Why did the Spanish not resist the Portuguese expansion of Brazil beyond the meridian defined by the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas?

by DataGuru314
TywinDeVillena

I answered that question a few months ago. Check the answer hanging from the first answer. Long story short, it was impossible to enforce the limitation.

https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/epysm0/how_was_established_the_spanishportuguese_earth/