Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugal was limited by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) which gave Spain the right to colonize most of the Americas. The exception was Brazil, the easternmost part of South America. Portugal, however, also conducted trade, conquest, and piracy in India by sailing around Africa.
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Columbusâ??s discovery of the â??West Indies,â?? which was funded by the Spanish monarchy, prompted the King John II of Portugal to fund the search for India. A conflict arose between Spain and Portugal over discovered lands, which caused the Treaty of Tordesillas and the line of demarcation to go into effect dividing lines east of the line to Portugal and west of the line to Spain.
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Portugal is a country. Spain is another. In Portugal you speak Portuguese and in Spain, Spanish. Portugal has been a country since 1143 and since then Portuguese has always been it's official language.
Portugal was limited by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) which gave Spain the right to colonize most of the Americas. The exception was Brazil, the easternmost part of South America. Portugal, however, also conducted trade, conquest, and piracy in India by sailing around Africa.
Portugal gained control of Brazil in the Americas. The future country of Brazil was claimed for Portugal in April 1500 by Pedro Álvares Cabral [ca. 1468 - ca. 1520]. Subsequently rival strongholds established by British, Dutch, French and Spanish settlers were overthrown successfully by Portugal.
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Spanish colonization of the Americas was created in 1525.
Spanish colonization of the Americas ended in 1821.
The Treaty of Tordesillas prevented conflict between Spain and Portugal by dividing the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two countries along a designated meridian. This agreement aimed to prevent disputes over territories in the Americas and other parts of the world.
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Spain and Portugal. The legacy is that whole od the Americas , south of the USA/Mexico border is Spanish speaking, except for Brazil ,which is Portuguese speaking.
Both Britain and France challenged Spanish power in the Americas.
Francia --- France Portugal --- Portugal
Columbusâ??s discovery of the â??West Indies,â?? which was funded by the Spanish monarchy, prompted the King John II of Portugal to fund the search for India. A conflict arose between Spain and Portugal over discovered lands, which caused the Treaty of Tordesillas and the line of demarcation to go into effect dividing lines east of the line to Portugal and west of the line to Spain.
no Spain controled Portugal