Hehe... Not Ferdinand, but Fernando Pessoa. Portuguese poet with a few pseudonyms.
And that longitudinal divide between Portugal and Spain was called treaty of Tordesillas and it came into effect in 1494, before South America was discovered in 1500.
We're taught at school that the Portuguese were basically interested in reaching India by going around Africa, by sea... While the Spanish would get to go through the "West Indies".
And that longitudinal divide between Portugal and Spain was called treaty of Tordesillas and it came into effect in 1494, before South America was discovered in 1500.
We're taught at school that the Portuguese were basically interested in reaching India by going around Africa, by sea... While the Spanish would get to go through the "West Indies".
