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The Forgotten Treaty of Tordesillas: How Spain and Portugal Divided the World
Long before the Scramble for Africa, a single line on a map decided the fate of entire continents. In 1494, Pope Alexander VI brokered the Treaty of Tordesillas, drawing a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. East of the line went to Portugal; west to Spain. But how was this line enforced? What did it mean for the people already living there? And how did other European powers—England, France, the Dutch—respond to this papal monopoly on the world? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Treaty of Tordesillas, the subsequent Treaty of Zaragoza that divided Asia, and the…
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