Treaty of AlcÃ¡Ã§ovas

The Treaty of Alcaçovas (also known as Treaty / Peace of Alcaçovas - called Toledo ) ended the hostilities between Castile and Portugal in the course of the Castilian Succession War. The Portuguese King Alfonso V. declared his renunciation of all claims to the Castilian throne; for the Portuguese sovereignty over all lands and waters south of Cape Bojador is reaffirmed. The Canary Islands are disputed, according to their location north of the Cape Bojador, Castile awarded. The contract was signed on September 4, 1479 in the Castilian Toledo.

Specifically, the Treaty allowed for the following points:

Setting of Hostilities between Castile and Portugal
The express waiver of Alfonso V of Portugal to the throne of Castile
The second wife of Alfonso V, Joan of Castile, was faced with two options: Either marriage with John, the infant son of the Castilian kings, or enter a convent waiving all Castilian title.
Division of the sphere of influence of the two countries in the Atlantic: All areas south of Cape Bojador, the Cape Verde Islands and the African coast, Portugal fall to; it receives the Canary Islands Castile (final possession only in 1496 with the conquest of Tenerife ).
Division of the Kingdom of Fez between the two countries

The agreement was, however, so far not a complete revision, as already by the bull Romanus Pontifex the area was south of Cape Bojador defined as the Portuguese sphere of influence.

Johanna chose the monastery and the renunciation of all titles. With the division of the world into a western and an eastern hemisphere Castile ceded de facto Portugal the discovery of the sea route to India, as it was in the Portuguese sphere of influence.