Author: Prebble, J.
Title: The Darien Disaster
Description: Secker and Warburg 1968 366, frontis, 8 b/w illus, 4 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.. First edition. First detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records. The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New Caledonia, a colony on the Isthmus of Panama, in the late 1690s..
Keywords: Scotland; Britain
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Title: The Darien Disaster
Description: Secker and Warburg 1968 366, frontis, 8 b/w illus, 4 maps. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.. First edition. First detailed account of the Darien Settlement, drawn from original sources in the records. The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New Caledonia, a colony on the Isthmus of Panama, in the late 1690s..
Keywords: Scotland; Britain
Price: GBP 18.00 = appr. US$ 25.70 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S42230
- Book number: S42230
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