William Paterson and five ships full of colonists set sail for Darien, and begin to build the colony of New Caledonia.
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Sources :

Darien : A Journey in Search of Empire by John McKendrick

Darien: the Scottish Dream of Empire by John Prebble

The Darien Venture by Dr Mike Ibeji

The Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies from British History Online


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Episode 266 - The Darien Scheme

A podcast about the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean, the real men and women that threatened the trade and stability of the Old World empires, the forces that led them to piracy and the myths and stories they inspired. Famous names like Captain Henry Morgan, Henry Avery, Charles Vane, Mary Reed, Anne Bonny, Black Bart Roberts, Ned Low, and Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach will rub elbows with Queens, Kings, Popes, rebellious monks, Caribbean Natives, African Slaves and notorious governors like Woodes Rogers. History, high seas adventure, myth and magic, voodoo, treachery, biography and freedom await.

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Episode 340 - In Service of the Devil

A priest, a pirate, and a merchant walk into a library. 
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Episode 339 - Learned Fools

The Crisis of April, 1705 very nearly tipped into open revolution. Zounds. But it didn't. Gadzooks.
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Episode 338 - Gadzooks!

In April 1705, the English ship Worcester arrived in Edinburgh. By the end of summer, England and Scotland were on the brink of war.
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Episode 337 - Vermin of the State

We're talking about the Jacobite Uprising of 1689. Spoiler Alert. They don't win.
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Episode 266 - The Darien Scheme

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