Doctrine of Discovery

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:affects Indigenous people
gptkbp:basisFor settler colonialism
colonial land claims
doctrine of terra nullius
property law in colonized countries
gptkbp:challenge Indigenous people
gptkbp:consequence dispossession of Indigenous lands
gptkbp:criticizedFor Indigenous rights activists
gptkbp:declaredBy non-Christian lands could be claimed by Christian rulers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Doctrine of Discovery
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Australian
gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Papal_Bulls
15th century
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Johnson_v._M'Intosh
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:terra_nullius
Papal Bull Inter caetera
Papal Bull Dum Diversas
Papal Bull Romanus Pontifex
gptkbp:repudiatedBy Vatican (2023)
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:law
gptkbp:usedBy European colonial powers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Unsettling_Truths:_The_Ongoing,_Dehumanizing_Legacy_of_the_Doctrine_of_Discovery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7