fur trade
Beaver skin business
The fur trade is the commercial exchange of animal pelts, historically a major economic force in North America from the 1600s through the 1800s.
European demand for beaver and other furs drove exploration, shaped colonial economies, and transformed relationships between indigenous peoples and settlers.
The Hudson's Bay Company dominated the Canadian fur trade for centuries.
Dam-constructing aquatic rodent
- muskratSemiaquatic North American rodent
- minkFur-bearing aquatic weasel
- sableBlack, in heraldry
- foxCunning wild canine
otter · lynx · ermine · seal · wolf · marten · fisher · raccoon
Black, in heraldry
- minkFur-bearing aquatic weasel
- ermineWeasel prized for pelage
- chinchillaDense-furred Andean rodent
- fashionCurrent popular trend
haute couture · status · prestige · coat · stole · trim · lining · hat
Historic fur-trade boatmen
- Hudson's Bay CompanyColonial Canadian fur merchant
- New FranceFrench North American colony
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- mountain menPioneer wilderness fur trappers
Lewis and Clark · frontier · exploration · Northwest Passage · American West · expedition · settlers · manifest destiny
Moral claims for fauna
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- activismDirect effort for reform
- boycottOrganized economic protest
PETA · sustainability · conservation · endangered species · poaching · overhunting · habitat destruction · biodiversity loss
Direct goods-for-goods exchange
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- commodityFungible traded good
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
tariff · export · import · wholesale · retail · supply · demand · transaction
Route of set snares
- snareDevice for catching prey
- legholdTrap clamping an appendage
- deadfallTrap using falling weight
- baitLure for prey
tracking · wilderness · bushcraft · skinning knife · gambrel · stretching · drying · grading
Canada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- CreeAlgonquian people of Canada
- OjibweAlgonquian-speaking indigenous nation
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
Algonquin · traditional knowledge · land rights · treaty · negotiation · cultural exchange · dependency · displacement
beaver
Dam-constructing aquatic rodent
fox · otter · lynx · ermine · seal · wolf · marten · fisher · raccoon · tanning
sable
Black, in heraldry
- minkFur-bearing aquatic weasel
- ermineWeasel prized for pelage
- chinchillaDense-furred Andean rodent
fashion · haute couture · status · prestige · coat · stole · trim · lining · hat · felt
voyageurs
Historic fur-trade boatmen
- Hudson's Bay CompanyColonial Canadian fur merchant
- New FranceFrench North American colony
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
mountain men · Lewis and Clark · frontier · exploration · Northwest Passage · American West · expedition · settlers · manifest destiny · Rupert's Land
animal rights
Moral claims for fauna
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- activismDirect effort for reform
boycott · PETA · sustainability · conservation · endangered species · poaching · overhunting · habitat destruction · biodiversity loss · black market
barter
Direct goods-for-goods exchange
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- commodityFungible traded good
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
exchange · tariff · export · import · wholesale · retail · supply · demand · transaction · marketplace
trapline
Route of set snares
bait · tracking · wilderness · bushcraft · skinning knife · gambrel · stretching · drying · grading · season
First Nations
Canada's non-Inuit indigenous peoples
- MétisCanadian mixed-ancestry Indigenous nation
- CreeAlgonquian people of Canada
- OjibweAlgonquian-speaking indigenous nation
Iroquois · Algonquin · traditional knowledge · land rights · treaty · negotiation · cultural exchange · dependency · displacement · middlemen
- Nordic Tradeiron ore, fishing industry, whaling
- America and Asia travelsSilk Road, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, sea routes, explorers
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- Northern frontiertundra, taiga, permafrost, Arctic, subarctic
- economic historystock market crash, Industrial Revolution, Great Depression, gold standard, Silk Road
- trade historycommerce, merchant, colonial economy, merchant ships, Silk Road
fur tradecotton trade
Exchange of fiber crop
silk trade · spice trade · grain trade · wool trade · slave trade
fur tradewildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
animal welfare · fur ban · wildlife protection · habitat preservation · veganism
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