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Commodity illustration: Hides and leather

Category:Hides and furs

Hides and leather

Standard price
300 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
200 pieces of eight
Scarcity
400 pieces of eight

Export regions

This cargo includes animal hides and leather at different stages of preparation. A stiff hide awaiting treatment feels quite different from supple, finished leather. Merchants unfold the pieces to inspect their surfaces, flaws and condition.

Shoemakers, saddlers and bookbinders turn them into footwear, straps, baldrics and bindings. In the West Indies, cattle hunting also supplies the buccaneers' hide trade. Once an animal is skinned, its hide must be preserved and worked before it becomes a durable material for the workshop.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • La Révolte, p. 286, 308.
  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 524, PDF pages 521.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.