476 - The Darien Scheme That Bankrupted Scotland

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

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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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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