Which Scottish adventurer founded the disastrous Darien scheme that nearly bankrupted Scotland in the 1690s?
Before the 1707 Act of Union, Scotland attempted its own colonial venture in Panama. It ended in catastrophe, wiping out roughly a quarter of Scotland's liquid capital.
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