Following Columbus’s landmark voyage, Spain and Portugal found themselves in a race for global dominance. To prevent open ...

In the Age of Exploration, Portugal and Spain weren’t just sailing into the unknown they were executing bold, strategic plans to divide and dominate the world. This video unpacks the treaties, ...

Spain and Portugal both wanted control of the oceans. In order to keep them from fighting, Pope Alexander VI passed papal bulls to divide the world in two. Aug. 19, 2011. Aug. 19, 2011.

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the ...

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