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The Treaty of Zaragoza settles the Moluccas by sale

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Unable to determine where the Tordesillas antimeridian actually fell, Castile and Portugal ended the dispute over the Spice Islands commercially rather than geographically: Charles V relinquished the Castilian claim in exchange for a large payment in gold, and a line was fixed east of the Moluccas. It is the clearest single demonstration of the period's central technical limit — a boundary that cannot be measured is settled by whoever needs the money less. Castile retained a presence in the western Pacific that later became the Philippines, on ground that arguably lay on the Portuguese side of the new line.

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  1. Story
  2. Unable to determine where the Tordesillas antimeridian actually fell, Castile and Portugal ended the dispute over the Spice Islands commercially rather than geographically: Charles V relinquished the Castilian claim in exchange for a large payment in gold, and a line was fixed east of the Moluccas. It is the clearest single demonstration of the period's central technical limit — a boundary that cannot be measured is settled by whoever needs the money less. Castile retained a presence in the western Pacific that later became the Philippines, on ground that arguably lay on the Portuguese side of the new line.
  3. Knowledge
  4. Celestial navigation (latitude sailing)
  5. The Moluccas (Maluku Islands)
  6. The Treaty of Tordesillas divides the ocean
  7. The Treaty of Zaragoza settles the Moluccas by sale
  8. Connections
  9. The Treaty of Tordesillas divides the ocean
  10. The Moluccas (Maluku Islands)
  11. Celestial navigation (latitude sailing)
  12. Celestial navigation (latitude sailing)
  13. The Atlantic crossing (Carrera de Indias)
  14. The Treaty of Zaragoza settles the Moluccas by sale
  15. Malacca (Melaka)
  16. Albuquerque takes Malacca
  17. The Magellan expedition sails from Sanlúcar
  18. The Victoria completes the first circumnavigation
  19. The Treaty of Zaragoza settles the Moluccas by sale
  20. Almanach Perpetuum
  21. Mariner's astrolabe
  22. The Manila galleon (Nao de China)
  23. The Treaty of Tordesillas divides the ocean
  24. The Magellan expedition sails from Sanlúcar
  25. The Treaty of Zaragoza settles the Moluccas by sale
  26. Evidence
  27. The text establishing the meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands as the division of navigation and possession between the two crowns. V55 verification basis: NOT consulted in this session. The 370-league figure is stated from the author's knowledge; the Memory of the World inscription is likewise recalled and its year is deliberately not stated. A curator should confirm both against the archives named.
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