HUNTING FOR BEAVER, 1738, from Adventures
HUNTING FOR BEAVER, 1738, from Adventures of Sr. C. Le Beau, or Curious and New Journey, Among the Savages of North America. The engraving shows the author, Le Beau, and two Huron guides, hunting beaver and observing their dam-building. The European fashion for felted beaver hats made the animals skins one of colonial North American most important exports
Picture No
13125874
Media ID
45376356
Size
3000px x 2362px
(3.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
