Treaty of Tordesillas

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bilateral agreement boundary treaty historical event international treaty

The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, brokered by the papacy, that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two powers and shaped the colonial map of the Americas and beyond.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Tordesillas canonical	30
Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas	1
Treaty of Tordesillas (papal context)	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34776 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Treaty of Tordesillas
Context triple: [Age of Exploration, hasKeyEvent, Treaty of Tordesillas]

A. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
B. Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
C. Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure the indivisibility of the Habsburg lands and allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit them, reshaping the dynastic succession in Central Europe.
D. Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris (1898) was the agreement that ended the Spanish–American War, resulting in Spain ceding territories including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States and marking a major expansion of U.S. influence overseas.
E. Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Tordesillas
Target entity description: The Treaty of Tordesillas was a 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal, brokered by the papacy, that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between the two powers and shaped the colonial map of the Americas and beyond.

A. Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
B. Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was the series of 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in Europe and is often credited with establishing the foundations of the modern system of sovereign nation-states.
C. Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 (context for Habsburg succession)
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 was an edict issued by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI to ensure the indivisibility of the Habsburg lands and allow his daughter Maria Theresa to inherit them, reshaping the dynastic succession in Central Europe.
D. Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Paris (1898) was the agreement that ended the Spanish–American War, resulting in Spain ceding territories including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States and marking a major expansion of U.S. influence overseas.
E. Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a large 16th-century fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England, whose defeat marked a turning point in European naval power.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ boundary treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
brokeredBy	papacy ⓘ
continentAffected	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
countryOfSigning	Spain ⓘ
dateSigned	1494-06-07 ⓘ
defined	demarcation line in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ meridian west of the Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
effect	affected colonization in Africa ⓘ affected colonization in Asia ⓘ divided spheres of influence between Spain and Portugal ⓘ granted Spain rights to most of the Americas ⓘ influenced Portuguese claims in Brazil ⓘ limited Portuguese expansion in the Americas to eastern South America ⓘ shaped colonial map of the Americas ⓘ
field	diplomatic history ⓘ international law ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Zaragoza ⓘ
hasConsequences	basis for later colonial boundaries ⓘ long-term territorial disputes ⓘ
historicalPeriod	15th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified by Portugal ⓘ ratified by Spain ⓘ
locationSigned	Crown of Castile ⓘ Tordesillas ⓘ
namedAfter	Tordesillas ⓘ
purpose	avoid conflict between Spain and Portugal over overseas territories ⓘ division of newly discovered lands outside Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Portuguese Empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ colonialism ⓘ maritime exploration ⓘ
replaced	papal bull Inter caetera ⓘ
signatory	Catholic Monarchs ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Isabella I of Castile ⓘ John II of Portugal ⓘ Castile ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Castile Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal
yearSigned	1494 ⓘ

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Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Age of Exploration → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Spanish Empire → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas

Magellan–Elcano expedition → treatyContext → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Crown of Castile → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Portuguese Empire → treaty → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Spanish colonization of the Americas → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

European colonization of the Americas → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Pope Alexander VI → influenced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Tordesillas → knownFor → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Tordesillas → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

papal bull Inter caetera → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter caetera

papal bull Inter caetera → influenced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter caetera

John II of Portugal → notableEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaty of Zaragoza → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaty of Zaragoza → follows → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas → relatedConcept → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Portuguese Crown → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → treatyContext → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaties of Spain → notableExample → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Roderic Llançol i de Borja → associatedWithEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Tordesillas (papal context)

Inter caetera → influenced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Inter caetera → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Inter caetera → followedBy → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean and lands westward toward the Indies → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaty of Alcáçovas → predecessorOf → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaties of Portugal → hasPart → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Capitulation of Zaragoza → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

papal bull Aeterni regis → precedes → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

subject surface form: Aeterni regis

Spanish overseas territories → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Aviz dynasty → notableEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Treaty of Madrid (1750) → replaced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

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