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The Darien Fiasco
The idea of the company of Scotland was to start a Scottish colony in central America which turned into a complete farce. The first ships left Leith in 1698 but not many people returned to Scotland many having been killed by disease and the Spanish
Letter from Colin Campbell who sailed from Leith on board the “Caladonia” in 1698 to his brother
Source-The Story of Scotland
