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It is called the Line of Demarcation.
he divided the world with an imaginary line
Spain and Portugal
The treaty responsible for the divide between the world that Spain could colonize and Portugal could colonize was the Treaty of Tordesillas. The name of the line was, surprisingly enough, called the Tordesillas Line.
Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.
It is called the Line of Demarcation.
Spain and Portugal.
he divided the world with an imaginary line
Spain and Portugal
It divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
It divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
May 4, 1493 in HistoryEvent: Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal
Amerigo Vespucci sailed to South America at the behest of King Manuel the 1st of Portugal sometime between 1499 and 1502. On his first voyage, he discovered that South America was a lot longer than originally thought.
The treaty responsible for the divide between the world that Spain could colonize and Portugal could colonize was the Treaty of Tordesillas. The name of the line was, surprisingly enough, called the Tordesillas Line.
Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.
The treaty divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal avoiding a war between to two countries. Portugal was awarded all newly discovered land east of a meridian 370 leagues or 1364 miles west of Cape Verde islands, while Spain got everything west.
It divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal, Hope that helps