig got Haraldsborg back, plus became protector of the (the dissenters preferred "the papist German king in Europe to the papist English governor in Markland"). The English loyalists emigrated to Markland.

After having accepted the loyalty of Markland, king planned to regain 's old colony in North Atlantis. However, the states of Denmark-Braunschweig and allied against him in the "Atlantean Coalition" and surprisingly defeated the English fleet several times during 1652-56. New England stayed a Danish-German protectorate.

During the, Canada saw the (OTL Montreal) in November 1687. As a result, the French-Atlantean troops had to cease the siege and retreat to French Quebec. 1694, in the, Quebec became English too and was later united with Markland to form.