... Cape Verde and Azores islands. This bull actually gave the Spanish rights to the far East by western circumnavigation. The fourth bull, the Dudum Siguidem, which was issued later on August 26, 1493, nullified any previous papal orders that had favored the Portuguese. With Spanish control of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico assured, Spain proceeded to colonize the islands ... and thirteen arquebusiers). He brought along 200 Cuban soldiers and also a few Cuban women for cooking and other menial jobs. Anticipating the terror that they could strike in the Mexicans, Cortes brought fourteen c...

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