Treaty of Zaragoza

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bilateral treaty historical document international treaty

The Treaty of Zaragoza was a 1529 agreement between Spain and Portugal that defined their spheres of influence in Asia and the Pacific by establishing an antimeridian to the earlier Treaty of Tordesillas.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty → historical document → international treaty →
alsoKnownAs	Capitulation of Zaragoza → Treaty of Saragossa →
category	1529 in law → 16th-century treaties → Treaties of Portugal → Treaties of Spain →
citySigned	Zaragoza →
concernedTerritory	Moluccas → Spice Islands →
continentConcerned	Asia →
countrySignatory	Portugal → Spain →
dateSigned	1529-04-22 →
definedRegion	Asia → Pacific Ocean →
definedSpheresOfInfluenceFor	Portuguese Empire → Spanish Empire →
effectOnPortugal	confirmed Portuguese control over the Moluccas →
effectOnSpain	recognized Portuguese rights to the Moluccas →
establishedLineType	antimeridian →
establishedMeridianDistance	297.5 leagues east of the Moluccas →
follows	Treaty of Tordesillas →
historicalPeriod	Age of Discovery → European overseas expansion →
kingdomSignedIn	Kingdom of Aragon →
language	Latin → Portuguese → Spanish →
legalStatus	in force at time of Iberian Union →
longTermImpact	helped delineate Spanish and Portuguese colonial domains in the Eastern Hemisphere →
monarchOfPortugalAtSigning	John III of Portugal →
monarchOfSpainAtSigning	Charles V →
oceanConcerned	Pacific Ocean →
paymentAmount	350000 ducats →
placeSigned	Zaragoza →
precedes	Iberian Union →
purpose	to define Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence in Asia and the Pacific → to establish an antimeridian to the Treaty of Tordesillas →
relatedTo	Treaty of Tordesillas →
resolvedDisputeOver	control of the Moluccas →
resultedInPaymentBy	Spain →
resultedInPaymentTo	Portugal →
signedByRepresentativeOf	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → John III of Portugal →
yearSigned	1529 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Treaty of Zaragoza ("Treaty of Saragossa") →	alsoKnownAs
Treaty of Tordesillas →	followedBy
Inter caetera ("Treaty of Tordesillas demarcation line") →	laterSupersededInPracticeBy
Portuguese Empire →	treaty