The Line of Conquest

I followed up today on the point Shauna made about the Pope's treaty that granted certain "rights to lands" outside Europe. Kellie was, indeed, right. The agreement was called the Treaty of Tordesillas, and it stipulated that lands east of a certain point belonged to Portugal while areas west went to Spain. It is an interesting piece of historical context that asks us to consider the notion of national "rights" to non-European lands and the involvement of Catholicism (and the Pope) in these early imperial efforts. Thanks, Shauna and Kellie, for bringing it up.