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Iberian Union. Map of the Spanish–Portuguese Empire in 1598. The Iberian Union is a historiographical term used to describe the dynastic union of the Monarchy of Spain, which in turn was itself a dynastic union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, and the Kingdom of Portugal, and of their respective colonial empires, that existed between 1580 ...
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery.
PDF Map. Spain and Portugal were the first European nations to establish trade empires spanning the world. By treaty (Tordesillas, 1494 and Zaragoza, 1529) most of the Americas were claimed by Spain, with the exception of Brazil, while several coastal territories of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Pacific Asia were claimed by Portugal ...
Jul 11, 2019 · The Portuguese Empire was one of the biggest and longest-lived empires in world history; it existed for nearly 6 centuries, from the capture of Ceuta in 1415 to the handover of Portuguese Macau to China in 1999. The Second Portuguese Empire spanned 5.4 million square kilometers or 2.12 million square miles at its peak.
Feb 7, 2024 · In this gallery of seven maps, we examine the vast overseas territories of the Spanish Empire from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The empire reached its height during the Age of Exploration and included regions in the Americas, Asia, Africa , and the Pacific.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas, [a] signed in Tordesillas, Spain, on 7 June 1494, and ratified in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, along a meridian 370 leagues [b] west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa. That line of demarcation was about halfway ...
The map shows areas of Portuguese and Spanish exploration, the two nations’ claims under the Treaty of Tordesillas, and a variety of flora, fauna, figures, and structures. What does it reveal about the state of geographical knowledge, as well as European perceptions of the New World, at the beginning of the sixteenth century?
