Treaty of Alcáçovas maritime order

Timeline

1. 1479Alcáçovas · PortugalIsabella and Ferdinand of Castile concluded a peace treaty with Afonso V and John II of Portugal at Alcáçovas, ending the war of succession and consolidating the peninsula's balance of power through exchanges of territory and maritime rights.
2. 1480–1490Iberian Peninsula · CastileThe treaty's terms were carried out in both courts and maritime institutions: Portugal continued to dominate exploration along the African coast and the slave trade routes, while Castile consolidated the Canary Islands and looked for opportunities westward; both sides constrained out-of-bounds voyaging through diplomatic notes and sea patrols.
3. 1492–1500Tordesillas · CastileAfter Columbus's voyages, disputes over western territories intensified; Pope Alexander VI issued a grant bull, and in 1494 the two powers divided the Old and New Worlds by a meridian at Tordesillas, with the Alcáçovas framework institutionally replaced by a grander global partition order.