Tordesillas

American  

[tawr-the-see-lyahs] / ˌtɔr ðɛˈsi lyɑs /

noun

1. a town in NW Spain, SW of Valladolid: treaty (1494) defining the colonial spheres of Spain and Portugal.

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Example Sentences

The history of colonialism has many clear milestones, including the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain, Portugal, and the Vatican that divided the world outside Europe between the two Iberian empires.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2019

As provided in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Portuguese built a different kind of empire by continuing to send voyages southward along the African coast.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

A final agreement, at the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, placed the line somewhat further west, at around 46 degrees west longitude.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2012

The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, had divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

They did not so much mind sharing it, along the line agreed upon in the Treaty of Tordesillas, with the Portuguese, but the ingress of the English and French infuriated them.

From Pioneers in Canada by Wallcousins, E.