Tordesillas

American  

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

noun

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

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Tordesillas

This Spanish map from 1622 shows in red the vertical dividing line described in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

In 1514, Pope Leo X declared that the line described in the Treaty of Tordesillas allocated territories in the Atlantic but not the Pacific.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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

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

Full powers were conferred upon these representatives in special letters, that of the Catholic sovereigns being given June 5 at Tordesillas, and that of King Dom Joan of Portugal, March 8.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

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