The Treaty of Madrid was an agreement concluded between Spain and Portugal on 13 January 1750. In an effort to end decades of conflict in the region of present-day Uruguay, the treaty established deta
Title page of the Treaty of Madrid (1750)
Inter caetera
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Inter caetera was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and
Treaty of Madrid (13 January 1750)
…support in case either state's American colonies were attacked by a third power. Most notably, Spain and Portugal expressly abandoned the papal bull, Inter caetera, and the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza as the legal basis for colonial division. Earlier treaties, such as the Treaty of Tordesillas and the…
The Cantino planisphere of 1502 shows the line of the Treaty of Tordesillas.