What was the line of demarcation?

A. an arbitrary line that the pope drew to divide the New World territory between Spain and Portugal

B. a line marking all land that Europeans had conquered in the New World by the fifteenth century.

C. the territorial line on the Iberian Peninsula between Portugal and Spain

D. salary ranges of sailors and captains

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Jackson Bray

3 July, 01:42

What was the line of demarcation?

A. an arbitrary line that the pope drew to divide the New World territory between Spain and Portugal

B. a line marking all land that Europeans had conquered in the New World by the fifteenth century.

C. the territorial line on the Iberian Peninsula between Portugal and Spain

D. salary ranges of sailors and captains

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David Sexton · Answer 1

"The Line of Demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territory was first defined by Pope Alexander VI (1493) and was later revised by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494). Spain won control of lands discovered west of the line, while Portugal gained rights to new lands to the east."