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The Bitter Lakes - Suez, EgyptA steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the Bitter Lakes at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt
Essaouira, Morocco - tourists landingEssaouira (formerly Mogador) - tourist resort on the Western Moroccan region of Marrakesh on the Atlantic coast - occupied since prehistoric times
The Danish Aldwych Settlement, 11th centuryIllustration showing the Aldwych Danish settlement, near London in the time of Canute, 11th century. This image shows a trading boat being unloaded onto the foreshore
Trading VesselsTrading vessels in an Italian sea-port
Tunisia UticaReconstruction of Utica, Phoenician trading port and colony, 24 km from ancient Carthage and modern Tunis
Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples
Native American Indian trading a pony, West America, 1880Engraving showing a native American Indian bartering at the store in a Frontier Town, the trade appears to be ammunition for the pony; the Wild West, North America, c.1880
An Underground Drinking Cellar, San Francisco, 1884Engraving showing an underground drinking cellar with, in the background, a stock index board marked on the wall, San Francisco, 1884
Events / India / CalicutThe European (Portuguese trading) settlement at Calicut
Fort Laramie which was a significant trading post in the 19th century and later a military outpost of the US army
Venice Fabric TradeVenice becomes Europes leading trading centre for fabrics
Planets - MercuryMERCURY (Hermes) drives his chariot drawn by two carrier pigeons over Earth where merchants are trading, importing, selling, bartering, and exchanging goods
Island of HormuzA bird s-eye view of the trading city of Hormuz (earlier Ormuz, or Harmozia)
Arab Trade CaravanAn Arab trading caravan reaches an oasis where horses and caravans can be watered
Marseille Trade CentreA shipment of figs arrives at Marseille, whose strategic position on the Mediterranean, with access to western Europe, renders it one of the worlds leading trading centres
Bruges Trade CentreCloth merchants at Bruges, which thanks to the cloth trade is one of the worlds great trading centres
Nijni-Novgorod TradeFur traders at Nijni-Novgorod, which, on the border between Europe and Asia, becomes one of Europes leading trading centres
Lubeck as Trade CentreLubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia
Porto Trade CentreVasco da Gama, by rounding the Cape of Good Hope and discovering the Indies, makes Porto (aka Oporto) one of Europes foremost trading centres
Rubber : CollectingAfter preliminary processing, the rubber is taken to market or trading post
Great Zimbabwe / RuinsThe majestic remains of a once thriving trading civilisation who were the ancestors of the Shona peoples of Zimbabwe
Morocco / AsilahA Phoenician trading post circa 1500 BCE, a pirate stronghold in the 19th century, today a tourist resort - theres progress for you !
USA / Alaska / Goliven BayAlaska: Dexters trading post, Goliven Bay
Ghana ElminaImportant trading centre founded by the Portuguese in the 16th century
Gabon Trading PostThe French tricouleur flies proudly over a factory at Glass
Iran HormuzAncient view of Hormuz (then generally ka Ormuz) one of the principal trading centres between East and West, as indicated by the European ships
Petticoat Lane TradersJewish traders in Petticoat Lane market in London selling old clothes: " Here ye are! Here ye are! Any price you like! I don t care!"
Navajo TradersA party of Navajo men of New Mexico on a trading expedition, carrying their wares to white traders
Loading Sugar for ExportSugar in barrels is loaded in the West Indies for export to Europe
Trading Post at KoksoakA trading post on the Koksoak river
OSWEGO, 1750The earliest English trading post on the Great Lakes, the fort was contested in the Seven years War and later in 1812 : the Onondago river here flows into Lake Ontario
Sacramento Circa 1840Settled in 1839 by John Sutter during the California Gold Rush, Sacramento rapidly became an important trading centre, and was made State Capital in 1854
Nizhni Novgorod FairThe Chinese quarter of the great fair at Nizhni Novgorod (formerly spelt Nijni) - one of the great trading occasions between Europe and Asia
Beadle and TraderA Beadle dressed in his official uniform overturns the stall of a street seller, trading without a licence
Syrians Go to HormuzAleppo (Syrian) merchants travel to the twice-a-year market at Ormuz (Persian Gulf), the biggest trading place with the Orient
Trading / Stock ExchangeA trader passes a note from the exchange floor to a colleague in a booth, who will deliver the information on the deal
New York Produce ExchangeExchanging produce is conducted pretty much like an auction in the Call Room of the New York Produce Exchange
Jacques Coeur / Dupre MonoJACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing, counsellor to Charles VII but falsely accused, condemned, exiled
Jacques Coeur / DupreJACQUES COEUR French merchant who gained wealth through trading and manufacturing; Chancellor to King Charles VII
Hanseatic ShipsArmed vessels of the German Hanseatic League trading fleet
Trading in Human HeadsThe trade in human heads - Maoris find the heads of their relatives among the dealers wares on board his ship
Fur Trading in ArgentinaTrading for furs at Puntas Arenas, Argentina
Fleet at CopenhagenThe Hanseatic trading fleet at Copenhagen
Chinese Trading JunkChinese trading junk - notice the unusual way the sails are constructed fixed to an array of spars
German Trading VesselsGerman trading vessels
Gabon / Settlement C1875Gabon, West Africa: a European trading settlement
Algerian Trade CaravanThe annual migration of Algerian tribes, for the purpose of trading