Private company
Cacheu and Cape Verde Company
Portugal Chartered Company
The Cacheu and Cape Verde Company (Portuguese: Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde) was a chartered company created by Portugal which operated the colonies of Cacheu and Cape Verde in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was created as part of the economic reforms of Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira, under King Peter II.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Cacheu and Cape Verde Company (Portuguese: Companhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde) was a chartered company created by Portugal which operated the colonies of Cacheu and Cape Verde in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It was created as part of the economic reforms of Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira, under King Peter II. The company succeeded the Company of Cacheu and Rivers and Commerce of Guinea (which had ceased operating in 1682), with the same objectives: to improve the trade in manufactured goods, ivory, and slaves between the coast of Guinea (modern-day Guinea-Bissau), Cape Ver2
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