Church Document
Inter caetera
Papal Bull of Alexander VI (1493)
Inter caetera was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde islands.
Key themes
- New World
Document type
Papal bull
Issuing authority
Alexander VI
Issued date
13 May 1493
Content subtype
papal_bull