The North American fur trade is the historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America between the 16th and 19th centuries, beginning in the eastern provinces of French Canada and th
An illustration of European and Indigenous fur traders in North America, 1777
Iroquois conquests during the Beaver Wars (mid-1600s), which largely depopulated the upper and mid-Ohio River valley.
Iroquois, with western goods 1722
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temper
North American fur trade
…The North American fur trade is the historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America between the 16th and 19th centuries, beginning in the eastern provinces of French Canada and the northeastern American…
A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Northwest Territories, in the 1890s
A fur shop in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2019
Fur muff manufacturer's 1949 advertisement
Cossacks collecting yasak in Siberia