Due to their geographical location, the #CapeVerde islands were a stopover for merchant ships and thus became a diplomatic arena. The role of trading companies in global #emdiplomacy has been emphasised during the last decades, see e.g.: (3/7)
https://brill.com/display/title/62311
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789462983298/the-dutch-and-english-east-india-companies
#NewDiplomaticHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #earlymodern #history #histodons #GlobalHistory