Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties
In the present article, we take a brief journey through the History of the Portuguese expansion into America, in order to explain how the meridian fixed by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 was neglected and crossed during two centuries. Likewise, we give details about the way the conquest and colon...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Salamanca
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Revista de Estudios Brasileños |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2386-4540/article/view/18471 |