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The Treaty of Tordesillas. The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World.The early 1400s brought about great advances in European exploration. In order make trade more efficient, Portugal attempted to find a direct water route to the India and China.he Treaty of Tordesillas. The Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World.
After previous treaties over land rights were broken and war between Spain and Portugal was imminent, Pope Alexander VI offered a solution in the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas. In the treaty, the previously established Inter Caetera line would be moved 270 degrees west to divide the lands of the non-Christian world between Spain to the west and Portugal to the east.