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This Week in History: The Treaty of Tordesillas

June 11, 2020June 26, 2020 ~ David Tollen ~ Leave a comment

This week in 1494, the Spanish and Portuguese Empires signed the Treaty of Tordesillas—brokered by the Pope. The treaty divided the globe between the two great powers, fifty-fifty.

Image: the Cantino planisphere (1502), depicting the Tordesillas Merdian, splitting the world

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