COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Eastern region
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Western region
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Southern region
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Northern region
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Detailed explanation-1: -All lands east of that line (about 46 degrees, 37 minutes west) were claimed by Portugal.
Detailed explanation-2: -The lands to the east would belong to Portugal and the lands to the west to Castile, modifying an earlier division proposed by Pope Alexander VI. The treaty was signed by Spain, 2 July 1494, and by Portugal, 5 September 1494.
Detailed explanation-3: -But John II protested and began negotiations leading to the celebrated Treaty of Tordesillas (June 1494), which gave to Spain all lands west of a line 370 leagues to the west of the Cape Verde Islands. This line, however, reserved Brazil (still apparently unknown) for Portugal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Tordesillas, June 7, 1494. On June 7, 1494, Spain and Portugal agreed to fix the boundary between their respective domains along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. They established two areas in which they would have a monopoly over discovery, navigation, and trade.