Actually this could well be the single biggest atrocity committed in the world, and the father of most of the pain and suffering in three continents.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1028.html
This treaty, the treaty of Tordesillas divided the non-Christian world between Spanish and Portugeuese conquistadors. It also coloured the treatment of natives by Dutch and British explorers too - as often they felt in a race to beat the Spanish and subjugation is quicker than economic exploitation.
This treaty led to the decimation of entire nations. Destroying populations by war, starvation, opression and disease.
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1028.html
This treaty, the treaty of Tordesillas divided the non-Christian world between Spanish and Portugeuese conquistadors. It also coloured the treatment of natives by Dutch and British explorers too - as often they felt in a race to beat the Spanish and subjugation is quicker than economic exploitation.
This treaty led to the decimation of entire nations. Destroying populations by war, starvation, opression and disease.