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The 65 pages that link to Treaty of Tordesillas, each with the reason it gives.

• Belém TowerRelated: The treaty reflects the imperial competition whose expansion the tower helped memorialize.

• Colonial BrazilRelated: Its boundary helped Portugal justify its claim to much of eastern South America.

• Álvaro de Mendaña de NeiraRelated: Its division of overseas claims shaped Spain’s ambitions to secure Pacific territories.

• Brazilian gold rushRelated: Inland expansion eventually carried Portuguese settlement beyond the treaty’s original boundary.

• Global silver tradeRelated: Its imperial partition shaped the competing colonial systems through which silver circulated.

• History of BrazilRelated: Its boundary helped frame Portugal’s early claims in South America.

• Vasco Núñez de BalboaRelated: Balboa’s Pacific claim unfolded within the imperial division established by this treaty.

• Vicente Yáñez PinzónRelated: Pinzón’s 1500 exploration of Brazil’s coast unfolded in a region assigned to Portugal by this treaty.

• Gaspar Corte-RealRelated: The treaty framed Portugal’s claims as its explorers probed the western Atlantic.

• Pero Vaz de CaminhaRelated: Its division of Atlantic claims shaped Portugal’s imperial context when Cabral’s fleet reached Brazil.

• Religious warRelated: Its papal backing linked religious authority to imperial expansion and territorial division.

• Diego ColumbusRelated: It set the imperial framework within which Diego’s inherited claims operated.

• João Fernandes LavradorRelated: Its terms shaped Portuguese claims and ambitions during the era of Lavrador’s voyages.

• Lucas Vázquez de AyllónRelated: The treaty framed Spain’s claims to lands across the Atlantic, including the coast Ayllón explored.

• Voyages of Christopher ColumbusRelated: It addressed competing Iberian claims after Columbus's first expedition.