Subject: Re: oldest purely &#39;fiat&#39; international boundary?<br/>
Date: Dec 10, 2001 @ 20:20<br/>
Author: granthutchison (&quot;granthutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-521594323">John:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The (15th? century)Treaty of Tordessillas, <br/>
 </span></blockquote>Yep, 1494.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; dividing the world into <br/>
&gt; Spanish and Portugese spheres<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The line of demarcation was 370 leagues west of the Azores - Portugal<br/>
got the bit between 370 and 100 leagues west (if not already owned by<br/>
a Christian king) and Spain got the territory to the west, with a<br/>
similar proviso. Based on a Papal Bull by that most trustworthy of<br/>
popes, Alexander VI (= Rodrigo Borgia), but still being quoted by<br/>
Chile and Argentina to support their claims in the Antarctic Peninsula.<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>