Caledonia Tartan

[Philip S. Tibbetts]

It might be noted that the word 'Caledonia' has only been used as a romantic way of saying Scotland recenetly compared to how old the name actually is and what it meant.

Caledonia was the name given by the Romans to the area in the north of the Isle of Albion (Great Britain) that they did not have control of. This was north of the Antonine Wall between modern the Clyde and Forth.

It may be older than that with some suggesting its name derives from 'hard' or 'rocky' land. Or from one of the pre-Roman tribes that lived in the North.

Either way Caledonia may not neccessarily be such a good way of representing all of Scotland, however a kilt's quite a romantic garment so the romantic use of the word probably fits better

[macwilkin]

A very interesting site devoted to Darien from the University of Glasgow Library's Special Collections:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html

The book I was referencing earlier was John Prebble's The Darien Disaster.

Jock, I had a look at The Darkest Jungle on Amazon.com -- I may just have to order that for our college library -- do thank your brother from one bookworm to another.

Regards,

Todd

[KFCarter]

http://standrewspanama.com/scots_inpanama.html

I read a book years ago on Darien, but I can't remember the author or title at the moment. I'll have a look on the university library's catalog (my alma mater owns the book) and see -- it was from the 1960's, so there may be something more current now.

Regards,

Todd

I have just been talking to my brother who is a bit of a bookworm and he suggests "The Darkest Jungle" by Todd Balf. I am told the book looks at the American involvement and story, so I am not sure that it will cover the Scots angle too much.I hope this helps.I am intrigued!

Jock, thank you very much for that title. You were also correct that Cajunscot would come up with something and he did in this another thread. Here's the title:
"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

He has given us a treasure trove of titles pertaining to Scots in the colonial period here in Georgia and elsewhere in North America in the thread itself which is located here:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...18/index4.html

regards,
Ken