Factory (trading post)
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Factory was the common name during the medieval and early modern eras for an entrepôt – which was an early form of free-trade zone or transshipment point. At a factory, local inhabitants could interac
A Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, 1665
The Oostershuis, a Kontor in Antwerp
Elmina Castle in modern-day Ghana, viewed from the sea in 1668
Dejima island in Nagasaki Bay, first Portuguese and then Dutch factory
Trading post
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A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded.
Factory (trading post)
…Europeans began to trade with Natives during the 16th century. Colonists established factories on Native American territory, where they were also known as trading posts. These factories often played a strategic role, sometimes operating as forts to provide a degree of protection for colonists and their allies from…
A factory at Bathurst (Gambia) around 1900
A recreation of a typical trading post for trade between American pioneers and Plains Indians
Tadoussac. Trading post Chauvin de Tonnetuit