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Bankrupting a Nation: How a Failed Colony Destroyed Scotland. Hubris, Malaria, and the Disastrous Financial Collapse of the Scottish Empire, 1698–1700
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- Nombre de pages224
- FormatePub
- ISBN978-3-565-33859-7
- EAN9783565338597
- Date de parution19/03/2026
- Protection num.pas de protection
- Taille913 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurEmphaloz Publishing House
Résumé
In the late 17th century, the independent nation of Scotland gambled everything on a wildly ambitious dream. They aimed to establish a booming trading colony on the Isthmus of Panama, bridging the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to command global commerce. It was called the Darien Scheme.
Instead of a paradise of wealth, the settlers found a green hell. Decimated by malaria, besieged by the Spanish, and deliberately sabotaged by their English neighbors, the colonists died in droves.
The financial fallout was apocalyptic, wiping out roughly a fifth of all the wealth in Scotland and leaving the nation in desperate ruin. This meticulous historical account uncovers the devastating cocktail of geographical ignorance and economic hubris. It details how the absolute failure of this one colonial venture forced a bankrupt Scotland to surrender its sovereignty, leading directly to the 1707 Act of Union with England. Discover the most catastrophic financial gamble in national history.
Learn how the deadly jungles of Panama redrew the political map of the British Isles forever.
The financial fallout was apocalyptic, wiping out roughly a fifth of all the wealth in Scotland and leaving the nation in desperate ruin. This meticulous historical account uncovers the devastating cocktail of geographical ignorance and economic hubris. It details how the absolute failure of this one colonial venture forced a bankrupt Scotland to surrender its sovereignty, leading directly to the 1707 Act of Union with England. Discover the most catastrophic financial gamble in national history.
Learn how the deadly jungles of Panama redrew the political map of the British Isles forever.