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To: 11th_VA
How could it have been written in 1455 when Columbus didn’t find the New World until 1492 ???

It was written to support the Portuguese in Africa. The later papal bull by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 split the new world between the Spanish and the Portuguese.

13 posted on 03/13/2013 11:34:03 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Choose one: the yellow and black flag of the Tea Party or the white flag of the Republican Party.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Thanks for the clarification !


23 posted on 03/13/2013 12:19:17 PM PDT by 11th_VA (DRONES DON'T KILL, PRESIDENTS KILL ...)
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