FURS TRADE

Fur trade From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: , An fur trader in the 1890s. Fur trade in Nizhny Novgorod (before 1906) The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal . Contents Russian fur trade Before the colonization of the Americas, was a major fur supplier of and parts of . Fur was a major Russian export since the early middle-ages. Originally the majority of furs exported from Russia were pelts of and . Between the 16th and 18th centuries Russians tamed — a region rich with various valuable kinds of fur-bearing animals such as and . In search of and, later, the , the expanded into North America, notably . Between the 17th and second half of the 19th century, Russia was the biggest supplier of fur in the world until the U.S. and joined the fur market. Fur trade played a vital role in the development of Siberia, the and the . To this day sable is a regional symbol of Ural and Siberian , and of Russia. North American fur trade The North American fur trade was a central part of the early in () between and and in . In 1578 there were 350 European fishing vessels at and sailors began to trade metal implements (particularly knives) for the natives' well worn pelts. These beaver robes, known as castor gras in French and coat beaver in English, were soon recognized by the newly-developed felt hatmaking industry as particularly useful for ...