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The Bull of Pope Alexander VI Partitioning America

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/epochs/vol1/pg38.htm

A mediated peace treaty between the two Catholic sea faring powers Portugal and Spain that gave Spain the lion's share of the New World to convert and colonize while giving Portugal Brazil.

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