Guna Yala
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Guna Yala, also known as Kuna Yala or by its former name San Blas, is a comarca indígena in northeast Panama. Guna Yala is home to the indigenous people known as the Gunas. Its capital is Gaigirgordub
Mainland beaches
Perro Island, Guna Yala
Kuna Yala dancing at a Tribal Gathering in 2013
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
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…islands, and maintained their farms on the mainland. Until the mid-nineteenth century this region remained relatively peaceful. In the late 1690s, the Darien scheme in the Kingdom of Scotland attempted to create an overseas colony in the region, hoping to open an overland route between the Atlantic and Pacific…
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.