I love hearing about historical trade networks. I don't think they get a high enough profile. 1653 North America: >The two travellers learned of the great tra

I love hearing about historical trade networks. I don't think they get a high enough profile. 1653 North America: >The two travellers learned of the great trade fairs in the Mandan villages along the upper Missouri River. People from thousands of kilometres away, from all directions of the compass, congregated to haggle and barter for goods such as northern furs, pipestone, buffalo robes, grease, ochre, obsidian, eagle feathers, porcupine quills, fine leather, pottery, dried corn, wild rice, tobacco, dried herbs, preserved fish, precious stones, decorative seeds, coloured embroidery—and of course to share news of the land. https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/the-incredible-origins-of-the-hudsons-bay-company/ https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/the-incredible-origins-...