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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.

Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503
Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506
Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516
Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504

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