SOSC 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sustainable Development, Biophilia Hypothesis, Aboriginal Title
3 Apr 2014
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Worldwide industry dealing with the getting hold of and sale of animal fur from the early 17th to the mid-19th centuries, the fur trade was a huge commercial enterprise across the wild, forested expanse of what is now canada. Central part of the early history of contact between europeans and native peoples. Europeans would trade metal for the natives" well-worn pelts. Trade was a way to forge alliances and maintain good relations between different cultures. The fur traders were men with capital and social standing, because of the wealth at stake, different european- American governments competed with various native societies for control of the fur trade. Canada and how it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the oldest and largest company in canadian history: hudson"s bay company. In fact, the history of the fur trade, hudson"s bay company and the exploration of canada are so tangled that they cannot be separated.
