The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-15
THOSE LOST ISLANDS
when Portugal and Spain Divided
the Earth.
From the Brazilian Bulletin.

the Earth.
From the Brazilian Bulletin.
We who see, Portugal in the period of
her decay and almost total eclipse cannot
understand how so small a nation, occu-
pying so insignificant a portion of Eu-
rope-"only a veranda," as one of her
writer's has said-should cut so important
a figure in the worlds history as she did
in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Early in the eleventh century Prince
Henry, 1.-THE Navigator" of Portugal, OBJ
tanned from Pope ~ a bull which gave to
Portugal all discoveries between Cape
Hun, in Morocco and India. In 1472 St.
Thomas, Annobon and Princes Island
were added. When the equator was pass
ed and Fernando Pc gave his name 10 an
island in the Blight of Biefra he seized 100
leagues of the African coast, and the
King of Portugal took the title of Lord
of Guinea"
Very early in the days of discovery and
conquest, toward the end of the hfteenth
Gentry, the most Catholic sovergns of
Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella and his
equally Catholic majesty John II or Por-
tugal fell out about the ownership Of the
land yet to be discovered.
Like lalthIut clhtureH OF 'he chutcn'
they referred the whoie haller 70 the ron
III al rome Pope. Alexander VI, spin
them the earth and setting the limits Of
their respective possessions. An imagi-
nary line was to be drawn from pole to
pole, 100 degrees west of the Azores or the
Cape Verde Islands; all west of this line
was to belong TO Spain, and all east of 1t
10 PORTUGAL KING Johh was not sdtls-
ned, ana the treaty OF Iordeselnas was
made in l4S4' giving TO For1ugal az lands
east OF an lmaglhary hhe Drawn Soo
leagues from the most western point OF
the cape VERGE 1sianus ana an south OF
the Cape OF Gooh dope. 10 Spain was
allotted al Iahds west OF mus i'le' lsHor-
ing completely an other nations.
Fernando de Magalhaes' or as we write
IT, Ferdinand Magellan, ana Ruy fa'eHo'
both portuguese supJeets' VINO had ulIIer-
ences with their h.ng on account OF some
petty pensions oHered thelr services TO
SPAN Both had served TWO years WIN
albuquerque and know an about the For-
tuguese possessions IN the EAST
Magellan represented 10 Chafles N"Who
then roied over Spalh' that ne was sure
the world was round, theory then credll-
ed by few He declared his ability to hnd
shorler passage To the East IMAM any
known 10 me portuguese ana wouId
prove lhat the MolueSls' Hch spice Is
anus were "Alh.h spanish territory.
Chaiies V. hau sinaii meet htted OUT ana
sent Magellan Wltn ms companion IN
charge, WeH equipped TOT Inoze days ne
went SCUM AGAINST tne express slipuia-
tlohs oil me treaty ana discovered the
Seians Wnien yea ms nalpe ms nee,
ClosScu me pioHu 9oulhSrH oceaH' passed
ing i-elu iolies aiiu tie '.Sn Unknown hl1-
'u,ueu ~ way y, N'pe VI uoou nope
+i = Nta't,i ~ ny ~ anu out Oh tne
~. t'1 - ~ ne HeS' Only
n.y., ul'',' uiS coi9illailp Ol Sc
'.9tt ,,,, - 20 ~ Diousn' Nlasel-dn ,
~ - ~ FOt'',Vil anu map
Ia,, |1se 80 -, t Ia al .le slice is
lin 49, roo -. i trl ocean were
nd tba Sc ps-ongls 70 SPAN
mar, M eral1an 6od ,at,t1~sH,' - me
prees Of 5oneff,lda and hro'''Ts, ~ ~. ~ u1-
5,cll,,,1os,, ,,,ithir. ISL sHe "'iOie
wori1 H. co.,, ~ naii OF me
nunher Of NO. in i, az 'iiat 'ne
decreases toward The 80 y f''e''uoe
Portugal n,,oycetod ar-5 ,.,.
which copti,,,,.d ~ - $3.50 wat
broted sI,o,S,r,,s ~ 9ueii tne Vele-
hold In a rr6au frontie. 80 nas
the matter and dtsco,1a. 80 ~ O'SN t.
Portugal yas n, = n,s,iro.t a., ga lacts'
Magellan was the firstl ana ,,I,, ,.,al n, !.
had safled aro,,nd Tie vgarid Y'y ''i iss WY
of the So,,tberr 49,, - a'iu iils map
unoent extant Snain rne,,sA .iie oiiIy "oe-
her ALLEGED rigbts and pn.t1,.,e, 80 ~, Up
To ne isIands Tbis - a. i'eid on on
comnron,ised nv an indar,1,,, 'i a1o ano
cru1ados 81 tto -enla - -. - o%oVvV
port,,r,,I ia 20 Sr'a4.s NioiuCcd' when
m deeraes Of snaaia, 'oi '"e supiossu
beid nov, Inc ~ 80 " e siie
- - .4a..t,., fro,, - WI rom poie