The Treaty of Zaragoza, signed in 1529 between Spain and Portugal, resolved the two crowns' rival claims to the Moluccas spice islands by fixing an antimeridian line in the eastern Pacific to complement the western line drawn by the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas. Spain relinquished its claim to the Moluccas to Portugal in exchange for a large monetary payment. The agreement effectively completed the division of the non-European world between the two Iberian powers that Tordesillas had begun.
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Could Spain take back the Moluccas after the Treaty of Zaragoza?
Spain kept an escape clause that could nullify the sale if the Moluccas proved to lie east of the antimeridian.
Spain kept a way to undo the deal. It included a retro-vendendo clause, an escape clause that would nullify the treaty if future proof showed that the Moluccas lay east of the true antimeridian of the Tordesillas line. In return for Spain's rights, Portugal agreed to pay 350,000 ducats.
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was a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal
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signed on 22 April 1529 by King John III of Portugal and the Habsburg Emperor Charles V
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in the Aragonese city of Zaragoza
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also called the Capitulation of Zaragoza or Saragossa
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The Treaty of Zaragoza or Saragossa, also called the Capitulation of Zaragoza or Saragossa, was a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal, signed on 22 April 1529 by King John III of Portugal and the Habsburg Emperor Charles V in the Aragonese city of Zaragoza.
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The Treaty of Zaragoza or Saragossa, also called the Capitulation of Zaragoza or Saragossa, was a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal, signed on 22 April 1529 by King John III of Portugal and the Habsburg Emperor Charles V in the Aragonese city of Zaragoza.
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