Scotland, Darien and the Atlantic World, 1698-1700

ISBN-13: 9781474427548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str.

Julie Orr

Opis

This book synthesises the rare indigenous voice with newly discovered archival sources in Spain, Jamaica and the United States. The result is a new and expanded chronicle of the Scottish Panamanian initiative.

Spis treści

Maps and Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Unintended Itineraries I: Desertion, Opportunity and a Spy; Chapter 3. Unintended Itineraries II: Prisoners; Chapter 4. Admirals, Governors and Slavetraders; Chapter 5. The Long Reach of Spanish Justice; Chapter 6. The View from Spanish America; Chapter 7. View from Disparate America; Chapter 8. Darien Consequences; Appendix I Caledonia: The Declaration of the Council constituted by the Indian and African Company of Scotland, for the government and direction of their Colonies and Settlements in the Indies; Appendix II Articles of Agreement betwixt the Council of Caledonia and Captain Ephraim Pilkingtoun; Abbreviations; Bibliography