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Beaver pelts for blankets Artist unknown, View of the Canal in Front of St. Mark’s, about 1790 Most glass beads used in the fur trade were made in Murano, near Venice, Italy. Other beadmaking centers were in Holland and the area of Eastern Europe known as Bohemia. Fur posts were in isolated areas, but they were linked to a worldwide trade network. Beaver pelts were shipped from North America to London, where they were made into hats. And in return, goods ranging from British blankets to Italian beads to North African ostrich plumes were shipped to North America for trading with American Indians. Courtesy Archivo Iconografico, S.A./CORBIS Robert Auchmuty Sproule, The Port of Montreal , 1830 Franz Hölzlhuber, With the Fur Traders at Yellow Lake, Wisconsin, 1858 Courtesy McCord Museum Courtesy Glenbow Archives North Africa Ostrich plumes Portugal Brazilian tobacco China Vermillion, silk, tea India Calico Holland Beads, axes Paris London England Blankets, guns, gun parts, gunflints, textiles, axes, knives, kettles, trade silver, firesteels Italy Beads West Indies Rum Brazil Tobacco Montreal Canada Trade silver, firesteels North America Beaver pelts and furs France Axes, gunflints, kettles, knives, trade silver

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Page 1: Beaver pelts - Minnesota Historical Society...Beaver pelts for blankets Artist unknown, View of the Canal in Front of St. Mark’s, about 1790 Most glass beads used in the fur trade

Beaver pelts for blankets

Artist unknown, View of the Canal in Front of St. Mark’s, about 1790

Most glass beads used in the fur trade were made in Murano, near Venice, Italy. Other beadmaking centers were in Holland and the area of Eastern Europe known as Bohemia.

Fur posts were in isolated areas, but they were linked to a worldwide trade network. Beaver pelts were shipped from North America to London, where they were made into hats. And in return, goods ranging from British blankets to Italian beads to North African ostrich plumes were shipped to North America for trading with American Indians.

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North AfricaOstrich plumes

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India Calico

HollandBeads, axes

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EnglandBlankets, guns, gun parts, gunflints, textiles, axes, knives, kettles, trade silver, firesteels

ItalyBeads

West IndiesRum

BrazilTobacco

Montreal

CanadaTrade silver, firesteels

North AmericaBeaver pelts and furs

FranceAxes, gunflints, kettles, knives, trade silver