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Position:Home>History> What is the treaty of tortesillas?Question: What is the treaty of tortesillas!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World (upon the return of Christopher Columbus)!. It was signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province, Spain), June 7, 1494!. Land on the east side would go to Portugal and on the west side to Spain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Treaty of Tordesillas signed at Tordesillas (now in Valladolid province, Spain), June 7, 1494, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe into an exclusive duopoly between the Spanish and the Portuguese along a north-south meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands (off the west coast of Africa)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |