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How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
edition:Hardcover
When Columbus first returned from America to Spain, his discoveries inflamed a smouldering conflict between Portugal's King Jo"o II and Spain's monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella. Acting hastily, Pope Alexander VI issued a proclamation providing the foundation for the Treaty of Tordesillas, which created an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean dividi …