Excerpt from Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620-1686 For many a year the call of the West, the summons to the new lands beyond the Atlantic, evoked from Scotland no response the lure of strange landfalls, the wonders and the wealth of the great New Continent, failed to stir the imagina tion either of the douce traders north of the Tweed, or of adventurous wanderers setting out from the shores of Scotland. In Danzic or in Campvere the Scottish merchant still drove his trade, ignorant of, or indifferent to, the fabled riches of ...
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Excerpt from Scottish Colonial Schemes, 1620-1686 For many a year the call of the West, the summons to the new lands beyond the Atlantic, evoked from Scotland no response the lure of strange landfalls, the wonders and the wealth of the great New Continent, failed to stir the imagina tion either of the douce traders north of the Tweed, or of adventurous wanderers setting out from the shores of Scotland. In Danzic or in Campvere the Scottish merchant still drove his trade, ignorant of, or indifferent to, the fabled riches of the New World: on the banks of the Seine, or amid the polders of the Netherlands, the Scottish soldier of fortune still sought an employer for his sword. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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