HIST 1500Y Lecture 5: October 10 - Lecture 5
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The portuguese answer to columbus and its legacy. Slide 1: 1498: the portuguese answer to columbus and its. Images: a partial map of the eastern hemisphere, king manuel i of portugal, Vasco da gama, a modern representation of vasco da gama presenting his credentials to the samodri of calicut, bags of spices, a late 15th-century german representation of prester john, three different view of earth, bird flu containment. Slide 2: portugal"s immediate response: prepare for war! Columbus = an interloper, who violated portuguese rights granted by the pope. Granted to the king of portugal the right control access and conquest in. Guinea across coast of africa all the way to the indies. dismissing the rights of non-christians as enemies of the faith and sinners against the natural law cannot rule their own affairs. The portuguese-castilian war, 1474-79 and the treaty of alc ovas-toledo (1479-80)
