The Darien Scheme - Pamphlet
Classic Pamphlet
By George Pratt Insh, published 2nd October 2014
The Scottish Empire
The colonisation project that became known as the Darien Scheme or Darien Disaster was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to become a world trading nation by establishing a colony called "Caledonia" on the Isthmus of Panama on the Gulf of Darién in the late 1690s.
This pamphlet takes a detailed look at the history of the Darien Scheme and its significance.
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