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Treaty of Tordesillas

16 Jun 1494 · 41.50° N, 5.00° W

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16 Jun 1494
Kind
Treaty
Coordinates
41.50° N, 5.00° W
Description
treaty dividing territory between Portugal and Spain

Treaty of Tordesillas

1494 treaty dividing the unclaimed world between Spanish and Portuguese sovereignty

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in Tordesillas, Spain, on 7 June 1494, and ratified in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.

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