Talk:Line of Demarcation

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Through which continents does the line of demarcation pass?

The original line passed through Greenland and Antarctica but missed the other continents. The antimeridian passes through eastern Siberia, New Guinea, Australia and Antarctica and maybe Japan. When they moved it to the west, it passed through eastern Brazil in South America, but still passed through Greenland while missing North America. I think, but I'm not sure, that it now definitely passed through Japan, although nobody knew that. Australia, Brazil and Antarctica were unknown to the people who drew the lines in 1493 and 1494.--Syd Henderson 17:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Please add a map!

Please add a map! I would like a map for the first line, and the second line. Thank you. 71.210.196.236 18:15, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference this pov

So now we're blaming the Catholic Church for colonialism? Tourskin (talk) 17:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] POV

This article comes across as very POV to the point of editorialising. This division of the world did not mark a new and uniquely European attitude. Rather, one could argue, for all of recorded history, until relatively recently, it was common for stronger or more aggressive nations or groups to conquor territories and other peoples - indeed one could say it was the norm. Such diverse and non-European empires as those of ancient Egypt, China, the Mongols, the Arab Muslims, the Aztecs and Incas operated in this way. It is a relatively recent development for it to be commonly accepted that territories should be ruled according to the wishes of their inhabitants - the idea would probably be as foreign to the rulers of any of those empires I mentioned as to the pope who divided the world between Portugal and Spain. Booshank (talk) 23:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)