HIST 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cantino Planisphere, Innocent Passage
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The treaty of tordesillas: the peace of alcavocas-toledo, 1479 (between. Portugal and spain, signed by ferdinand and isabella and john ii"s father. Recognized spain had victory on land and portugal had victory on water. : the treaty of tordesillas, 1494, legacies and limits of tordesillas, new visions of the world. John ii, king of portugal, 1455-95, very pissed off in the papal bull. Portugal unhappy because of prior papal bulls that deals with land abroad. Portuguese trading along african coast, eventually want to get to the indies. 15th century, basic knowledge of charts does not exist. Columbus had a basic idea of where he wanted to go. The line splits of brazil, which is why they started as. Spain and portugal appoint people to sail together and determine where the line is (they never bother to do this) This is where innocent passage comes into play. The problem with treaties: they try to make things permanent when it never is.
