Despite the agreed boundary of the Treaty of Tordesillas, what happened to trade routes and discoveries within thirty years?
A) The treaty was honored by all parties for the term. It was altered as necessary when diplomacy rendered a breaking of the treaty good for all parties.
B) Once there was a clear understanding of the vast size of the world, the treaty was destroyed and boundaries disregarded.
C) The treaty was broken when the Holy Roman Emperor stepped in to reestablish new boundaries for the territories in question.
D) England pressed westward to Newfoundland, Portugal and Spain sponsored voyages to the southernmost point of what is now South America after definitively discovering the North American continent. The treaty was disregarded in quest of new lands and oceans to cross.
E) The treaty continued to be honored as it was written until the modern era.
D
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