Treaty of Zaragoza

Timeline

1. 1522–1529Moluccas Islands · MalukuThe 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas only drew an Atlantic meridian and did not specify an antipodal line. After Magellan's circumnavigation, both Spain and Portugal claimed the Moluccas lay within their hemisphere, and later expeditions such as Loaiza's escalated the conflict.
2. 1529Zaragoza · AragonThe two sides signed a peace treaty at Zaragoza, setting an antimeridian about 297.5 leagues (roughly 17 degrees) east of the Moluccas: west of the line to Portugal, east to Spain. Portugal paid Charles V 350,000 gold ducats in exchange for Spain renouncing its claims to the Spice Islands.
3. 1529–1530Pacific demarcation zone · Southeast AsiaThe treaty included a redemption clause allowing Spain to recover its claims to the Moluccas by refunding the payment, but Charles V, urgently needing war funds, never exercised it. The Moluccas remained within Portugal's sphere, Spain turned to the Philippines, and the Spanish-Portuguese division of the globe into two hemispheres was thus completed.