Castile and Portugal engaged in long territorial disputes during the Modern Age over the control and administration of overseas territories. This confrontation came to an end in 1494 with the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas, which established an imaginary dividing line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands between the overseas dominions of each.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XV

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/3535362

Resource type: Historical source

Format: Unknown

Source: Archivo Histórico Nacional. 1. INSTITUCIONES DEL ANTIGUO RÉGIMEN. 1.1. INSTITUCIONES DE LA MONARQUÍA. Fondo Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Estado. 1ª División Tratados internacionales. Serie Tratados internacionales suscritos por España. Subserie Copia de tratados de paces, alianzas y confederaciones de los reinos peninsulares durante la Edad Media

Language: Spanish

Date: 13/07/1494

Owner: Álvaro Chaparro Sainz (Modernalia)

Identifier: ES.28079.AHN//ESTADO,2724,Exp.45

Copyright: © MECD. Archivos Estatales (España)

Abstract: Original treaty concluded between the Catholic Monarchs and John II of Portugal on the limits of territories in the kingdom of Fez, starting with the eastern part, which seems to include Melilla.

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