This Day In Latino History
4 June 2009, 9:21 AM. By Cindy Casares
On this day in 1493, Pope Alexander VI issued a papal bull, (we’re not gonna say it), called the Inter caetera. To this day, no one really knows what the hell it means, but Spain went ahead and interpreted it to mean they had full sovereignty of most of the New World. Ha ha ha. Oh, Spain. Says, Wikipedia:
Differing interpretations have been argued since the bull was issued, with some arguing that it was only meant to transform the possession and occupation of land into lawful sovereignty. Others, including the Spanish crown and the conquistadores, interpreted it in the widest possible sense, deducing that it gave Spain full political sovereignty
What we have learned today is that Catholic Church is full of bulls. Oh, allright. We couldn’t resist.
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Okay, I’m going to be the history nerd that I am and say that I think the papal bull was issued in May of 1493. The Treaty of Tordesillas, was signed in June of 1494 between Spain and Portugal and divided the New World territory between the two kingdoms. Portugal basically got Brazil, and Spain got the rest of it.
You’re right. You are a nerd. And how dare you challenge the accuracy of Wikipedia.