Chinese Trade Town
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| 1742 High prices for Alaska pelts from the Chinese Trading Post Kiakhta sparks the Russian Fur Rush. China was the largest market for sea otter furs at the time of Russian America. Fur traders often bartered their possessions with the Chinese between the border towns of Kiakhta and Maimachin. Photo: The Chinese border trading town of Maimachin. UAF Collections. Source: frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/07.jpg |
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