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Treaty of Tordesillas

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:33 +0000

Treaty between the Catholic Monarchs and the King of Portugal signed by the ambassadors of both monarchs in Tordesillas on 7 June 1494, to settle the dispute between the two countries over the areas of expansion in the overseas lands by means of a new line of demarcation between the two crowns, to be drawn from pole to pole, 370 leagues west of Cape Verde.

Portuguese version preserved in the Archivo General de Indias (Seville).

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Memoir attributed to Ferdinand Magellan

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:24 +0000

In the file kept at the Archivo General de Indias is an undated document (p. 29) in which the Moluccas are justified as belonging to the Spanish Crown in accordance with the partition defined by the Treaty of Tordesillas. This memoir is attributed to Ferdinand Magellan, due to the different and specific geographic knowledge reported in it which allows us to state that the author was aware that he would be facing a vast ocean when he started sailing in the Pacific Ocean.

Transcription of the memoir and comments on the geographical information at: https://www.rutaelcano.com/matematicas-de-magallanes

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Vasco da Gama

ad_hlab_min — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:40:53 +0000

During the late 15th century and throughout the 16th century, knowledge of terrestrial geography, both physical and human, made great strides. Christopher Columbus, Giovanni Caboto and Amerigo Vespucci explored North and South America and consigned them to history. Meanwhile, Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail across the Indian Ocean to Asia, while Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake, who completed the circumnavigation of the globe, confirmed the geographic position of North and South America, which meanwhile became part of maps and world maps, in ever-increasing numbers.

This century of exploration saw the first contacts between different peoples that brought alliances, trade, wars and slavery. These contacts laid the foundation for the modern globalized world.

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“Ibercarto” project, a digital cartography repository, integrated by Spanish and Portuguese cartography professionals

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:23 +0000

“Ibercarto” project, a digital cartography repository, integrated by Spanish and Portuguese cartography professionals

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List of Portuguese cartographic libraries and institutions

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:23 +0000

List of Portuguese map libraries and cartographic institutions, including those that keep and digitalise old cartographic documents, especially from the Modern Age

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Leiden University Collection “Maps and Atlases”

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:23 +0000

Leiden University Maps and Atlases Collection, a repository of over 100,000 maps collected and held by the Leiden University Library since its creation in 1587

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Ibero-American Heritage Digital Library “Geography and Travel” Collection

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:17 +0000

Digital repository of historical maps from the “Geography and Travel” collection of the Ibero-American Heritage Digital Library. It is an online compilation of the digitised collections of maps contained in the libraries and archives of the Ibero-American sphere

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Cartography” Collection of the National Digital Library of Portugal

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:11 +0000

Digital repository of the “Cartography” collection of the “Biblitoeca Nacional Digital de Portugal”

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“Maps and Geography” collection of Europeana, the European Digital Library

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:06 +0000

Digital repository of cartographic, geographical and historical material from Europeana’s “Maps and Geography” collection

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Europeana “Maps of Europe” Collection

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:34:06 +0000

Digital repository of cartographic material from the “Maps of Europe” collection of Europeana

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