7 sentences with 'furs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word furs and other words derived from it.
• « Traders from other parts of northern Europe actively sought Baltic products such as furs, timber, fish and amber. This created a continuous flow of wealth into Scandinavia, which in turn led Nordic leaders to take an interest in the sources of that wealth. »
• « That colony soon became the centre of New France, and its trade "harvest" consisted of furs obtained through barter with Native American groups or taken by French trappers. »
• « Finally, although the emergence of Russia as an independent state is discussed in a later chapter, it is worth noting here that Russian explorers moved eastwards across Siberia from the period from the 15th to the 18th century in search of furs. »
• « During the Crusades (1095-1291), Europeans developed an appetite for the spices, silk, porcelain, sugar and other luxury goods of the East, for which they traded furs, timber and the Slavs they captured and sold (hence the word slave). »
• « For Europeans, the discovery of an Atlantic world meant new wealth in the form of gold and silver, as well as valuable furs. »
• « These trade networks relied on native hunters to gather furs, especially beaver pelts, and to exchange these items for French glass beads and other trade goods. »
• « Like many explorers of the time, Hudson was actually seeking a passage to northwest Asia and its wealth, but the ample furs collected in the region he explored, especially the coveted beaver pelts, provided a reason to claim them for the Netherlands. »