. The lines of demarcation of Pope Alexander VI and the Treaty of Tordesillas 1493 and 1494. i sJ U O o o O o 1 ^ m 114) ^ 3 [JSy Fig. 3. Ribeibo, Spanish. A. D. 1527. [e. B. DAW30N] THE LINES OP DEMARCATION B21 The second point of our inquiry, namely, where upon our coastdid those old navigators think that the line touched ? canjiot befound nmthematically, for it would seem from these calculations onspheres that the same result is reached from widely different method is plainly inapplicable. It is necessary, therefore, toturn to the maps of the period—those maps which, mathemat
. The lines of demarcation of Pope Alexander VI and the Treaty of Tordesillas 1493 and 1494. i sJ U O o o O o 1 ^ m 114) ^ 3 [JSy Fig. 3. Ribeibo, Spanish. A. D. 1527. [e. B. DAW30N] THE LINES OP DEMARCATION B21 The second point of our inquiry, namely, where upon our coastdid those old navigators think that the line touched ? canjiot befound nmthematically, for it would seem from these calculations onspheres that the same result is reached from widely different method is plainly inapplicable. It is necessary, therefore, toturn to the maps of the period—those maps which, mathematicallymeasuied, will mislead the student; but which will yield valuable in-formation to whoever will read them in the light of their own topographical features upon them will show within a very smalldistance the place where the line of Tordesillas touched our coast—in the current opinion of the period when the people were alive whohad the practical settlement of it. The Spanish view is set forth in two maps, both copied from theofficial map of Spain. One is by Diego Ribeiro and is
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