Answer: It fixed territorial disputes between the two countries and granted american ships
Explanation:
To show their enemies, USA and much of the west, that they were capable of producing atomic bombs and even using them.
On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.On May 30, 1498, Christopher Columbus left Sanlúcar, Spain with six ships for his third trip to the New World. ... Columbus sailed to the Portuguese island of Porto Santo, then spent some in Madeira with the Portuguese captain João Gonçalves da Camara. He arrived at Gomera in the Canary Islands on June 19.
The Europeans found America and they all wanted to claim as much land as possible to extend their territories. This was also the start of the colonization era when many european powers rushed to make as many colonies in America as possible.