Treaty of Treaty of TordesillasTordesillas

What is it?What is it? It is known as the It is known as the

Treaty of Treaty of Tordesillas the Tordesillas the commitment made commitment made at Tordesillas at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid (now in Valladolid province, in province, in northwestern northwestern Spain)Spain)

Who stablished that?Who stablished that? On June 7, 1494 On June 7, 1494

between Isabella between Isabella and Ferdinand, and Ferdinand, king of Castile king of Castile and Aragon, and and Aragon, and King John II of King John II of Portugal. Portugal.

Treaty of TordesillasTreaty of Tordesillas Under which set Under which set

an allocation of an allocation of areas of conquest areas of conquest and annexation of and annexation of the new world the new world through a line of through a line of the Atlantic Ocean the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent and adjacent territories.territories.

Difficulties Difficulties The treaty only The treaty only

specified the specified the demarcation line 370 demarcation line 370 leagues from the leagues from the islands of Cape islands of Cape Verde. Does not Verde. Does not specify the degree of specify the degree of the meridian line or the meridian line or identified the island identified the island to be counted from to be counted from the 370 leagues nor the 370 leagues nor the length of the the length of the leagueleague. .

THE ENDTHE ENDBy:By:

Isabel Saray Moreno DuránIsabel Saray Moreno DuránIneva Guerrero GarcíaIneva Guerrero García

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