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    The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal to settle territorial disputes that arose from explorations sponsored by the two countries. It divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between the two countries along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. This gave Portugal control of most of South America, including Brazil, while giving Spain control over much of the rest of the Americas. The treaty set an early precedent for European powers dividing global territories among themselves.

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    The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal to settle territorial disputes that arose from explorations sponsored by the two countries. It divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between the two countries along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. This gave Portugal control of most of South America, including Brazil, while giving Spain control over much of the rest of the Americas. The treaty set an early precedent for European powers dividing global territories among themselves.

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    Treaty of

    Tordesillas
    Signed between Spain and Portugal
    ◦ June 7, 1494
    ◦ Ratified by Spain July 2nd.
    ◦ Agreed to by Portugal on September 5th .
    Designed to divide the world outside Europe.
    Intended to resolve disputes between the two
    powers when Columbus returned in 1493.
    Talks were conducted because of a papal
    decree.
    1. Papal Bull Inter Caetera by Pope Alexander VI
    2. All lands west of a meridian 100 leagues west
    of the Cape Verde Islands would belong to
    Spain. ( 345 miles). 
    3. All discovered lands east of the line would
    belong to Portugal. 
    4. All territory currently under Christian rule
    would remain untouched.
    Time to Negotiate King John of
    Portugal was not happy!
    ◦
    ◦ Wanted the line moved west.
    Told Spain that since it would go
    all the way around the world, it
    would limit Spanish control in Asia.
    King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
    agreed. Their treaty countered the
    ◦
    papal Bull
    ◦ Uncontested by Pope Alexander VI
    Sanctioned by Pope Julius II in a
    new Bull in 1506.
    Terms of the Treaty
    1. Moved the line to a position 370
    leagues west of the Cape Verde
    Islands (1,277 miles).
    2. Portugal gained a larger portion
    of South America: Brazil. 
    3. Spain gained control (on paper)
    of most of the New World.
    In broader context, the Treaty of
    Tordesillas represents the
    earliest instance of European
    powers’ carving up the globe
    among themselves in pursuit of
    their own domestic, strategic,
    and imperial designs, a tradition
    that continued well into the 19th
    century and after.
    Archaeological
    chronology
    EVENT 1 EVENT 2 EVENT 3 EVENT 4
    YEAR 1900 YEAR 1920 YEAR 1940 YEAR 1960

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