- so far as to
claim the
rivers of
Poyais contained "globules of pure gold". The
Poyais Emigrant We'll a' gang to
Poyais thegither, We'll a' gang ower the...
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Reports also
exist that five more
vessels set out for
Poyais but that when word
reached Britain that
Poyais had no
foundation in reality, the
British Royal...
- 2012.
Retrieved 9 May 2022. Taylor, Bryan. "The
Fraud of the
Prince of
Poyais on the
London Stock Exchange" (PDF).
Archived from the
original (PDF) on...
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Scottish con man
Gregor MacGregor pretended to have been
named "Cacique of
Poyais" by
George Frederic Augustus I and sold
forged land
rights to
eager settlers...
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speculation in
South American investments,
including the non-existent
country of
Poyais,
invented by
Scottish soldier Gregor MacGregor. One of the firm's longest...
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Green Cross of
Florida flag, also used as flag of
Poyais....
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changing to Leith–
Poyais. The
Scottish adventurer Gregor MacGregor attempted to
found a
colony in
Honduras that he
called Poyais.
MacGregor chartered...
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trickster attempted to draw
British and
French investors and
settlers to "
Poyais", a
fictional Central American territory he
claimed to rule as "Cazique"...
-
tried to
attract investment and
settlers for the non-existent
country of
Poyais Bernard Madoff,
creator of a $65
billion Ponzi scheme, the
largest investor...
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Thomas Jenkins & Company, for the
fictitious Central American republic of
Poyais. His
actions lead to the
Panic of 1825, the
first modern stock market crash...
