It is commonplace to locate the First Global Age in the period between 1500 and 1800 and present the European Overseas Expansion as one of the main levers of this process. However, interactions occurred locally and many localities were involved in the process. Recent and not so-recent historiography has stressed how cross-cultural and cross-imperial relations as well as cooperation and self-organization mechanisms have to be taken into consideration in order to understand the dynamics and the outputs arising from such a globalization process. This paper argues that the achievements required for the building of a global world depended to a great extent on agents of mediation, operating as formal and informal brokers and go-betweens. Following the fruitful path opened long ago by Michael Pearson, this contribution will develop an empirical analysis of the performance of such agents, within the Portuguese State of India, in the domains of economy, society and knowledge transfer.

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本地与全球之间的互动：葡萄牙印度境内的经纪人和中介人（1500-1700）

在1500年至1800年之间定位“第一全球时代”，并把欧洲海外扩张作为这一过程的主要杠杆手段，这是司空见惯的。但是，互动是在本地进行的，并且许多地方都参与了此过程。最近而不是最近的史学强调，必须考虑跨文化和跨帝国的关系以及合作和自组织机制，以了解这种全球化进程的动力和产出。本文认为，建立全球世界所需的成就在很大程度上取决于调解代理，他们作为正式和非正式经纪人以及中间人。遵循迈克尔·皮尔森（Michael Pearson）很久以前开创的富有成果的道路，