Francisco Vitoria argued in 1532 that inhabited land belonged to aborigines

Evidence

Francisco Vitoria of the University of Salamanca contended in 1532 that Spain’s claims to the New World were valid only inasmuch as they applied to uninhabited country; inhabited land belonged not unnaturally to its inhabitants. — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 572

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 572