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jun 7, 1494 - The Treaty of Tordesillas

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An agreement signed by Spain and Portugal that attempted to settle conflicts over newly discovered land. It was decided that between the Portuguese Empire and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa, would be the division line.

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jun 7, 1494
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~ 531 years ago

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