John Jacob Astor Small 222×320 Medium 445×640 Large 712×1024 Download Tiff Original 1668×2400 | (2.0 MB) Description "This enterprising merchant, founder of the American Fur Company, was born in a village near Heidelberg, in Germany." —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888 Keywords America, astor, fur, German, hiedelberg, jacob, John, merchant Galleries Famous People: A Source: The Popular Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (New York: F. M. Lupton, 1888) 24
