PORTUGAL-SPAIN-Continued.

Treaty of limits of Spanish and Portuguese possessions in America [Treaty of Madrid].

Abandons the Tordesillas line as a boundary (see: 6-t, June 7, 1494) and delimits the following boundary on the basis of natural features and the principle of uti possidetis: from the bar in the Atlantic of a rivulet near the Monte de Castilhos Grande (Monte de los Castillos Grandes) by the highest land to and down the Ibicuí to the Uruguay; up the Uruguay to the Pepirí or Pequirí; up to the source of the Pepirí and by the highest land to the principal head of the nearest river flowing into the Iguaçú (Iguazú) and down the Iguaçu to the Paraná; up the Paraná and by the Igurey and the highest land to the principal head of the nearest river flowing into the Paraná; up the principal dry-season channel of the Paraguay and across the Lagôa dos Xarais (Laguna de los Xarayes) to the mouth of the Jaurú; thence in a straight line to the confluence of the Sararé (Mamoré) with the Guaporé or by way of such natural features as demarcation commissioners may select; down the Guaporé and the Madeira (Madera) to a spot equidistant from the mouth of the Mamoré and the confluence of the Madeira with the Marañón; from this spot straight westward to the Javari; down the Javarí to the Marañón as far as the mouth of the Japurá; up the Japurá and other rivers to the crest of the ridge between the Orinoco and the Amazon and so to the east as far as the dominion of the two monarchies may extend.

Treaty to prorogue date of conclusion [to the end of 1751] of Treaty of Madrid, 1750.

Treaty to determine instructions for the commissioners of both crowns in the demarcation of their respective limits in South America.

Constitutes and fixes operation of survey parties working on the Uruguay-Paraguay-Paraná sections of the boundary.

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56-t 1751

Jan. 17

57-t 1751

Jan. 17

58-t 1751 Apr. 17

59-t 1751

July 12

60-t 1753

May 30-31

61-t 1758

July 27

62-t 1761

Feb. 12

PORTUGAL-SPAIN-Continued.

Separate articles to the Treaty of Madrid, Jan.
17, 1751.

For the transfer of Indian populations in the territories
to be ceded to Portugal.

Treaty concerning geographical maps to be used
in mapping Brazilian boundary.

Commissioners to be guided by the treaty of 1750 rather
than be delayed by inaccuracies in existing maps.

Supplement and declaration of treaty regulating
instructions to boundary commissioners.

More detailed organization of the boundary commissions
under the treaty concerning instructions to commis-
sioners, Jan. 17, 1751.

Terms signed in Madrid, July 12, 1751, by the
plenipotentiaries of Their Most Faithful
and Catholic Majesties on the geographic
map which served for the arrangement of
the treaty of limits of the conquests of Jan.
13, 1750.

Corrects line as drawn on map.

Instructions by commissioners to subalterns
concerning demarcation.

Orders subalterns to ascend the Paraguay and Correntes,
place markers, and explore the Jaurú.

Special instruction to the commissioners of the
second demarcating party charged with the
delimitation from the mouth of the Ibicuhy
in the Uruguay to the great falls of the
Rio Paraná.

Treaty to annul Treaty of Madrid, 1750.

Annuls Treaty of Madrid and orders restoration of
affected territories to status quo until another treaty
is drawn up that treats the boundary more exactly.

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PORTUGAL-SPAIN-Continued.

Convention for the suspension of hostilities and
concerning boundaries in America.

Establishes Tratada ranch as northernmost limit of
Spanish occupation.

Delivery of the colony of Sacramento and the
island of S. Gabriel by the Spanish com-
missioner to the Portuguese commissioners
in execution of Articles 21, 23, and 24 of
the treaty of Feb. 10, 1763.

Delivery by the Spaniards in accordance with a royal cédula, signed Aranjuez, June 9, 1763, executing the treaty of peace of Feb. 10, 1763.

See: 65-t, Feb. 10, 1763.

Preliminary boundary treaty between states belonging to both crowns in South America. Delimits the boundary from the Arroio Chuy to the mouth of the Pepiri-Guaçú (Pepiriguazú) in the Uruguay; up the Pepiri-Guaçú and by the highest land and along the Santo Antonio and the Iguaçú to the Paraná; up the Paraná and the Igurey and by the highest land to the nearest river flowing into the Paraguay; down this stream to and up the Paraguay across the Lagoa dos Xarais as far as the mouth of the Jaurú; thence due west to the confluence of the Guaporé and Sararé by a straight line or by natural features; down the Guaporé and the Madeira to a spot equidistant from the Amazon and the mouth of the Mamoré; due west to the Javarí; down the Javarí and the Amazon to the Japurá; up the Japurá and along the mountains between the Orinoco and the Amazon eastward to the end of the dominions of both monarchies.

Treaty of friendship, guarantee, and commerce.

Reaffirms art. 25 of the boundary treaty of Jan. 13, 1750, concerning mutual guarantees of the boundary established.

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73-t 1782

Mar. 26

74-t 1782

Dec. 16

100-t 1819 Jan. 15 and 30

102-t 1819

Nov. 3

104-t 1821 July 31

PORTUGAL SPAIN-Continued.

Protocol of conferences of the demarcation commission.

Accepts the Apaporis as part of the boundary.

Protocol of conferences of the fourth division of boundary commissioners.

Disagreement between the commissioners as to the connection to be made between the Japurá and the Negro.

PORTUGAL-URUGUAY

Convention concerning the cession to Brazil of territory on the boundary.

Delimits boundary from the seacoast one league south of Fort Santa Teresa to the confluence of the Arapey with the Uruguay.

Act of demarcation of territories on the boundary between Brazil and the Oriental Province of the River Plate by virtue of the convention of Jan. 30, 1819.

Describes boundary from Angostura to the confluence of
the Arapey Grande with the Uruguay.

Treaty incorporating the State of Montevideo
into the United Kingdom of Portugal,
Brazil, and Algarves under the name of
Cisplatine Province [etc.]

Delimits boundary on the basis of the boundary at the
beginning of the revolution: from the Quarahim to
the mouth of the Chuy in the ocean.

SPAIN

Law: That the Audiencia and Royal Chancellery reside in the City of Santo Domingo of the island of Hispaniola; of its ministers, district, and jurisdiction.

Gives the Audiencia the Leeward Islands on the coast of Tierra Firme and, in Tierra Firme, Venezuela, Nueva Andalucia, the Río de la Hacha, and Guiana. It shall be bounded to the south by the four Audiencias of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, Tierra Firme, Guatemala, and Nueva España; the coasts that run from the North Sea to the west, with the provinces of Florida; and the North Sea.

Law: Audiencia and Royal Chancellery of Mexico in Nueva España.

Gives the Audiencia as district the Provinces of Nueva

España, Yucatán, Cozumel and Tabasco; along the coast of the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico to the Cape of Florida and along the South Sea from the end of the Audiencia of Guatemala to the Audiencia of Galicia.

Law: That the islands of Los Guanajes belong to the government of Honduras.

Law: That the Río Grande de la Magdalena and its islands belong to the government of Santa Marta.

Law: That the interior of the Gulf of Urabá
belong to Tierra Firme.

Gives the interior [culata] of the Gulf of Urabá to
Tierra Firme.