Map of the World showing the chief voyages of exploration, to 1522. The black line down the middle of the map denotes The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494, which divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire (Crown of Castile), along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. That line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde islands (already Portuguese) and the islands visited by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage (claimed for Castile and León), named in the treaty as Cipangu and
Map of the World showing the chief voyages of exploration, to 1522. The black line down the middle of the map denotes The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494, which divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire (Crown of Castile), along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. That line of demarcation was about halfway between the Cape Verde islands (already Portuguese) and the islands visited by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage (claimed for Castile and León), named in the treaty as Cipangu and Antillia (Cuba and Hispaniola). This Treaty modified an earlier division proposed by Pope Alexander VI which was known as the Pope's Line. From the book Outline of History by Wells, published 1920.
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