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Gulf of Darién

Coordinates: 9°25′42″N 77°3′40″W / 9.42833°N 77.06111°W / 9.42833; -77.06111
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Gulf of Darién
Spanish: Golfo de Darién
The Gulf of Darién, north of the isthmus of Darién in the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Darién is located in Colombia
Gulf of Darién
Gulf of Darién
Gulf of Darién in relation to Colombia
LocationCaribbean Sea
Coordinates9°25′42″N 77°3′40″W / 9.42833°N 77.06111°W / 9.42833; -77.06111
TypeGulf
Basin countriesColombia
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The Gulf of Darién (UK: /ˈdɛəriən, ˈdær-/, US: /ˌdɛəriˈɛn, ˌdɑːr-, dɑːrˈjɛn/, Spanish: [daˈɾjen]) is the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea, located north and east of the border between Panama and Colombia. Within the gulf is the Gulf of Urabá, a small lip of sea extending southward, between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia, on the southern shores of which is the port city of Turbo, Colombia. The Atrato River delta extends into the Gulf of Darién.[2][3][4][5][1]

The Darien Scheme

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The Gulf of Darién was the site of the Darien scheme, autonomous Scotland's one major attempt at colonialism. The first expedition of five ships (Saint Andrew, Caledonia, Unicorn, Dolphin, and Endeavour) set sail from Leith on July 14, 1698, with around 1,200 people on board.[6] Their orders were "to proceed to the Bay of Darien, and make the Isle called the Golden Island ... some few leagues to the leeward of the mouth of the great River of Darien ... and there make a settlement on the mainland".[7] After calling at Madeira and the West Indies, the fleet made landfall off the coast of Darien on November 2. The settlers christened their new home "New Caledonia".[8]

See also

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  • "Ecological Damage in the Darién Gap". American.edu.
  • "Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1694-1709". British Online Archives.
  • "Darien Chest". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Golfo de Urabá". GeoNames. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Darien". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Darien". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ "Darién". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Darién". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  6. ^ McClymont, Roy. "The Darien Scheme: A Supplement". Appalachian State University, History Department. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Pratt Insh, George (1924). Papers Relating to the Ships and Voyages of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1696-1707 (PDF). Edinburgh: Scottish History Society. pp. 64–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  8. ^ Hidalgo, Dennis R. (2001). "To Get Rich for Our Homeland: The Company of Scotland and the Colonization of the Darién". CLAHR: Colonial Latin American Historical Review. 10 (3): 311–350.
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