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Gulf of Darién

Coordinates:9°25′42″N77°3′40″W / 9.42833°N 77.06111°W /9.42833; -77.06111
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The southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Darién
Spanish:Golfo de Darién
Map showing Colombia on the right, Panama on the left, and the Darien Gap labeled where the two countries connect. Above the Darien Gap is the Gulf of Darien and the Caribbean Sea; below it is the Pacific ocean.
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″N77°3′40″W / 9.42833°N 77.06111°W /9.42833; -77.06111
TypeGulf
Basin countriesColombia
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TheGulf of Darién (UK:/ˈdɛəriən,ˈdær-/,US:/ˌdɛəriˈɛn,ˌdɑːr-,dɑːrˈjɛn/,Spanish:[daˈɾjen]) is the southernmost region of theCaribbean Sea, located north and east of the border betweenPanama andColombia. Within the gulf is theGulf 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 ofTurbo, Colombia. TheAtrato River delta extends into the Gulf of Darién.[2][3][4][5][1]

The Darien Scheme

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Main article:Darien scheme

The Gulf of Darién was the site of theDarien scheme, autonomousScotland's one major attempt at colonialism. The first expedition of five ships (Saint Andrew,Caledonia,Unicorn,Dolphin, andEndeavour) set sail fromLeith 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 atMadeira and theWest Indies, the fleet made landfall off the coast of Darien on November 2. The settlers christened their new home "New Caledonia".[8]

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  1. ^ab"Golfo de Urabá".GeoNames. RetrievedSeptember 10, 2021.
  2. ^"Darien".Collins English Dictionary.HarperCollins. Retrieved23 July 2019.
  3. ^"Darien".Lexico UK English Dictionary.Oxford University Press. Archived fromthe original on 2020-03-22.
  4. ^"Darién".The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved23 July 2019.
  5. ^"Darién".Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  6. ^McClymont, Roy."The Darien Scheme: A Supplement". Appalachian State University, History Department. RetrievedNovember 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 fromthe original(PDF) on 2015-11-17. Retrieved2015-11-14.
  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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