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This is about [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] article on ''Fausto Veranzio''.
 
This is about [[Wikipedia|Wikipedia's]] article on ''Fausto Veranzio''.
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'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio (''or'' Faust Vrančić) <ref> Pronounced in Croatian-''Vranchich''. The last ''ch'' is pronounce more softly.</ref> was '''historically''' a citizen of the ''Republic of Venice'' in the 16th and 17th century. He is a individual with a Dalmatian heritage.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA121&dq=Travels+Into+Dalmatia++Veranzio&hl=en&ei=eYSsTJ6_M4q4vgPk6oWnBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Travels Into Dalmatia] by Abbe Alberto Fortis (p121)</ref>  Fausto was a brilliant scientist in his day and is noted for his invention of the parachute.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor He's in the Paratroops Now] by Alfred Day Rathbone (p172)</ref>  
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'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio (''or'' Faust Vrančić) <ref> Pronounced in Croatian-''Vranchich''. The last ''ch'' is pronounce more softly.</ref> is a individual with a Dalmatian heritage.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wBg90lSgkQQC&pg=PA121&dq=Travels+Into+Dalmatia++Veranzio&hl=en&ei=eYSsTJ6_M4q4vgPk6oWnBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Travels Into Dalmatia] by Abbe Alberto Fortis (p121)</ref>  Additionally he was '''historically''' a citizen of the ''Republic of Venice''. Fausto was a brilliant scientist in his day and is noted for his invention of the parachute.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&cd=27&num=100&as_brr=0&id=TM2EAAAAIAAJ&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+italian&q=Fausto+Veranzio+Venetian#search_anchor He's in the Paratroops Now] by Alfred Day Rathbone (p172)</ref>  
{{Cquote|Wikipedia states (3rd of October 2010): '' ... he was a polymath and bishop from Croatia.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Veranzio|title=Wikipedia: Fausto Veranzio|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-04}}</ref>}} It '''must''' be stated that this man was from the ''Republic of Venice'' not from Croatia, in fact Croatia '''did not exist''' as a sovereign state for at least three hundred years after his time.  
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{{Cquote|Wikipedia states (3rd of October 2010): '' ... he was a polymath and bishop from Croatia.'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Veranzio|title=Wikipedia: Fausto Veranzio|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-04}}</ref>}} It must be stated as an fact that Croatia did not exist as a sovereign state for at least three hundred years after his time. Fausto was born in Sibenik<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=&lr=&as_brr=4&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages & Travels] by Collection. London. Printed for Richards Phillips 6,  Bridge Street-Blackfriars, [[England]]. 1805
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* Sibenik's old name was Sebenico. </ref> circa 1551 in '''Dalmatia''',  a region of the Republic of Venice in todays modern Croatia. In the 19th century Dalmatia became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire. Dalmatia as a province, dates back to the Roman Empire <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j-0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158&dq=Roman+empire+province+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=jfupTJO8JYuSuwO49cTJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Roman%20empire%20province%20Dalmatia&f=false The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1] by Edward Gibbon (p158)</ref> and is several centuries older that Croatia itself.
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This is using Wikipedia for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual. Fausto was born in Sibenik<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=&lr=&as_brr=4&cd=1#v=snippet&q=Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false A Collection of Modern and Contemporary Voyages & Travels] by Collection. London. Printed for Richards Phillips 6,  Bridge Street-Blackfriars, [[England]]. 1805
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This is using Wikipedia for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual.  
* Sibenik's old name was Sebenico. </ref> circa 1551 in '''Dalmatia''',  a region of the Republic of Venice in todays modern Croatia. In the 19th century Dalmatia became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire. Dalmatia as a province, dates back to the Roman Empire <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=j-0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158&dq=Roman+empire+province+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=jfupTJO8JYuSuwO49cTJDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Roman%20empire%20province%20Dalmatia&f=false The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1] by Edward Gibbon (p158)</ref> and is several centuries older that Croatia itself.
      
== Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić ==
 
== Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić ==
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== Dalmatia==
 
== Dalmatia==
 
'''Dalmatia''' is a region of [[Europe]] with a very multicultural and multiethnic history.  
 
'''Dalmatia''' is a region of [[Europe]] with a very multicultural and multiethnic history.  
*'''Encyclopedia Britannica'''-Dalmatia:
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*Venetian rule, established in 1420 when the king of Croatia (Hungary),<ref>'''Note''': Added Hungary as Croatia (the province) was part of [[Hungary]].</ref> Ladislas of Naples,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/327520/Ladislas|title='''Encyclopedia Britannica''': Ladislas|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref> ceded the country (Dalmatia)<ref>'''Note''': Added Dalmatia as it is ''referring'' to the country/province Dalmatia .</ref>  to the '''Venetian republic''', ended in 1797. This period was marked by Venetian warfare against the Turks. When the French gave Venice to [[Austria]] under the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797), '''Dalmatia''' became Austrian also; but in 1805, under the Treaty of Pressburg, Austria had to cede '''Dalmatia''' to Napoleon. It was returned to Austria after Napoleon’s fall and remained an Austrian crownland until 1918.
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*Finally, the Treaty of Rapallo (Nov. 12, 1920) between [[Italy]] and Yugoslavia gave all '''Dalmatia''' to the Yugoslavs except the mainland Zadar (Italian: Zara) enclave and the coastal islands of Cres, Losinj (Lussino), and Lastovo. <ref>'''Encyclopedia Britannica''': Dalmatia</ref>}}
   
====Andrew Archibald Paton====
 
====Andrew Archibald Paton====
 
Andrew Archibald Paton (1811 - 1874) was a British diplomat and writer from the 19 century. In 1861 he wrote in his; Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic: Or, Contributions to the Modern:{{Cquote|Signor Arneri (from Korcula) '''stated''': ''These three pears you see on the wall," said he, "are the arms of my family. Perussich (Piruzović)'' <ref>Otok Korčula (2nd edition) by Marinko Gjivoje, Zagreb 1969.  
 
Andrew Archibald Paton (1811 - 1874) was a British diplomat and writer from the 19 century. In 1861 he wrote in his; Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic: Or, Contributions to the Modern:{{Cquote|Signor Arneri (from Korcula) '''stated''': ''These three pears you see on the wall," said he, "are the arms of my family. Perussich (Piruzović)'' <ref>Otok Korčula (2nd edition) by Marinko Gjivoje, Zagreb 1969.  
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{{Cquote|''Two hundred years later that, is, early in the tenth century you might have heard Slavish and Latin spoken had you walked in the streets of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), just as you hear '''Slavish''' and '''Italian''' today; for as times of peace followed times of war, the Greek and Roman inhabitants of Rausium intermarried with the surrounding Slavs, and so a mixed race sprang up, a people apart from the rest of Dalmatia.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EcvNw81I3hkC&pg=PA121&dq=Dalmatia:+The+Land+Where+East+Meets+West+Slavish+and+Italian+today&hl=en&ei=J46dTKDEF4XOvQOT_PS4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia: The Land Where East Meets West] by Maude Holbach (p121)
 
{{Cquote|''Two hundred years later that, is, early in the tenth century you might have heard Slavish and Latin spoken had you walked in the streets of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), just as you hear '''Slavish''' and '''Italian''' today; for as times of peace followed times of war, the Greek and Roman inhabitants of Rausium intermarried with the surrounding Slavs, and so a mixed race sprang up, a people apart from the rest of Dalmatia.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EcvNw81I3hkC&pg=PA121&dq=Dalmatia:+The+Land+Where+East+Meets+West+Slavish+and+Italian+today&hl=en&ei=J46dTKDEF4XOvQOT_PS4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia: The Land Where East Meets West] by Maude Holbach (p121)
 
* "DALMATIA: The Land Where East Meets West is MAUDE M. HOLBACH's second book of travel in Eastern Europe. First published in 1910, this is an anthropological travel journal of an often-overlooked kingdom" [http://www.cosimobooks.com/cosimo/about.html Web site: www.cosimobooks.com]</ref>}}
 
* "DALMATIA: The Land Where East Meets West is MAUDE M. HOLBACH's second book of travel in Eastern Europe. First published in 1910, this is an anthropological travel journal of an often-overlooked kingdom" [http://www.cosimobooks.com/cosimo/about.html Web site: www.cosimobooks.com]</ref>}}
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*'''Encyclopedia Britannica'''-Dalmatia:
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*Venetian rule, established in 1420 when the king of Croatia, Ladislas of Naples, ('''Note''': Ladislas, b. Feb. 11, 1377, Naples [[Italy]]—d. Aug. 6, 1414, Naples, king of Naples, from 1386 claimant to the throne of [[Hungary]] from 1390, and prince of Taranto from 1406. He became a skilled political and military leader, taking advantage of power struggles on the Italian peninsula to greatly expand his kingdom and his power).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/327520/Ladislas|title='''Encyclopedia Britannica''': Ladislas|date=[[2010]]|accessdate=2010-10-06}}</ref> ceded the country (Dalmatia)<ref>'''Note''': Added Dalmatia as it is ''referring'' to the country/province Dalmatia .</ref>  to the '''Venetian republic''', ended in 1797. This period was marked by Venetian warfare against the Turks. When the French gave Venice to [[Austria]] under the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797), '''Dalmatia''' became Austrian also; but in 1805, under the Treaty of Pressburg, Austria had to cede '''Dalmatia''' to Napoleon. It was returned to Austria after Napoleon’s fall and remained an Austrian crownland until 1918.
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*Finally, the Treaty of Rapallo (Nov. 12, 1920) between [[Italy]] and Yugoslavia gave all '''Dalmatia''' to the Yugoslavs except the mainland Zadar (Italian: Zara) enclave and the coastal islands of Cres, Losinj (Lussino), and Lastovo. <ref>'''Encyclopedia Britannica''': Dalmatia</ref>}}
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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