- 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...
-
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...
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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...
-
Green Cross of
Florida flag, also used as flag of
Poyais....
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centre of the
fictional nation of
Poyais invented by the
confidence trickster Gregor MacGregor. The town of
Poyais,
capital of this nation, was claimed...
-
speculation in
South American investments,
including the non-existent
country of
Poyais,
invented by
Scottish soldier Gregor MacGregor. One of the firm's longest...
-
speculative investments in
Latin America,
including the
fictitious country of
Poyais. The
crisis was felt most
acutely in Britain,
where it led to the closure...
-
grant of a huge
tract he made to
Gregor MacGregor in 1820, an area
called Poyais,
which encomp****ed
lands once
granted by King
George I to a
group of settlers...
-
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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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...
