🧭 Trading Posts of the World

These are the world's notable trading posts — remote supply outposts, often of the fur and colonial trades, where traders, settlers and Indigenous peoples met to exchange goods. Each profile shows where the post is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

65 trading posts from 7 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any trading post for its full profile.

Africa (1) Americas (60) Asia (2) Europe (2)

Africa (1 trading posts)

Americas (60 trading posts)

Asia (2 trading posts)

Europe (2 trading posts)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.