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The Lines That Split the World: Treaty of Tordesillas
In 1494, two Iberian kingdoms drew a line down the middle of the Atlantic and divided the undiscovered world between them. The Treaty of Tordesillas, brokered by Pope Alexander VI, gave Portugal everything east of an imaginary meridian and Spain everything to the west. But the line didn't just split oceans—it shaped the fates of continents. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the treaty came about, the politics behind the papal bulls that preceded it, and how a line drawn in ignorance of the Americas ended up giving Portugal Brazil. They also look at the later Treaty of Zaragoza…
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