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The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the new world between Spain and Portugal.
The Pope divided the new world into what he thought was half. Spain got west and Portugal got east. Portugal ended up with just Brazil and Spain got everything else.The pope divided the world in "half." The Line of Demarcation was created to divide the world. Portugal got the land on the east while Spain got the land on the west, which was a greater quantity.
That was Pope Alexander VI.
Not exactly. Spain and Portugal divided the "Newly Discoverd" lands outside Europe with the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 and the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1529.
The Treaty of Tordesillas affected Spain and Portugal the most. It divided the unexplored world outside Europe between these two countries, with Spain gaining influence over territories to the west of the line and Portugal to the east.
he divided the world with an imaginary line
He divided the extra-European world between Spain and Portugal in the bull Inter caetera (1493).
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the unexplored territories of the New World between Spain and Portugal. The treaty was intended to resolve disputes over newly discovered lands by establishing a line of demarcation in 1494. Spain was allotted territories to the west of the line, while Portugal was given lands to the east.
The Pope split the Land of the New World between Spain and Portugal they called this split the line of Demarcation which was eventually moved again through the Treaty of Tordesillas
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