The system of permits regulating the trade in this commodity by the French was called "conges," and traders in it included coureurs de bois and voyageurs.
The system of permits regulating the trade in this commodity by the French was called "conges," and traders in it included coureurs de bois and voyageurs. The Hudson's Bay Company was chartered for trade in this commodity, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition's encampment of Fort Clatsop evolved into a modern city bearing the name of the most prominent American in this trade. Astoria, Oregon, was named, FTP, for John Jacob Astor, who created the largest American company trading in what animal product?
The system of permits regulating the trade in this commodity by the French was called "conges," and traders in it included coureurs de bois and voyageurs.
fur trade (accept "pelts," I reckon)