Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 1

Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 1

Gregor MacGregor was a Scotsman who joined revolutionary causes in South America, slowly morphed into a coward, THEN evolved into a fantabulist who tricked hundreds of destitute Scots to starve and die in a fake colony that never existed. And yet, he is buried with honors in Caracas Cathedral as a war hero.

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