Compact between the monarchs of Spain and Portugal (April 15, 1495).—­The original MS. of this document is in the Seville archives “Patronato Real.”  We translate from Navarrete, ut supra, ii, pp. 170-173 (192-195, 2d ed.).  It is published also in Doc. ined.  Amer. y Oceania, xxxviii, pp. 336-341.

Papal Bull, Praecelsae (Nov. 3, 1514).—­The original of this bull exists in Torre do Tombo, Lisbon—­pressmark, “Maco 20 de bullas, n deg.. 18;” it is written on parchment, and covers twenty folios.  It is printed in full in Corpo diplomatico portuguez (Lisboa, 1862), i, pp. 275-298; and a brief synopsis is given (in Portuguese) in Alguns documentos, p. 366.  We present a similar synopsis, with a short extract from the bull.

Letters of Carlos I (1523).—­The originals of these documents are in the Seville archives, in “Patronato Real.”  We translate from the text in Navarrete, ut supra, vol. iv (1837), as follows:  instructions to the ambassadors, pp. 301-305; letter to Zuniga, pp. 312-320.

Treaty of Vitoria (Feb. 19, 1524).—­The original is in the Seville archives—­pressmark, “Papeles del Maluco, de 1519 a 1547, leg deg.. 1 deg..”  The translation here published is made from Navarrete, ut supra, pp. 320-326.

Junta of Badajoz (April-May, 1524).—­The originals of these documents are at Seville, in the “Patronato Real.”  The copies made therefrom by Juan Bautista Munoz, in pursuance of orders given him by Carlos IV to write a history of Spanish discovery and conquest, are in the library of the Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid.  Our translations and synopses are made from Navarrete’s text, ut supra, as follows:  extract from the records of possession and ownership, pp. 355-368; opinions of Spanish astronomers and pilots, pp. 333-355; letters to Spanish deputies, pp. 326-333.

Treaty of Zaragoza (April 22, 1529).—­The original of this document is in Torre do Tombo, Lisbon—­pressmark, “Gaveta 18, maco 8, n deg.. 29.”  Our translation is made from the text in Alguns documentos, pp. 495-512.  This treaty has been published also in Navarrete, ut supra, pp. 389-406; and in Martens’s Supp.  Traites de l’Europe, i, pp. 398-421.  It was appended to the treaty of 1750 between Spain and Portugal.

Papal Bull, Eximiae (Nov. 16, 1501)

Our translation is made from Navarrete, ut supra, ii, pp. 408, 409 (454, 455, 2d ed.).  The bull is published also in Hernaez’s Col. de bulas, i, pp. 20-25; and in Doc. ined.  Amer. y Oceania xxxiv, pp. 22-29.

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