Columbus sailed west from Spain.
Those are the Canary Islands and they are an integral part of Spain, not a possession.
It was made to draw a line west to the Canary Islands, so that land discover west of the line belonged to Spain and the one to the east was for Portugal.
Florida is not much further south than Spain. The southern most place on Key West is at N24.54408o. The southern most place in Spain is the island of Hierro in the Canary Islands located at N27.64207o. The difference is 3.09799o or little further than N-S distance from Toledo to Cincinnati.
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands are in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 to 400 km west of Morocco, Africa. is canary island is a part of chengen
The Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa, are still controlled by Spain. Madeira Island also lays off of Africa's west coast and is controlled by Portugal.
The Canary Islands are located off the coast of mainland North Africa; 100km west of Morocco. The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago and are one of the outermost regions of the European Union.
They are in the Atlantic Ocean west of Africa.
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of islands, off the west coast of Africa.
The exact midpoint is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean west of the Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain or less west of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
The Canary Islands consists of seven (7) main islands, not six (6). The seven (7) main islands that make up the Canary Islands (from West to East) are: Hierro, La Palma, Gomera Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote.