I went down this rabbit hole while trying to understand how Brazil ended up as Portugese given the West/East split. Apparently, it should have been Spanish since it was West? Some interesting explanation on this that I have not had time to explore. Please reply to this if you know the history on that particular item.
I live in Newfoundland, which was far enough out in the Atlantic to be included with Brazil in the Portuguese allotment. Labrador was granted, along with the rest of the Americas, to Spain. the dividing line was drawn north-south, 370 leagues (1800 kilometres) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
Ah, very good, ty. I keep forgetting how far the eastern part of Brazil sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. If you ignore what we know about the full scope of the continents and just focus on the "leading edge" of what would be found as one moves westward from Europe, this makes total sense from the explorer's perspective.
Apparently Brazil (furthest edge) was east of the established dividing line once you look at the map, and then that claim got extended a bit west later?
I went down this rabbit hole while trying to understand how Brazil ended up as Portugese given the West/East split. Apparently, it should have been Spanish since it was West? Some interesting explanation on this that I have not had time to explore. Please reply to this if you know the history on that particular item.
I live in Newfoundland, which was far enough out in the Atlantic to be included with Brazil in the Portuguese allotment. Labrador was granted, along with the rest of the Americas, to Spain. the dividing line was drawn north-south, 370 leagues (1800 kilometres) west of the Cape Verde Islands.
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/portuguese.php
Ah, very good, ty. I keep forgetting how far the eastern part of Brazil sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. If you ignore what we know about the full scope of the continents and just focus on the "leading edge" of what would be found as one moves westward from Europe, this makes total sense from the explorer's perspective.
Apparently Brazil (furthest edge) was east of the established dividing line once you look at the map, and then that claim got extended a bit west later?