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

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 new pope was alexander vi borgia, a spaniard.

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

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