476 - The Darien Scheme That Bankrupted Scotland
Do Go On4 Des 2024

476 - The Darien Scheme That Bankrupted Scotland

In the 1690s, Scotland tried to establish a colony in Panama... it did not go well. In fact it went so badly that it bankrupted almost the entire country. Recorded live at The Monkey Barrel Comedy Club in Edinburgh.


This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 08:36 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report).


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Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.


REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

  • The Darien Venture: The Colony that Bankrupted Scotland (Geographics)

https://youtu.be/ykrZCtlwyL4?si=zHp5VLxz3m9cFBCx

  • Empire, episode 186 - Scotland: A nation in crisis

https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/empire

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/p/williampaterson.html#:~:text=Sir%20William%20Paterson%20lived%20from,Acts%20of%20Union%20in%201707.

https://www.natwestgroup.com/heritage/companies/company-of-scotland-trading-to-africa-and-the-indies.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Paterson_(banker)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap

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