Details of the agreement between spain and portugal

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Case Study: Excerpt of Treaty between Spain and Portugal concluded at Tordesillas; June 7, 1494 Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles Oscar Paullin, trans. [!.] That, whereas a certain controversy exists between the said lords, their con- stituents, as to what lands, of all those discovered in the ocean sea up to the present day, the date of this treaty, pertain to each one of the said parts respec- tively; therefore, for the sake of peace and concord, and for the preservation of the relationship and love of the said King of Portugal for the said King and Queen of Castile, Aragon, etc., it being the pleasure of their Highnesses, they, their said representatives, acting in their name and by virtue of their powers herein described, covenanted and agreed that a boundary or straight line be Selection from Frances Gardiner Davenport and Charles Oscar Paullin, "Treaty Between Spain and Portugal Concluded at Tordesillas, June 7, 1494," European Treaties Bearing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, pp. 95. 1917. 54 Global Themes in World History Since 1500

Determined and drawn north and south, from pole to pole, on the said ocean sea, from the Arctic to the Antarctic pole. This boundary or line shall be drawn straight, as aforesaid, at a distance of three hundred and seventy leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands, being calculated by degrees, or by any other manner as may be considered the best and readiest, provided the distance shall be no greater than abovesaid. And all lands, both islands and mainlands, found and discovered already, or to be found and discovered hereafter, by the said King of Portugal and by his vessels on this side of the said line and bound determined as above, toward the east, in either north or south latitude, on the eastern side of the said bound provided the said bound is not crossed, shall belong to, and remain in the possession of, and pertain forever to, the said King of Portugal and his successors. And all other lands, both islands and mainlands, found or to be found hereafter, discovered or to be discovered hereafter, which have been discovered or shall be discovered by the said King and Queen of Castile, Aragon, etc., and by their vessels, on the western side of the said bound, determined as above, after having passed the said bound toward the west, in either its north or south latitude, shall belong to, and remain in the possession of, and pertain forever to, the said King and Queen of Castile, Leon, etc., and to their successors. Frances Gardiner Davenport, Charles Oscar Paullin, trans, European Treaties Bear- ing on the History of the United States and Its Dependencies, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. Papers ofthe Department of Historical Research; No. 254. (Washington, DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1917), 84-100.

Question 1. What are the speci?c details of the agreement between Spain and Portugal in this portion of the Treaty of Tordesillas?

Question 2. How might other countries around the world feel about this agreement?

Question 3. How might the indigenous leaders and rulers of the lands under this agreement feel about the treaty?

Question 4. How does the Treaty of Tordesillas connect to themes of empire and imperialism?

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