He Invented a Country and Sold People Tickets to It
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Discover the incredible true story of the man who invented a country and sold tickets to it. Learn how he convinced ordinary people to sail to a land that did not exist, and how he got away with it. Chapters: 00:00 They sailed to a country that did not exist 00:12 Three questions 00:24 He was a real soldier 00:36 He was verifiable 00:48 The grant was real 01:00 What he actually had 01:12 He built the apparatus 01:24 He printed the money 01:36 Then he wrote the book 01:48 The capital city 02:00 Gold in the rivers 02:12 He floated a bond 02:24 Ordinary people 02:36 He took their real money 02:48 A band on the quay 03:00 They found nothing 03:12 The wrong equipment 03:24 The spring 03:36 Found by chance 03:48 He tried it again 04:00 And he was acquitted 04:12 People still bought 04:24 Buried with honours 04:36 Some of them defended him 04:48 Why they defended him 05:00 How much was a lie 05:12 Built out of facts 05:24 Still there
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