In this episode of Half-Arsed History, be amazed at an untold piece of Scottish History: the Darien Scheme, when Scotland attempted to start a colony in Central America, in the hopes of bridging the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

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Image: Mortier, Pierre. Carte Particuliere de Isthmus ou Darien. 1700. Via The Vintage Map Shop.