The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal. It ended the War of Castilian Succession between Portugal and Castile and formally divided the Atlantic Ocean into Portuguese and Castilian spheres of influence, a foundational step in European colonialism
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