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The Darien Scheme: Scotland's Colonial Disaster
In the 1690s, the Kingdom of Scotland gambled its entire national wealth on a bold colonial venture: establishing a trading colony on the Isthmus of Panama, which they called New Caledonia. Lucas and Luna explore the Darien Scheme — a disaster of epic proportions that cost thousands of lives and nearly bankrupted the nation. They delve into the leadership of William Paterson, the devastating impact of tropical disease, Spanish military opposition, and the English trade embargo that sealed the colony's fate. The episode examines how this catastrophe directly precipitated the 1707 Act of…
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