
Alright, I was playing as the Americans with some 10 other civs on a huge map. I finally get into contact with England on the huge continent I'm on, and I did a check and saw that they're capital is York. Okay, I thought, I saw evidence of a war between England and Russia, so maybe London was razed, however unlikely that would be.
So I play and realize that many of England's cities are missing and they're getting to cities with "2" after it really quickly, even a New London 2, but no original London. Very odd.

So I eventually get Caravel and Magellan's Voyage and I start to explore the world. Eventually I come in contact with Joanie

I trade her my world map for everything she's got and I noticed something. Contacts with the English? What the hell?
Alright, so I get the map and contacts and I see English cities in red instead of the usual orange. Okay...? This England had London as the capital! And they also had the other English cities! Now I know civil war isn't a part of Civ III, nor can I see the English settling so much territory on two halves of the world in the ancient age (must've been some galley!).
So now I got two Englands both with Lizzie's, one annoyed, one polite. Boy, am I confused!
So, basically, has this ever happened to any of you? I look forward to any stories if this has!