Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503 [Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of lands discovered by Columbus]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04093 Author/Creator: Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503 Place Written: [Valladolio, Spain] Type: Broadside Date: 4 May 1493 Pagination: 1 p. ; 30.8 x 24.8 cm. Order a Copy
Broadside entitled "Copia de la bula del decreto y concession q[ue] hizo el papa / Alexandro sexto al Rey y la Reyna nuestros senores de las Indias conforme al capitu." Unique copy of second version possibly printed at Valladolio, by Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba. Title in Spanish and text in Latin.
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