Tordesillas
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To protect their respective interests, in 1494 Spain and Portugal negotiated the Treaty of Tordesillas, which drew a line through the Atlantic awarding the Americas, with the exception of Brazil, to Spain.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
This podcast was produced for Studio 360 by Rosalind Tordesillas.
From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020
Needless to say, the other European powers were not about to honor this agreement, called the Treaty of Tordesillas and dating to 1494, but it gave the Spanish and Portuguese a considerable head start.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
In late April, Tordesillas learned that she, too, had been named a Matrix conspirator by The Manila Times.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
On September the 24th, 1524, Margaret's youngest niece, Katharine, who had lived most of her life shut up with her mad mother in the gloomy palace of Tordesillas, was married to John III.,
From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.
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