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The Darien Scheme: Debunking the myth of Scotland's Ill-Fated American Colonization Attempt

Miller, Kimberly Michelle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1461842100

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Wright State University, History.
In this analysis, a critical eye will counter many previously held claims of Scottish ineptitude and ill-preparation for the nationally important, Darien Scheme, colonial venture. In the hopes of establishing a trading post on the Isthmus of Panama, and eventually a colony, the Scots set out to change their economic and political fortunes. Through a series of events and sabotage, the mission failed miserably. Much of the historiography blames this on the Scots’ inability to plan and execute a mission of this scale. To counter previous scholarship, the subsequent investigation counters those claims and argues that the Scots used foresight and had a large potential for success, if it were not for the bad luck and English interference.
Noeleen McIlvenna, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Kathryn Meyer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Drew Swanson, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
95 p.
History
Darien; Scheme; Scotland; New Caledonia

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  • Miller, K. M. (2016). The Darien Scheme: Debunking the myth of Scotland's Ill-Fated American Colonization Attempt [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1461842100

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  • Miller, Kimberly. The Darien Scheme: Debunking the myth of Scotland's Ill-Fated American Colonization Attempt. 2016. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1461842100.

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  • Miller, Kimberly. "The Darien Scheme: Debunking the myth of Scotland's Ill-Fated American Colonization Attempt." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1461842100

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