Human Saga

On June 7

On June 7, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Treaty of Tordesillas divides the non-European world (1494).

On this day

Signed on 7 June 1494 by the Crowns of Castile and Aragon and the Kingdom of Portugal, the Treaty of Tordesillas drew an imaginary meridian from pole to pole 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.

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