COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
79-17
accession_number
79-17
Accession Number
false
File Name:
79-17-003
file_name
79-17-003
File Name
false
Call number:
D822 S897s
call_number
D822 S897s
Call number
false
Map title:
A map of Mosquitia and the territory of Poyais with the Adjacent Countries,
map_title
A map of Mosquitia and the territory of Poyais with the Adjacent Countries,
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh
place_of_publication
Edinburgh
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Sold by William Blackwood and T. Caddell, Strand, London
publisher
Sold by William Blackwood and T. Caddell, Strand, London
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1822
publication_date
1822
Publication date
false
Map size height:
51 cm.
map_size_height
51 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
42 cm.
map_size_width
42 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map,
item_description
fold-out engraved map,
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Mosquitia or present-day Honduras, Mexico [Yucatan], and Panama. Also includes a profile of the "coast of Poyais."
geographical_description
Map of Mosquitia or present-day Honduras, Mexico [Yucatan], and Panama. Also includes a profile of the "coast of Poyais."
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Strangeways, Thomas
source_author
Strangeways, Thomas
Source author
false
Source title:
Sketch of the Mosquito shore, including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country; with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c. chiefly intended for the use of settlers
source_title
Sketch of the Mosquito shore, including the territory of Poyais, descriptive of the country; with some information as to its productions, the best mode of culture, &c. chiefly intended for the use of settlers
Source title
false
Source place:
Edinburgh: Sold by William Blackwood; Edinburgh: and T. Caddell, Strand, London, 1822
source_place
Edinburgh: Sold by William Blackwood; Edinburgh: and T. Caddell, Strand, London, 1822
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Colophon reads: Leith.--Printed by Wm. Reid.
cartobibliographic_notes
Colophon reads: Leith.--Printed by Wm. Reid.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Sinclair, D. The land that never was
references
Sinclair, D. The land that never was
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Founded by Gregor MacGregor, the fictitious state of Poyais was promoted in the 1820s as a means of raising fraudulent loans. He had obtained a land grant from the Moskito king in what would now be Honduras, and on this basis created an entirely fictitious state with himself as ruler. To bolster his claims, he provided detailed accounts not only of the country's geography and economic resources but of its state coat of arms, military uniforms etc., including the national flag, which was a green St. George's Cross on a white background. He went so far as to send out colonists (most of whom never returned) and this flag was actually hoisted on the ship which carried them.
historical_notes
Founded by Gregor MacGregor, the fictitious state of Poyais was promoted in the 1820s as a means of raising fraudulent loans. He had obtained a land grant from the Moskito king in what would now be Honduras, and on this basis created an entirely fictitious state with himself as ruler. To bolster his claims, he provided detailed accounts not only of the country's geography and economic resources but of its state coat of arms, military uniforms etc., including the national flag, which was a green St. George's Cross on a white background. He went so far as to send out colonists (most of whom never returned) and this flag was actually hoisted on the ship which carried them.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1822
normalized_date
1822
Normalized date
false
LC bibliographic number:
b51790178
lc_bibliographic_number
b51790178
LC bibliographic number
false
Creator:
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
creator
Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859
Creator
false