What did other European powers say when Portugal and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?
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At that time, the "known" world was smaller than it is today (Columbus thought Cuba was part of "India," which is why he (mis-named) the native Americans "Indians.")
No one had any real idea of the "Americas" in 1494. They thought that "unknown" world was just a few islands, and the Treaty of Tordeseilles drew a line that gave Portugal the "islands" (Brazil!) east of the line, and Spain the islands west of it. They thought that everything else was "spoken for," which is why people didn't complain until they found out "differently," decades later.
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There is a famous quote attributed to Francis I of France: "The sun shines on me just as on the other: and I should like to see the clause in Adam's will that cuts me out of my share in the New World." See, e.g., Arciniega, Caribbean Sea of the New World.
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In 1497 John Cabot (aka Giovanni Caboto) claimed the Grand Banks off Newfoundland for England in the name of Henry VII.
In 1524 I of France commissioned Giovanni da Verrazzano to explore the coast of North America from Florida to the St. Lawrence. Ten years later, in 1534, Francis commissioned Jacques Cartier to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the St. Lawrence River further.
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In 1494, there was no newspapers, no internet and no Netherlands. The "new world" at that time meant just a couple of islands about which population of England and France knew nothing. Neither they knew or cared about the treaty. So probably they did not react in any way on this treaty. Later, as more was discovered, and some countries expanded their overseas activity, and started to compete with Spain and Portugal, they did not recognize the treaty. Probably the most important consequence of this treaty was that Brasil (discovered only in 1500) became Portuguese.
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The reactions to the Treaty by the other powers were far from swift. On one hand, communication was slow and untrustworthy, on the other hand the New World was much smaller (as mentioned in another answer).
England (still Catholic) suffered from the consequences of the Wars of the Roses (1455 - 1485) and had not yet the resources.
France was suffering from the Hundred Years' War and the war against Burgundy.
Aragon concentrated in the Mediterranean (Sicily, Naples) and Venice had eyes only for the Turk.
So, the reactions came later. For instance, the quote from Francis I is absolutely not contemporary as he was born in 1494. It's a very popular quote but a part that it seems to be a reaction to an ambassador of Charles V in 1520 or 1530, I couldn't find the source, even though I looked in the French National Library site and elsewhere.
Later reactions came from England with Cabot and France with Cartier but that's outside of the question.
Information on the countries , from: Bennassar, Bartolomé. « Tordesillas: el primer reparto del mundo. » Política Exterior, nᵒ 25 (1992). http://www.politicaexterior.com/articulos/politica-exterior/tordesillas-el-primer-reparto-del-mundo/.
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