Profiting from the fur trade
The main trade item of the French and the Dutch during the European exploration of the North and South America was fur. Beaver fur was abundant with good quality pelts.
Fur trade
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a fur trade monopoly is the control over fur
Profiting from the fur trade
The french
French trappers
The lucrative Northern fur trade
The fur trade
FUR
The fur trade was the main economic activity in New France. New France lasted from 1534 to 1763.
Fur Trade.
trade in beaver fur
There were several: the New Netherland Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, the North West Company, the Russian-American Company and the Missouri Fur Company. It was mostly the French, British, Dutch, Spanish, and Russians who were active in the fur trade beween the 16th and 19th century.
The main trade item of the French and the Dutch during the European exploration of the North and South America was fur. Beaver fur was abundant with good quality pelts.
Middlemen in the fur trade were fur traders or first nations who had been given furs from the producers (HBC and north west company) and had sold these furs to first nations or other consumers. Think of it as salesmen:)