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Why didn't Portugal have any North American colonies besides Brazil? (lemmit.online)
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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/YomTov7 on 2023-09-26 20:17:29.

My understanding is that the Treaty of Tordesillas basically split the world in two and Portugal got everything east of the line and Spain everything west, but is that really all there was to it? Why didn't Portugal just ignore the treaty in favor of colonies? I'm sure that they could've made up some sort of excuse if they really had wanted to get territory (especially considering Brazils borders go way past the line agreed upon). Even with the treaty there was still territory like Greenland that they could've taken.

I'm sure there's a reason since they didn't I just was wondering if anyone had any insights or opinions as to why.

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