{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Oh My Fraud","title":"Here Be Fraud (and Mosquitos)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/da3725df\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2685,"description":"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.\n \nGet NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE\nLaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE\nDownload the app:\nApple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728\nAndroid: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app\nQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.\nCONNECT WITH CALEB\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/\nSources: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]","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/V3sROdskrgNmZBYExPlAy2rW-LQxPnyrajU38BejRyM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMWQz/NzRiYWZmMjg2Yzlj/NTM5MGI5ZjFiMWJj/MjgxOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}