Historium
Did you ever fall asleep in history class? You’re not alone. History can be boring when focusing on only dates and statistics. Historium seeks to find the narrative of history in some of the most unlikely places. Seamlessly blending history and storytelling, Jake Barton draws you into historical tales you’ve probably never heard before.
Historium
#84 The Darien Disaster
The colonial ambitions of Scotland soon go sideways as they face the full brunt of Murphy's Law. The colonists face disease, mutiny, starvation, and shipwrecks before the backdrop of the golden age of piracy.
The colony's ultimate fate unites a kingdom.
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Music:
- Hector the Hero by Geoff Knorr
- All in Circles by Shida Shahabi
- The British Empire by Brian Tyler
- Denmark by the Portland Cello Project
- Cock o’ the North by Geoff Knorr
- Bonnie Dundee by Geoff Knorr
- Endless Falls by Loscil
- Pieces of Eight by Bear McCreary
- The Wider Sun by Jon Hopkins
- Scottish Snare by Geoff Knorr
- Baer by Hildur Gudnadottir
- A Nation of Thieves by Bear McCreary
- Shimmy by Toussaint McCall
- Murder/Mermaid/Heavy Labor by Mark Korven
- The Spanish Empire by Brian Tyler
- Funeral at Sea by Bear McCreary
- Legions (War) by Zoe Keating
- The Sacred and The Profane by Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Elevator Song by Keaton Hensen
- Parcel o’ Rogues by Alastair McDonald
- The Final Journey by Christopher Spelmen