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The Treaty of Tordesillas: How Two Lines Split the World
In 1493, Pope Alexander VI drew a line down the Atlantic, granting Spain everything west of it and Portugal everything east. A year later, the Treaty of Tordesillas moved that line westward, forever shaping the colonial maps of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. But how did a few degrees of longitude become the blueprint for global empire? Join Lucas and Luna as they trace the diplomatic maneuvering between Isabella and John II, the papal bulls that sparked it all, and the surprising consequences—like why Brazil speaks Portuguese and the Philippines speak Spanish. They explore the contested…
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