“…To conclude, it should be said that this first settlement of the Gulf of Genoa succeeded seven others, three of Dahome (1795,1805,1818), three of Onim (now Lagos) (1770,1807,1822), and one of Ardra (Porto Novo) (1810), and a great deal of correspondence with the colonial and metropolitan authorities. The Brazilian interest in the negotiations with these commercial partners, in turn, tended to decrease in the first decade of the nineteenth century, when the continuity of the traffic was put in question by England (Rodrigues 2008). In fact, the last African diplomatic mission took place between 1822 and 1823, and King Ajan of Onim, through his emissary, Lieutenant Colonel Manoel Alves Lima, was the first ruler to express support and recognize the independence of Brazil (Guizelin 2015).…”