It's a great, great mod. I'll certainly check out the new version.

FWIW, 1.71 is already out.

I've been trying to find the 1.76 version of Colonial Charter for quite a while now. The BlackLiquidSoftware site appears to be gone now, though I can get the 1.55 version elsewhere. If anybody knows where v1.76 can be found, or is prepared to make their copy available, I'd be very grateful!

I searched for blackliquidsoftware.com with the waybackmachine on archive.org (archive of webpages) and choosed some late snapshot from 29.11.2022, 17:16:08: http://web.archive.org/web/20221201000000*/blackliquidsoftware.com

Clicking on the link I was redirected to the former forum and under "Downloads" the first 2 threads contained links to 2 GoogleDrive locations, that are still available. Most probably they are stored on a formerly payed account and will vanish when the contract expires.

old forum page: http://web.archive.org/web/20220607015331/https://www.blackliquidsoftware.com/forum/Forum-Downloads

To download the files you have leave archive.org and go to the real GoogleDrive:

Google Drive Colonial Charter 1.76 journey (503 MB):
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1mqtqL8EnyjC46OzjSXbOzBxhJrhE4tfq&export=download

Google Drive MegaMod 8.01 (collection of mods incl. CC 1.76) 1.5 GB:
https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1nPfqnUVCrYbk2B-tNerJ5tLiy4p5rPYo&export=download

As it is mentioned in the former forum, Google Drive will complain that the files are to big to preview or scan for viruses, but you can just go on downloading.

I have downloaded the files and they seem to be fine. I think the chanche that someone altered them, making them dangerous, is very small. But if you download and use them, you do it on your own risk :) The only "totally" secure way to get the mod would, in my opinion, be to buy the game again from Steam.

If the links I provided dont work for you, just start at archive.org, choose "web" in the upper left, than "WaybackMachine" and search for blackliquidsoftware.com yourself. With Edge I had to copy the whole archive.org-link to the old forum and paste it in a new tab. By just clicking I ended on a non working side. The links to the files themselfe worked fine.

The black liquid site is back again, it was restored at the same time as the "World of Banished" site

https://www.blackliquidsoftware.com/forum/

Simtropolis now has a Banished community started after WoB was temporarily lost back at the beginning of October

https://community.simtropolis.com/clubs/40-banished/

and

https://community.simtropolis.com/clubs/26-city-builders-website/