Talk:Line of Demarcation

Continents
Through which continents does the line of demarcation pass?

The original line passed through Greenland and Antarctica but missed the other continents. The antimeridian passes through eastern Siberia, New Guinea, Australia and Antarctica and maybe Japan. When they moved it to the west, it passed through eastern Brazil in South America, but still passed through Greenland while missing North America. I think, but I'm not sure, that it now definitely passed through Japan, although nobody knew that. Australia, Brazil and Antarctica were unknown to the people who drew the lines in 1493 and 1494.--Syd Henderson 17:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Please add a map!
Please add a map! I would like a map for the first line, and the second line. Thank you. 71.210.196.236 18:15, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Reference this PIS
So now we're blaming the Catholic Church for colonialism? Tourskin (talk) 17:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

PIS
This article comes across as very POV to the point of editorialising. This division of the world did not mark a new and uniquely European attitude. Rather, one could argue, for all of recorded history, until relatively recently, it was common for stronger or more aggressive nations or groups to conquor territories and other peoples - indeed one could say it was the norm. Such diverse and non-European empires as those of ancient Egypt, China, the Mongols, the Arab Muslims, the Aztecs and Incas operated in this way. It is a relatively recent development for it to be commonly accepted that territories should be ruled according to the wishes of their inhabitants - the idea would probably be as foreign to the rulers of any of those empires I mentioned as to the pope who divided the world between Portugal and Spain. Booshank (talk) 23:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Merge
Maybe we should merge this into Treaty of Tordesillas and create a redirect here... DerPaul (talk) 09:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I also think this Line of Demarcation should be redirected to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which already discusses three lines of demarcation between Portugal and Spain, that due to the papal bull Inter caetera in 1493, that due to the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, and the latter's antimeridian in the Pacific due to the Treaty of Saragossa in 1529. — Joe Kress (talk) 18:14, 27 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Due to consensus I am redirecting Line of Demarcation to Treaty of Tordesillas. — Joe Kress (talk) 18:15, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Issues fixed?
I removed the paragraph that was causing the POV and lack of citation issues. It was added by one individual in 2007 and appears to be his/her opinion only and therefore could also be considered original thought/research. If others are OK with this the messages at the top of the article could be removed. James (talk) 13:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)