2-646-123 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'General MacGregor', c1825 (1909). General Gregor MacGregor (1786-1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster who from 1821 to 1837 attempted to draw British and French investors and settlers to Poyais, a fictional Central American territory he claimed to rule as Cazique. After Simon Jacques Rochard (1788-1872). Gregor MacGregor (1786-1845) was a Scottish General. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]