A history of the United States for Catholic schools . LINE OF DEMARCATION DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD 33 Islands. He decreed that all the lands discovered west ofthis lin(» were to belong to Spain, those east to Portugal. Atreaty, between Spain and Portugal shortly after, fixed theline three hundred and seventy leagues west of tlie Cape VerdeIslands, thus unwittingly apportioning Brazil to treaty, based on the papal partition, settled without adrop of blood a question which otherwise might have involvedthe two countries in a costly war. 28. The New Route to India. Vasco de Gama, a
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . LINE OF DEMARCATION DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD 33 Islands. He decreed that all the lands discovered west ofthis lin(» were to belong to Spain, those east to Portugal. Atreaty, between Spain and Portugal shortly after, fixed theline three hundred and seventy leagues west of tlie Cape VerdeIslands, thus unwittingly apportioning Brazil to treaty, based on the papal partition, settled without adrop of blood a question which otherwise might have involvedthe two countries in a costly war. 28. The New Route to India. Vasco de Gama, a Portuguese,in 1497, sailed from Lisbon around the Cape of Good Hope toHindustan, thus finding the long-searched-for route to DIANCEAN •—•—•—•—•- Da Gam a i-++-i-+-t- Cabral . \ospucius ROUTES AROUND AFRICA AND TO SOUTH AMERICA Upon his return to Portugal, there was no doubt as to wherehe had been, for his ships were laden with the riches of theEast. The goal was reached at last! 29. The Discovery of Brazil. The Amazon River was dis-covered (1500) by Vincente Pinzon, one of the companions ofColumbus on his first voyage. About three months later, thePortuguese navigator, Pedro Cabral, on his way to India byway of the Cape of Good Hope, sighted the coast of Brazil, 34 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 30. The Origin of the Name America. Americus Vespucius,a Florentine, skilled in geography and astronomy, sailed firstin the employ of Spain (1499) and afterwards in that ofPortngal. He made several voyages including one which madeknown a large part of the Atlantic coast of South 1507, a year after the death of Columbus, a Germanprofessor named Martin Waldseemuller, in a little treatiseup
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