contexts: Treaty of Tordesillas Front page of the Portuguese - owned treaty Created 7 June 1494 in Tordesillas , Spain Ratified 2 July 1494 in Spain 5 September 1494 in Portugal Location Archivo General de Indias ( Spain ) Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo ( Portugal ) Author ( s ) Pope Alexander VI ( later confirmed and ratified by Pope Julius II in 1506 ) Signatories Ferdinand II of Aragon Isabella I of Castile John , Prince of Asturias John II of Portugal Purpose To divide trading and colonising rights for all newly discovered lands of the world located between Portugal and Castile ( later applied between the Spanish Crown and Portugal ) to the exclusion of other European nations .
name: Treaty of Tordesillas
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