{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Tordesillas – Part 2: How a line was drawn and the world was split","description":"In a cramped hall in the Castilian town of Tordesillas, two delegations faced each other across a table. The stakes were nothing less than the fate of the seas, the lands beyond, and the future of empire. Words would decide what swords could not.\r\n\r\nDiplomats from Spain and Portugal had come prepared for a battle of wits. On the Spanish side stood Enrique Enríquez de Guzmán, representing the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella. Across from him, Ruy de Sousa spoke for King John the Second of Portugal. Their task was clear, but anything but simple: to turn fear, ambition, and royal decree into an agreement that would hold.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-tordesillas","author_name":"The Archive Network"}