The word Darien is a scar on the memory of the Scots, and the hurt is still felt even where the cause of the wound is dimly understood. Three hundred years ago the Parliament of Scotland, in one of its last acts before the nation lost its political identity, defied the King and the persistent hostility of the English to establish a noble trading company, to settle a colony, and to recover its people from a century of despair, privation, famine and decay. The site of the colony, Darien on the Isthmus of Panama, was the ...
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The word Darien is a scar on the memory of the Scots, and the hurt is still felt even where the cause of the wound is dimly understood. Three hundred years ago the Parliament of Scotland, in one of its last acts before the nation lost its political identity, defied the King and the persistent hostility of the English to establish a noble trading company, to settle a colony, and to recover its people from a century of despair, privation, famine and decay. The site of the colony, Darien on the Isthmus of Panama, was the enduring dream of William Paterson, the erratically brilliant Scot who had helped to found the Bank of England. He called it 'the door of the seas, and the key of the universe', and believed that it would become a bridge between East and West, an entrepot through which would pass the richest trade in the world. The first attempt to make the Company a joint Scots and English venture was crushed by the English Parliament. The Scots created it by themselves, in a wave of almost hysterical enthusiasm, subscribing half of the nation's capital. Three years later the 'noble undertaking', crippled by the quarrelsome stupidity of its leaders, deliberately obstructed by the English Government, and opposed in arms by Spain, had ended in stunning disaster. Nine fine ships owned by the Company had been sunk, burnt or abandoned. Over two thousand men, women and children who went to the fever-ridden colony never returned. It was a tragic curtain to the last act of Scotland's independence. John Prebble's book is the first detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records of the Company, the journals, letters and memoirs of those who tried to turn William Paterson's dream into reality.
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New. The word Darien is a scar on the memory of Scots. This is a detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records of the Company, the journals, letters and memoirs of those who tried to turn William Paterson's dream into reality. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp b/w halftones, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1KLCP; HBJD1; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272. 2002. New. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Physical description; ix, 366 pages: 8 plates, coat of arms, 4 maps, 8 portraits; 23 cm. Contents; The noble undertaking--The rising sun--The door of the seas--The key of the universe--A nation's humour--God's wonderful mercy--As bitter as Gall. Subjects; Paterson, William 1658-1719. Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Scots Darien (Panama and Colombia) History 17th century. South America Darien. Spain New Caledonia (Colony). Darien Scots' colony. Scotland History 17th century. Scotland History 1603-1707. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN: 0906391024.
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Physical description; ix, 366 pages: 8 plates, coat of arms, 4 maps, 8 portraits; 23 cm. Contents; The noble undertaking--The rising sun--The door of the seas--The key of the universe--A nation's humour--God's wonderful mercy--As bitter as Gall. Subject; Paterson, William 1658-1719. Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Darien Scots' Colony, 1698-1700. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) History 17th century. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall.
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