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General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; more than half of them died. Seen as a contributory factor to the "Panic of 1825", MacGregor's Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history.

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  • Gregor MacGregor (en)
  • Gregor MacGregor (de)
  • Gregor MacGregor (es)
  • Gregor MacGregor (fr)
  • Gregor MacGregor (it)
  • グレガー・マグレガー (ja)
  • Gregor MacGregor (pl)
  • Gregor MacGregor (pt)
  • Макгрегор, Грегор (ru)
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  • Gregor MacGregor (* 24. Dezember 1786 in Edinburgh; † 3. Dezember 1845 in Caracas) war General in den südamerikanischen Befreiungskriegen. Später wurde er als Betrüger und Hochstapler bekannt, der als „Fürst von Poyais“ das vermeintliche mittelamerikanische Fürstentum mit der Hauptstadt St. Joseph frei erfunden und vermarktet hat. (de)
  • Gregor MacGregor (Edimburgo, 24 de diciembre de 1786-Caracas, 4 de diciembre de 1845) fue un comandante distinguido en la guerra de independencia de Venezuela donde fue llamado el Jenofonte de América.​ A partir de 1820, llegó a autoproclamarse príncipe del imaginario estado de Poyais (supuestamente situado en la costa de Mosquitos), organizando un fraude a gran escala de venta de tierras que contribuiría a agudizar la crisis económica de 1825. (es)
  • Gregor MacGregor, né le 24 décembre 1786 dans le Stirlingshire et mort le 4 décembre 1845 à Caracas, est un soldat, mercenaire, aventurier et escroc écossais. (fr)
  • Gregor MacGregor (Edimburgo, 24 dicembre 1786 – Caracas, 3 dicembre 1845) è stato un militare, avventuriero e truffatore britannico. Dopo aver combattuto nelle guerre d'indipendenza sudamericane, tornò in Inghilterra nel 1820, dove si fece passare per cacicco di "Poyais" (nota anche come Principato di Poyais, Territorio di Poyais, Repubblica di Poyais), un'inesistente nazione dell'America centrale da lui inventata, grazie alla quale truffò diversi investitori e aspiranti pionieri. (it)
  • Gregor MacGregor (ur. 1786, zm. 1845) – brytyjski żołnierz i oszust. (pl)
  • Грегор Макгрегор (англ. Gregor MacGregor, 24 декабря 1786 — 4 декабря 1845) — шотландский военнослужащий, путешественник и мошенник из клана Макгрегор. (ru)
  • General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer, and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; more than half of them died. Seen as a contributory factor to the "Panic of 1825", MacGregor's Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history. (en)
  • 将官グレガー・マグレガー(General Gregor MacGregor、1786年12月24日 - 1845年12月4日)はスコットランドの兵士、冒険家、そして信用詐欺師である。彼は1821年から1837年まで、イギリスとフランスの投資家らや入植者らを、自分が「族長」("Cazique")として支配すると主張した架空の中央アメリカの領土「ポウヤイズ」("Poyais")に引き寄せようとした。何百人もの人々が貯蓄をポウヤイズ政府債券とされるものと土地証明書に投資し、1822年から23年に約250人がマグレガーの捏造国に移住すると、手つかずのジャングルだけであった。彼らの半分以上が死亡した。マグレガーのポウヤイズ計画は、歴史上最もあつかましい信用詐欺の1つと呼ばれてきた。 (ja)
  • Gregor MacGregor (Edimburgo, 24 de dezembro de 1786 - Caracas, 4 de dezembro de 1845) foi um militar, aventureiro e vigarista escocês. Lutou na Guerra de independência da Venezuela, ficou conhecido como ladrão e impostor, por se declarar "Príncipe de Poyais", um país fictício usado para atrair investidores e até mesmo colonos. (pt)
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