FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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May 3, 1493
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May 3, 1492
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May 4, 1493
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May 4, 1492
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Detailed explanation-1: -They were at Barcelona, in close touch with Rome. The camera apostolica became almost an extension of the Spanish Court, which secured a rapid succession of bulls virtually liquidating Portuguese claims. The Pope issued edicts dated 3 and 4 May 1493.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pope Alexander VI issues a papal bull or decree, “Inter Caetera, ” in which he authorizes Spain and Portugal to colonize the Americas and its Native peoples as subjects. The decree asserts the rights of Spain and Portugal to colonize, convert, and enslave.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pope Alexander VI published a bull, ‘Inter caetera’, to divide the New World between Spain and Portugal. It decreed that all lands west and south of a meridian line 100 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde islands rightfully belonged to Spain.
Detailed explanation-4: -(Gilder Lehrman Collection) The Papal Bull “Inter Caetera, ” issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supported Spain’s strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year.