Known as the Treaty of Tordesillas, this agreement between the two maritime superpowers would have a profound effect on world ...

These were the Alaskan Purchase in 1867, the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. Russia's sale of Alaska in 1867 is one of the biggest land deals in history ...

The Tordesillas Treaty of June 7, 1494, between King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, on one side, and King John II of Portugal on the other, established a new line of ...