The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New...

Atrato River delta extends into the Gulf of Darién. The Gulf of Darién was the site of the Darien scheme, autonomous Scotland's one major attempt at colonialism...

Bank of England and was one of the main proponents of the catastrophic Darien scheme. Later he became an advocate of union with England. William Paterson...

The Darién Gap (UK: /ˈdɛəriən, ˈdær-/, US: /ˌdɛəriˈɛn, ˌdɑːr-, dɑːrˈjɛn/, Spanish: Tapón del Darién [taˈpon del daˈɾjen]) is a geographic region that...

English East India Company, while others were drawn to William Paterson's Darien scheme, which ultimately prevailed.: 111–2  In July 1698 the company launched...

Panama, though it was, for a time, also known as "New Inverness". Darien scheme Darien, Georgia Nova Scotia East Jersey Scottish Tobacco trade Scottish...

Commissioner of the old Parliament of Scotland. Fletcher was a defender of the Darién scheme, although suspicious of the effect of conventional commerce on traditional...

afflicted by malaria, the colony was abandoned two years later. The Darien scheme was a financial disaster for Scotland—a quarter of Scottish capital...

Adina Sommer. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "The Darien Scheme". Historic UK. Retrieved May 8, 2025. "Darien Scheme: Scotland's ill-fated colony in Panama". Truly...

1690s, a small fleet of five ships was established by merchants for the Darien scheme, and a professional navy of three warships was established to protect...

to establish a settlement in 1698 through the Darien scheme which was ultimately unsuccessful. The scheme was backed largely by investors of the Kingdom...

soldier and politician. Hamilton was a major investor in the failed Darien scheme, which cost many of Scotland's ruling class their fortunes. He led the...

children, arrived on the Prince of Wales to establish Darien, which was named after the Darien scheme, a former Scottish colony in Panama. Among the initial...

with England, led to the Darien scheme – an unsuccessful attempt to establish a Scottish colony in the Gulf of Darién. The scheme was sabotaged by England...

(Metro-North station) Darien, Georgia Darien, Illinois Darien, Missouri Darien, New York Darien, Wisconsin Darien (town), Wisconsin Darien Angadi (1949–1984)...

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Scottish landowner who had money to spare is said to have invested in the Darien scheme. After another proposal from the English House of Lords was rejected...

Guna. Scotland tried to establish a settlement in 1698 through the Darien scheme, independent Scotland's one major attempt at colonialism. The first...

prompted the Darien scheme, an ill-fated venture by the Kingdom of Scotland to settle the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s. The Darien Scheme aimed to...

Drummond survived to take part in another famous Scottish disaster, the Darien scheme. On 12 April 1692, the Paris Gazette published a copy of Glenlyon's...

costs of winding up the Company of Scotland which had undertaken the Darien scheme. Shareholders in and creditors of the company were to receive 58.6%...

of Scotland and the Company of Scotland, whose failure following the Darien scheme increased the pressure for political union with England, finalised in...

arguments over blame for the ruinous failure of the Scottish Parliament's Darien scheme, when William and Mary ruled Scotland and England, to the Acts of Union...

Attempts to establish a Scottish colony in Central America as part of the Darién scheme ended in disaster in the 1690s. After the Union with England in 1707...

assert in adulthood that a direct ancestor of his had survived the Darien scheme of 1698, the ill-fated Scottish attempt to colonise the Isthmus of Panama...

II. An attempt to establish a Scottish colonial empire through the Darien Scheme, in rivalry to that of England, failed, leaving the Scottish nobles...

1690s, a small fleet of five ships was established by merchants for the Darien Scheme, and a professional navy was established for the protection of commerce...

Maritime history Economy in the Middle Ages Colonization of the Americas Darien scheme Union with England Royal Houses Alpin Dunkeld Sverre Balliol Bruce Stuart...

movement. Beginning in 1698, the Company of Scotland sponsored the Darien scheme, an ill-fated attempt to establish a Scottish trading colony in the...

(c. 1650 – c. 1705), Lord Provost who lost a fortune in the Darien scheme and died in Darien House (the asylum). Prof Alexander Christison FRSE (1753–1820)...