| Title |
Poyaisian land grant. 500 acres : Class G. No. ... grant of 100 acres. |
|---|---|
| Author |
[Gregor MacGregor] |
| Imprint | [Edinburgh: s.n.] |
| Language | English |
| Date of publication |
1834 |
| Notes |
A purported land grant of 100 acres in the "Republic of Poyais," a fictional territory on the Mosquito Coast of Central America that General Gregor MacGregor claimed to rule as "Cazique" or Prince. The Scottish con man MacGregor (1786-1845) had a long and colourful career as soldier of fortune in Central America, taking part in the Simon Bolivar-inspired wars of liberation against the Spanish, then re-locating to London, then France, and back to Scotland where he sold land grants in Poyais to gullible investors. |
| Shelfmark | AP.7.217.04 |
| Reference sources |
D. Sinclair, The land that never was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history, London, 2003. |
| Acquisition date | 28 July 2017 |