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What was the start of the North American fur trade?
Jacques Cartier in his three voyages into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the 1500s conducted some of the earliest North American fur trade between European and First Nations peoples
Where was Cartier established when conductingsome of the earliest fur trading between European and First Nations peoples?
Cartier attempted limited fur trading with the First Nations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and along the St. Lawrence River.
What kind of fur or products did Cartier attempt to trade in the origins of the North American fur trade?
Cartier concentrated on trading for furs used as trimming and adornment in the origins of the North American fur trade
What other items did Cartier concentrate on trading aside from trading for furs used as trimming and adornment in the origins of the North American fur trade?
In the origins of the North American fur trade, Cartier overlooked the fur that would become the driving force of the fur trade in the north, the beaver pelt, which would become fashionable in Europe.
What other things was unique about the North American fur trade origin besides that explorer Cartier overlooked the fur that would become the driving force of the fur trade in the north, the beaver pelt, which would become fashionable in Europe?
In the origins of the North American fur trade, The earliest European trading for beaver pelts dated to the growing cod fishing industry that spread to the North Atlantic
What was the cod fishing industry in the origins of the North American fur trade?
The new preservation technique of drying fish allowed the mainly Basque fishermen to fish near the Newfoundland coast and transport fish back to Europe for sale in the origins of the North American fur trade

Question: What was the fisherman's role in the trade origin?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the fisherman's role in the North American fur trade origin?