Treaty of Zaragoza: Spain and Portugal Split the Eastern Hemisphere
They sold the Moluccas for 350,000 ducats to fix a map error. Portugal got the spice islands; Spain got nothing but a line drawn through empty ocean. Two kings argued over which way the sun rose while sailors starved on forgotten atolls. And that debt still haunts the Pacific's trade routes today. You won't buy cloves there anymore, but you'll remember who decided they were worth a fortune.
April 22, 1529
497 years ago
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