Portuguese King D.João II is the first to receive Columbus and learns of his belief that he had discovered Índia on an expedition for the Spanish King (today we know that the Columbus was wrong and he had in fact discovered America). But why divide the world and the seas with the Spanish if the world already belonged to the Portuguese?Īccording to the Treaty of Alcáçovas, signed years before, Portugal already had the agreement of the Catholic Church that recognized the efforts of the Discoveries of the Portuguese and stated that all the land discovered by the Portuguese (except the Canaries that were given to the Spanish) would belong to the Portuguese – the Mare Clausum.However, on March 4th,1493 a world famous figure arrives in Lisbon claiming a discovery that questions this agreement – Columbus. João II signed the final document of the famous Treaty of Tordesillas, at the Jesus Convent in Setúbal. This happened today, 523 years ago, an important fact of Portuguese History!ĭid you know that 523 years ago Portugal and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, recognized by the Catholic Church, and all the new discovered world would be divided between them? On September 5th 1494, King D. Portugal and Spain claimed the world for themselves.
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