She published her findings in Mules and Men. Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, rubbing shoulders with many of its famous writers. In 1937, she published her masterwork of fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God.Hurston died in Florida in 1960.urston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, rubbing shoulders with many of its famous writers. In 1937, she published her masterwork of fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670 to 1870. Ann M. Carlos, University of Colorado Frank D. Lewis, Queenâs University Introduction. A commercial fur trade in North America grew out of the early contact between Indians and European fisherman who were netting cod on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and on the Bay of GaspÃ© near Quebec.
The settlers of the Dutch West Indies Company bought Manhattan and Staten Island in exchange for trade goods. The British eventually took over from the Dutch Knickerbockers and renamed New Amsterdam, New York. whale. The Dutch founded New York, only they called New Amsterdam, its name was changed to New York by the British when they took it over. New York was originally called New Amsterdam, settled by the Dutch. When the English got it, they renamed it New York.