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The Darien Scheme
- tshanmu 8y agothought that this was a long forgotten Scheme dialect, only to be schooled on historical monpolistic anti-trust protectionist events :D
- Symmetry 8y agoIt's hard to overstate how much of an effect the introduction of malaria to the Americas had on the course of history.
- arethuza 8y agoInteresting bit of trivia - the organisation set up to distribute the English "bailout" eventually evolved into what became the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) which was then itself bailed out with vast amounts of taxpayers money in the 2007/2008 financial crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland
- jbattle 8y agoSounds like the causes of failure of the colony were heavily influenced by politics, but also that's a tough place for "outsiders" to live. c.f. the Darien Gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n_Gap
- HeyLaughingBoy 8y agoA mildly interesting anecdote: I used to work in Darien, CT which I was told was so named by a mariner because it sat between the large "oceans" of Stamford and Norwalk. No idea how true that is...
- welcome_dragon 8y ago... and I used to live in Darien, IL which was named after Darien, CT