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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doaj-255bf281a1c64ec5b715daf2d871b7332020-11-25T03:41:47ZengUniversidad de SalamancaRevista de Estudios Brasileños2386-45402014-07-011118920110.14201/reb20141118920115794Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border TreatiesRubén ÁLVAREZ IGLESIAS0Universidad de SalamancaIn 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 colonization process was reported in the Hispanic-Portuguese diplomatic treaties, which reached its zenith in the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. This treaty was the first to establish the borders which, with little differences, demarcated the territory of current Brazil, and it could therefore be considered a turning point in the historical formation of the territory of Latin America’s giant.https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2386-4540/article/view/18471fronterashistoria de la expansión portuguesahistoria territorial de brasilrelaciones hispano-portuguesastratado de madrid de 1750 |
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Rubén ÁLVAREZ IGLESIAS Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties Revista de Estudios Brasileños fronteras historia de la expansión portuguesa historia territorial de brasil relaciones hispano-portuguesas tratado de madrid de 1750 |
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Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties |
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Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties |
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Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties |
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Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties |
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Repercussions of Iberian Union on the Boundaries of Portuguese America. A discussion of the Eighteenth Century Border Treaties |
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repercussions of iberian union on the boundaries of portuguese america. a discussion of the eighteenth century border treaties |
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Universidad de Salamanca |
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Revista de Estudios Brasileños |
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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 colonization process was reported in the Hispanic-Portuguese diplomatic treaties, which reached its zenith in the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. This treaty was the first to establish the borders which, with little differences, demarcated the territory of current Brazil, and it could therefore be considered a turning point in the historical formation of the territory of Latin America’s giant. |
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fronteras historia de la expansión portuguesa historia territorial de brasil relaciones hispano-portuguesas tratado de madrid de 1750 |
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