What 2 countries divided the Americas into lands they could claim?

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Spain and Portugal had a deal sponsored by the Pope that Spain would conquest west of a certain line of longitude and Portugal east. The Americas were believed to be west of this line of longitude. However, this line of longitude split through South America, and this explains why Portugal obtained the possession of Brazil.

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