Paulaya River

The Paulaya River is a river in Honduras.

Poyais Scheme[]

In 1822–1823, the river (under the name Rio Tinto/Black river) was at the centre of the fictional nation of Poyais invented by confidence trickster Gregor MacGregor.[1] The town of Poyais, capital of this nation, was claimed to be on its banks.[2]

See also[]

• List of rivers of Honduras

References[]

• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
• CIA map: Image:Honduras rel 1985.jpg
• UN map: Image:Un-honduras.png
• Google Maps
• Sketch of the Mosquito shore, 1822
• A map of Mosquitia and the territory of Poyais with the Adjacent Countries