Vieques, Puerto Rico
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Vieques, officially the Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, comprising the Spanish Virgin Islands together with Culebra. Located about 8 miles east of the main island of Pue
Mosquito Bioluminescent Bay in Vieques
Municipio de Vieques plaque
Radar in Vieques, Puerto Rico
Fuera la Marina de Vieques Ya (translation: Navy out of Vieques now) sign on structure
Darien scheme
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The Darien scheme or the Darien venture was an unsuccessful attempt, backed largely by investors of the Kingdom of Scotland, to gain wealth and influence by establishing New Caledonia or Britain-in-Pa
Vieques, Puerto Rico
…attention as a possible colony from Scotland, and after numerous attempts to buy the island proved unsuccessful, the Scottish fleet, en route to Darien in 1698, made landfall and took possession of the island in the name of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and The Indies. Scottish sovereignty…
This chest was used to store money and documents associated with the Company of Scotland, a trading company set up in 1695 with the power to establish colonies.
The Bay of Caledonia, west of the Gulf of Darién. New Edinburgh is on the isthmus on the right.