Paulaya River

The Paulaya River is a river in Honduras, a tributary of the Sico Tinto Negro River.

Paulaya River
Location
Country	Honduras
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	15°50′06″N 85°03′33″W

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 the 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

1. Strangeways, Thomas (1822). Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, Including the Territory of Poyais. Edinburgh. p. 9.
2. W. H. Lizars (1822). A Map of Mosquitia and the Territory of Poyais with the Adjacent Countries (Map). Edinburgh.