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The Treaty of Zaragoza did not modify or clarify the line of demarcation provided by the Treaty of Tordesillas, nor did it validate Spain's claim to equal hemispheres (180° each), so the two lines divided the earth into unequal hemispheres. Portugal's portion was roughly 191° whereas Spain's portion was roughly 169°.
Treaty of Tordesillas: Treaty between the Lord of Monaco and Habsburg Spain. Franco-Polish Alliance: Alliance between the king of France Francis I and the king of Poland Sigismund I. 1525 Treaty of Kraków: Ends the Polish–Teutonic War. Treaty of the More: Treaty between Henry VIII and the interim French government of Louise of Savoy. 1526
When it was drawn, there was disagreement among major European powers over where the line of longitude lay. The line of demarcation drawn by the papal state in 1493 is 100 leagues west of the Azores, whereas the line determined by the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas trends further west. [6] The Treaty aimed to divide territory among Portugal and Spain.
The treaty did not clarify or modify the line of demarcation established by the Treaty of Tordesillas, nor did it validate Spain's claim to equal hemispheres (180° each), so the two lines divided the Earth into unequal portions. Portugal's portion was roughly 191° of the Earth's circumference, whereas Spain's portion was roughly 169°.
Alexander, in the bull Inter caetera on 4 May 1493, divided the title between Spain and Portugal along a demarcation line. This became the basis of the Treaty of Tordesillas . [ 37 ]
The Cantino planisphere of 1502 shows the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas. An important but unanticipated effect of this papal bull and the Treaty of Tordesillas was that nearly all the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of North America were given to Spain. King John II naturally declined to enter into a hopeless competition at Rome, and ...
This line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde Islands (already Portuguese) and the islands claimed for Castile by Columbus on his first voyage. Although the Treaty of Tordesillas attempted to clarify their empires, many subsequent treaties were needed to establish the modern boundaries of Brazil and the 1529 Treaty of ...
Should Demarcation line also list Inter caetera or any other papal bulls? Is the text at Demarcation line#Americas, which states "This line was drawn in 1493 after Christopher Columbus returned from his maiden voyage to the Americas" correct, as Treaty of Tordesillas indicates that the line defined in 1494 differed from the 1493 Papal line?