{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Tordesillas – Part 3: The terms that shaped continents","description":"The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in June fourteen ninety-four, was more than parchment and signatures. It was a blueprint for empire. The ink on the treaty’s clauses would redraw the map—and set destinies in motion on both sides of the Atlantic.\r\n\r\nThe terms were stark in their simplicity, yet breathtaking in their ambition. A single meridian, three hundred seventy leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, would divide the non-European world. To the west, Spain could claim all lands not already ruled by a Christian prince. To the east, Portugal was granted rights over Africa, Asia, and whatever else lay beyond. This was not a temporary fix—it was a new world order, hammered out by men who had never set eyes on most of the lands they now claimed.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-tordesillas","author_name":"The Archive Network"}