Treaty of El Pardo

E85781

bilateral agreement treaty

The Treaty of El Pardo was an 18th-century agreement between Spain and Portugal that redefined their colonial boundaries, including Spain’s claims in the region that would become Equatorial Guinea.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Treaty of El Pardo (1778)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
affectedRegion	Gulf of Guinea ⓘ South America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ territories that later formed Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Portuguese Empire ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
countrySignatory	Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
dateSigned	1778-03-11 ⓘ
diplomaticContext	Spanish–Portuguese colonial rivalry ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
follows	Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
grantedToPortugal	lands in present-day Brazil ⓘ territories in South America ⓘ
grantedToSpain	Annobón ⓘ Bioko Island ⓘ surface form: Fernando Pó islands in the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ rights on the mainland coast of the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
hasConsequence	adjusted Portuguese territorial claims in South America ⓘ laid groundwork for Spanish presence in what became Equatorial Guinea ⓘ strengthened Spanish claims in the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
locationSigned	El Pardo ⓘ Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
partOf	history of Equatorial Guinea ⓘ history of Spanish colonization in Africa ⓘ history of the Portuguese Empire ⓘ history of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
purpose	to redefine colonial boundaries between Spain and Portugal ⓘ to settle colonial disputes between Spain and Portugal in Africa and South America ⓘ
replaced	some provisions of the Treaty of Madrid (1750) ⓘ
signatory	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
signedUnderMonarch	Charles III of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria I of Portugal ⓘ
subject	Spanish–Portuguese relations ⓘ colonial boundaries ⓘ territorial cessions ⓘ
yearSigned	1778 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Treaty of San Ildefonso (1777) → relatedTo → Treaty of El Pardo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of El Pardo (1778)

Spanish colonization of Equatorial Guinea → treatyBasis → Treaty of El Pardo ⓘ