The Darien Venture: The Colony that Bankrupted Scotland

If a Nation’s wealth and power were to be measured in stubbornness, resilience, and inventiveness, rather than GDP, Scotland would be a top-5 Superpower. The people that brought to you televisions, refrigerators, penicillin, and gin & tonic have gone through many a rough patch throughout their history. Very often, hard times were related to their rocky relationship with their Southern neighbours, the English. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net More from Geographics: Aralsk 7: The USSR’s Anthrax Island https://youtu.be/QMS6MGUtHH0 The Paris Hotel de Ville: Robespierre, Napoleon, and Revolution! https://youtu.be/9C6fWYg0s6I