Treaty of tordesillas definition and significance
Treaty of tordesillas definition and significance
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Treaty of Tordesillas
treaty dividing the unclaimed world between Spanish and Portuguese sovereignty
This article is about the treaty between Portugal and Spain that divided the world as then understood between the two.
For the treaty signed in between the Habsburgs and Monaco, see Treaty of Tordesillas ().
| Treaty of Tordesillas | |
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Front page of the Portuguese-owned treaty. This page is written in Spanish. | |
| Created | 7 June in Tordesillas, Spain |
| Ratified | 2 July in Spain 5 September in Portugal 24 January or by Pope Julius II[1][2] |
| Signatories | Ferdinand II of Aragon Isabella I of Castile John, Prince of Asturias John II of Portugal |
| Purpose | To resolve the conflict that arose from the papal bull Aeterni regis which affirmed Portuguese claims to all non-Christian lands south of the Canary Islands after Columbus claimed the Antilles for Castile, and to divide trading and colonising rights for all lands located west of the Canary Islands between
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