Tordesillas

Yeah.

Through the Treaties of Tordesillas and later Zaragoza, they took a map of the world and just drew imaginary lines pole to pole.

Spain took the west, Portugal took the east.

They carved up the entire globe into two exclusive zones simply to secure access to black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

The Catholics have first-movers advantage.

As a matter of fact, Spain and Portugal, you may recall with the Tordesillas line, they get the Pope to say that the Portuguese control this side of the line, the Spanish control this side of the line.

If the Protestant powers sail into these waters, that's illegal.

They can be arrested, detained, executed.

It's almost on the border also with the province of Valladolid It's an interesting place.

It's equidistant between Valladolid, Salamanca, and Ávila, not far from Móstoles and not far from Medi- Medina del Campo y Tordesillas.

All right.

Madrigal de las Altas Torres.

You were always behind trucks.

[laughs] And, uh, but then...

So, and until that time, when I needed to go to Salamanca, I usually drove to Tordesillas, which is driving about thirty kilometers further, and then turning and driving on the, uh, what do you call, the autopista or autovía de Francia-Portugal, and going on that.

So it was about thirty or forty kilometers longer, but it was quicker in time or at least less stressful in time, less stressful.