The Darien disaster
1968, First Edition. London : Secker & Warburg. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447461
ISBN: 0436386062
Physical description; ix, 366 pages : 8 plates, coat of arms, 4 maps, 8 portraits ; 23 cm. Contents; The noble undertaking -- The rising sun -- The door of the seas -- The key of the universe -- A nation's humour -- God's wonderful mercy -- As bitter as Gall. Subject; Paterson, William 1658-1719. Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Darien Scots' Colony, 1698-1700. Panama, Isthmus of (Panama) History 17th century.
Price: €35.00
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