The Tordesillas Meridian and Political Aspects of Portuguese Cartography

• Law and Diplomacy During the Time of the Discoveries
• The Treaty of Tordesillas and the Portuguese-Spanish Rivalry
• General Views of Portuguese Cartography
• The "Policy of Secrecy" in the Portuguese Discoveries
• The "Policy of Secrecy" in "the Time of D. João II" and after
• The Portuguese Discoveries and the Exploration of the Western Atlantic
• Exploration of the Western Atlantic in "the Time of D. João II" and after
• The Discovery of Brazil and its Antecedents
• Other Portuguese Discoveries in South America
• Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Earth
• The Problem of the Moluccas and the Tordesillas Counter-Meridian

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