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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Company of Scotland"”.
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New Caledonia´s Wake: Expanding the Story of Company of Scotland Expeditions to Darien, 1698-1700
Although previous examinations of the failed 1698-1700 Company of Scotland initiative to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama have emphasized its impact on the political future of Great Britain, the endeavor also intruded into a broader spectrum of geography, commercial enterprise and …
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For the want of ‘scots projects’: Scottish Financial Innovation and the nature of the Financial Revolution, 1688-1727
Taking root in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, the Financial Revolution extended into the middle of the next century, shadowed in Britain by union, rebellion, and dynastic change. The classic literature on the Financial Revolution is plentiful but has paid little attention to …
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Pirates in the Age of Projects, 1688-1707
This dissertation retells the history of pirates in the anglophone world, 1688-1707. It argues that the appellation “pirate” became applied to some within global seafaring communities as part of a contest among people of middling means to define the purpose and organisation of overseas expansion. …