It was perfered to as a line of demarcation .
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between Spain and Portugal. The imaginary line ran down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
An imaginary line running through the Atlantic Ocean between the north and south poles and not crossing any land except Greenland and Antarctica could be any meridian between 24.5° and 35° West longitude.
i think it was the circumnavigate
i think it was the circumnavigate
the prime meridian
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494, divided newly explored lands between Spain and Portugal along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, granting Portugal rights to territories east of the line and Spain to the west. This division aimed to prevent conflict and establish spheres of influence for the two European powers in the New World.
i think it was the circumnavigate
It was as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas (signed June 7th 1494) and was referred to as the line of demarcation.
line of demarcation is an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to the south. Pope Alexander VI drew it in 1493
The middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The imaginary line that circles the middle of the earth is called the equator.
There is no special name for such a line, although I suppose you might call it the mid-pond meridian.