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The fur trade began to significantly decline starting in the 1830s, following changing attitudes and fashions in Europe and America which no longer centered around certain articles of clothing as much such as beaver skin hats, which had fueled the growing demand for furs, driving the … See more
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 temperate mammalian animals … See more
General surveys
• Chittenden, Hiram Martin. The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading … See moreRussian fur trade
Before the European colonization of the Americas, Russia was a major supplier of fur pelts to Western … See moreThe maritime fur trade was a ship-based fur trade system that focused on acquiring furs of sea otters and other animals from the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and natives of Alaska. The furs were mostly traded in China for tea, silks, porcelain, and … See more
• The Canadian Museum of Civilization – Great Fur Trade Canoes
• H. Bullock-Webster fonds – An album of color sketches, from the UBC Library Digital Collections, … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license The Fur Trade | Historic Fort Snelling | MNHS
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