Excerpt from Some Facts About the Early History of Whitingham VermontBella of Spain his discovery of land in the West, they were disposed to claim all the territories which might be found in that part of the world, the King of Portugal, however, informed them that he considered even the West Indies, as be longing to his crown, inasmuch as his subjects had first visited the Azores. The question was at last submitted to the Pope, who gravely decided that Portugal should have all the lands and terri tories that might be discovered within a thou sand miles of Europe, and Spain all that should be discovered beyond, but neither England nor Holland nor even France was disposed to con sent to this authoritative partition of the newly discovered regions of the West, and these powers subsequently took possession of different parts of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.