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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Treaty of Zaragoza → follows → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Age of Exploration → hasKeyEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

papal bull Inter caetera → influenced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter caetera

Pope Alexander VI → influenced → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Tordesillas → knownFor → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

John II of Portugal → notableEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

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

papal bull Inter caetera → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

subject surface form: Inter caetera

Treaty of Zaragoza → relatedTo → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Crown of Castile → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

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

Portuguese Crown → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Spanish Empire → significantEvent → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish–Portuguese Treaty of Tordesillas

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

Portuguese Empire → treaty → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Magellan–Elcano expedition → treatyContext → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Voyage to the Moluccas → treatyContext → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ

Tordesillas → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ