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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 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.

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 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.

'''Note''': Fausto Veranzio in 1617, (sixty-five years old) implemented his design and tested the parachute by jumping from St Mark's Campanile in Venice. Today a Croatian Navy rescue ship bears the name ''Faust Vrančić''.

 

Fausto Veranzio in 1617, (sixty-five years old) implemented his design and tested the parachute by jumping from St Mark's Campanile in Venice. The 17th century ''Brooklyn Tidal Mill'' in Long Island (New York), is of his design and is one of the most popular and few still standing mills in the [[New York|New York City]] area.

 

Today a Croatian Navy rescue ship bears the name ''Faust Vrančić''.

[[File:427px-Fausto Veranzio.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić]]

[[File:427px-Fausto Veranzio.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fausto Veranzio-Faust Vrančić]]

[[File:160px-Fausto Veranzio homo volans.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Fausto Veranzio's parachute design: Homo Volans (The Flying Man)]]

[[File:160px-Fausto Veranzio homo volans.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Fausto Veranzio's parachute design: Homo Volans (The Flying Man)]]

*Veranzio's, Machinae Novae (Venice 1595) contained designs of 56 different machines, tools, devices and technical concepts.Two variants of this work exist, one with the ''"Declaratio"'' in Latin and Italian. The book was written in Italian, [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[German language|German]]. Veranzio died in Venice in 1617  and was buried in Dalmatia, near by his family's country-house.

*Veranzio's, Machinae Novae (Venice 1595) contained designs of 56 different machines, tools, devices and technical concepts.Two variants of this work exist, one with the ''"Declaratio"'' in Latin and Italian. The book was written in [[Italian language|Italian]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]] and Spanish. Veranzio died in Venice in 1617  and was buried in Dalmatia, near by his family's country-house.

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