New Edinburgh

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In 1696, 2,500 Scottish settlers, in two expeditions, set out to found a Scottish trading colony at Darién on the isthmus of Panama.

Establishment

January 1697: The Scottish settlers were led by William Paterson, a Scottish trader and founder of the Bank of England. The expeditions were part of the ill-fated Darien scheme, a failed attempt to establish a Scottish colony in the New World for trade with Asia and the Americas.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

January 1700: In 1699, the Spanish launched an expedition led by Governor Don Diego de Vargas to eliminate the Scottish settlers in New Edinburgh, Scotland CO. By that time, many of the settlers had already died from disease or starvation, making the Spanish attack highly effective.