SYMHC Classics: The Darien Disaster

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers an attempt to start a Scottish colony in Panama in the late 1600s. But the expedition faced disease, death and poor trade, taking down the settlers -- and, ultimately, Scotland.

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