Here Be Fraud (and Mosquitos)

A flamboyant adventurer known for exaggerating his military exploits returns to Great Britain with tales of a new land of opportunity on the Mosquito Coast.

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Sources:

• Did you read? [r/portlandia]
• Gregor MacGregor [Wikipedia]
• The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History [Sinclair, David (2004)]
• David Sinclair - The Sun sub who became a prolific author [The Guardian]
• Amelia Island affair [Wikipedia]
• Memoirs of Gregor M'Gregor [Rafter, M. (1820)]
• Proceedings of an Inquiry and Investigation instituted by Major-General Codd, His Majesty's Superintendent and commander-in-chief at Belize, Honduras, Relative to Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books]
• Gregor McGregor and the Colonization of Poyais, between 1820 and 1824 [The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov., 1927), pp. 438-459 via JSTOR]
• The king of con-men [The Economist via Wayback Machine]
• List of ships of the Poyais scheme [Wikipedia]
• Poyais land grant for 60 acres from Gregor MacGregor, April 1834 [University of Edinburgh]
• Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, Including the Territory of Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books]
• Poyais Loan No. A551 One Hundred Pounds. [Daniel Crouch Rare Books]
• Poyaisian Royalty: A George IV silver seal box, John Jago, London, 1823 [Sotheby’s]