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Treaty of Tordesillas
On 7 June 1494, Spain and Portugal signed a treaty at Tordesillas in Castile, dividing their colonial and trading rights in the Atlantic and newly di…
Timeline
- 1493–1494Tordesillas · Castile and LeónAfter disputes arising from Pope's Inter caetera bull, Spanish and Portuguese representatives held multiple rounds of negotiations at Tordesillas, adjusting the position of the dividing line to balance both sides' interests.
- 1494Tordesillas · Castile and LeónThe treaty stipulated drawing a north-south meridian 370 leagues west of Cape Verde, with lands west belonging to Spain and east to Portugal, and mutual recognition of each other's existing and future discoveries.
Sources
- Treaty of Tordesillas https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Tordesillas
- Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1494) (1494) https://avalon.law.yale.edu/15th_century/mod001.asp