A failed experiment
Scotland, Darien and the Atlantic World, 1698-1700
Julie Orr Edinburgh University Press, 2018 208 pages
Hardcover £80/paperback £19.99
ISBN: 9781474427531
In 1698, 1200 people left Scotland on five ships for Darien, now the Isthmus of Panama, where they established Fort St Andrews and began building another new settlement nearby, New Edinburgh. The Darien colony, however, was beset with challenges – from poor leadership and equipment, to disease and death – and would fail within two years. The
