The Darien Disaster: A Scots Colony In The New World, 1698-1700 (2002)

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John Prebble's account of the Darien Disaster chronicles Scotland's attempt to acquire it's own South American colony and establish a trading company to rival England's East India Company. However it was to end badly with lives and reputations as well as a great deal of money squandered and the eventual union with England. I found John Prebble's book difficult to get into and the early political manoeuvring less than gripping, however it was worth persevering with and the sections dealing with the hardship of the colonists were very moving.

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