Tordesillas
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Tordesillas was imprisoned a short time after his master, on the suspicion that he entertained the same opinions.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
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