Spain and Portugal agreed to hold another conference to determine the locations of the line of demarcation and the Spice Islands.... Despite the the good intentions of te two nations... the proceedings quickly degenerated into farce.
To symbolize the strict impartiality of the deliberations, the summit was held on a bridge spanning the Guadiana River, along the Spanish-Portuguese border, but the location nearly undid the conference. As the distinguished members of the Portuguese delegation happened to be walking across the bridge, they were stopped by a small boy, who asked if they were carving up the world with King Charles. The former governor of India, Diogo Lopes de Sequeria, acknowledged that indeed they were. At that, the boy lifted his shirt, turned to reveal his bare bottom, and with his small finger traced the line between his buttocks.
"Draw your line right through this place!" he declared.
Laurence Bergreen, Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe. 2003. p.409
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