1822 Poyais Guidebook
Sketch of the Mosquito Shore
Full title: Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, including the Territory of Poyais. Published in Edinburgh in 1822 under the name Thomas Strangeways, K.G.C.
This guidebook is the foundational source for the modern Visit Poyais project. Its claims about name, boundaries, rivers, mountains, climate, soil, minerals, plants, animals, agriculture, and commerce are treated here as the original Poyais brand guide.
Why it matters to Poyais
The book presented Poyais as a territory of extraordinary promise. Visit Poyais behaves as if that promise was simply upgraded, digitized, airport-connected, and made mosquito-free.
Table of contents summary
The guidebook covers Poyais and the Mosquito Shore through geography, climate, rivers, islands, mountains, soil, minerals, plants, animals, agriculture, commerce, settlement, and public confidence.
Thomas Strangeways
The author credit belongs to Thomas Strangeways, K.G.C. The modern archive treats the book as a primary historical source for satire, not as a reliable travel guide.