passing of the buff
In the New World, Europeans looked for ways so bring wealth. The source of wealth came from many different trades, the fishing aspect, oil, gold, slavery, and most of all land. Coming with the land wild animals that could be hunted, for sport, food, and most important fur. The fur that came from these animals was largely used in the world for clothing, leather for protection in the army, and to make the finest clothes from. The discovery of the buffalo help the fur trade really take off in the 1400. The first Europeans thought to discover the buffalo were the Portuguese in Africa in 1415. The buffalo hides were carried home and sold at premium prices all over Europe. The move westward to North America by the Portuguese found another kind of buffalo. The beast was an annormous creature weighing over a ton and measuring 12 feet in length. The buffalo roamed most of the conti
The second reason, because of the profits made from the killings of the buffaloes. The hides of the buffalo were turned into the finest robes, leather of all kinds, and were used as belts for many manufacturing machines. nent of North America at this time. "At about the year 1500, the buffalo were believed to have numbered more than 70 million individuals and were perhaps the most numerous, large mammalian species on the planet." This brought about the great fur trade in the new world, the English, Spanish, and French sought the fur of the buffalo and were in heavy competition for the animal. With the enormous killings of buffaloes, the species declined quickly from unnecessary killing of these rare and precious animals. Due to this, these species are endangered and have been preserved to be able to show all Americans this once large and magnificent beast's beauty and history! With the early colonization of the eastern sea board
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