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1493–1529]
COMPACT OF 1495
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whither they must go, is known to have been found in each one of the said parts, and in order to command that the line of the said division be placed on the said hydrographical maps,—all of which is set forth most fully in the above. We promise and asseverate on our kingly faith and word, to fulfil and observe all of the foregoing, without any artifice, deceit, or pretense in the manner and in the entirety set down in the above. And in confirmation of the above, we cause this our letter to be given, signed with our names, and sealed with our leaden seal hanging from threads of colored silk.

[Dated at Madrid, April 15, 1495.[1] Signatures of the King and Queen, and the Royal Secretary.]

  1. Another dispatch of like tenor was issued in Madrid on May 7 of the same year.—Navarrete.