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An enquiry into the causes of the miscarriage of the Scots colony at Darien. Or An answer to a libel entituled A defence of the Scots abdicating Darien. : Submitted to the consideration of the good people of England.

1700 · Glasgow. : [publisher not identified] · 1 picture

A 1700 Glasgow pamphlet, publisher unidentified, defending the failed Scots colony at Darien in Panama and addressed to English readers on Scottish commercial policy. The one picture is a heraldic armorial bookplate with a crest, mantling, scrollwork and the motto Gaudeo beneath a shield bearing three figures and a chevron, labelled John Carter Brown, and it offers a designer a dense model of engraved heraldic ornament with fine hatching and acanthus-like curls.

Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies · Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien · New Caledonia (Colony) · Scotland -- Commercial policy · Panama -- History -- To 1903 · Imprint 1700

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