Bank of Poyais and Poyais Currency
The historical Bank of Poyais and its notes inform the modern Poyais Dollar, MacGregor Series collector notes, and Central Bank Museum Shop designs.
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Poyais Heritage: Gregor MacGregor, the Cazique, and the 1822 Guidebook
The Poyais heritage archive connects founder mythology, historical caution, the Bank of Poyais, territorial maps, and Thomas Strangeways’s 1822 Sketch of the Mosquito Shore into the modern Visit Poyais project.
Founder mythology
Sir Gregor MacGregor, Cazique of Poyais
Sir Gregor MacGregor styled himself as Cazique of Poyais and promoted a territory of rare promise on the Mosquito Shore. Visit Poyais treats that founder mythology with a polished official voice while keeping the project clearly framed as satire and creative fiction.
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Sketch of the Mosquito Shore
The 1822 Strangeways guidebook is the first Poyais brand guide: name, boundaries, climate, soil, rivers, productions, commerce, and national confidence.
Explore Sketch of the Mosquito ShoreMaps and Territorial Clarity
Poyais has always depended on geography presented with confidence: Black River, St. Joseph, Green Cross Highlands, lagoons, and administrative zones.
Explore Maps and Territorial ClarityThe Modern Visit Poyais Project
The site reimagines Poyais as a modern tourism, trade, residency, currency, heritage, airport, and gift-shop portal built from the original source material.
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Historical note
Poyais was promoted in the 1820s through guidebooks, maps, offices, banknotes, and settlement literature. The modern site is not a real government or travel authority; it is a source-backed official-portal satire about confidence, presentation, and national imagination.