Renaissance
A Pope Drew a Line and Split the Globe
A papal document written in 1493 by a clerk who had never seen the Americas split the entire globe between two nations—based on a line no one could actually draw.
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Download on the App StoreRenaissanceAge of ExplorationColonial AmericasPortugalSpainVaticanTreaty of TordesillasBrazilColonialismDiplomacyAlexander VIJohn II of Portugal
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