术语“北美毛皮贸易”的详细信息

英译术语:

North American fur trade

汉语语境:

16世纪到19世纪兴起了北美毛皮贸易。从欧洲人发现美洲开始，继而法国、英国、荷兰、西班牙等国的商人和冒险者陆续到美洲去寻找黄金和白银等贵金属，无意中却发现北美的丛林里大量出产毛皮。18世纪之前的毛皮贸易主要是小规模的商业活动，且主要由零散的商人经营。

英语语境:

The period from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century witnessed the rise of North American fur trade. The starting point was when Europeans discovered the Northern America. Later, the merchants and the venturers from France, England, Holland and Span arrived in North America to search for gold and silver. Accidentally, they discovered a great deal of fur in the forests. Before the 18th century, the scale of the trade was very small, and it was conducted by scattered merchants.