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The Darien colony was discovered by the Kingdom of Scotland on November 3, 1698. The Scottish emigrants named the new colony "Caledonia" and was planned to be a world trading station. The plan however did not flourish when most of the emigrants died of fever and dysentery. The plan is now famously called Darien Scheme or Darien Disaster.
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