Webthe papal bull inter caetera, issued by pope alexander vi on may 4, 1493, played a central role in the spanish conquest of the new world.

The document supported spain’s strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by columbus the previous.

Webcolumbus set sail into a future that changed the world, but his world was also changing behind him.

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The new pope was alexander vi borgia, a spaniard.

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