Treaty of Tordesillas - divvies up the New World 06/07/1494 AD

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Treaty of Tordesillas - divvies up the New World

Treaty of Tordesillas - divvies up the New World
06/07/1494 AD treaty with

Treaty divides the newly discovered lands along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.

Lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Castile.

Tordesillas
Lattitude: 41.5° N
Longitude: 5° W
Region: Europe
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Modern Day Spain
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Tordesillas & Zaragoza Treaties — Lines dividing the non-Christian world between Castile and Portugal: the 1494 Tordesillas meridian (purple) and the 1529 Zaragoza antimeridian (green)
Photo Credit: By Lencer - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3194339
Tordesillas & Zaragoza Treaties Lines dividing the non-Christian world between Castile and Portugal: the 1494 Tordesillas meridian (purple) and the 1529 Zaragoza antimeridian (green)
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