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{{Cquote| ''    ... 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:

{{Cquote| ''    ... 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]] only became a sovereign state after 371 years after his death.  

* [[Croatia]] only became a sovereign state after 371 years after his death.  

* Dalmatia was '''not part''' of Croatia until the middle of the 20th century.<ref> Under the Treaty of Rapallo (in '''1920''' between [[Italy]] and the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slovenia.), Dalmatia became part of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slovenia which was renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. After [[World War II]] Dalmatia was divided between three republics of [[Communists|Communist]] Yugoslavia. Most of territory went to Croatia. In 1991 the [[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]] became independent.</ref>

* Dalmatia was '''not part''' of Croatia until the middle of the 20th century.<ref> Under the Treaty of Rapallo (in '''1920''' between [[Italy]] and the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slovenia.), Dalmatia became part of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slovenia which was renamed Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929. After [[World War II]] Dalmatia was divided between three republics of [[Communists|Communist]] Yugoslavia. Most of territory went to Croatia. In '''1991''' the [[Croatia|Republic of Croatia]] became independent.</ref>

* Croatia itself has not been a sovereign independent state for nine centuries.

* Croatia itself has not been a sovereign independent state for nine centuries.

{{Cquote|''There is no justification to falsify history to support ethnic ambitions. The Croats and their Balkan neighbours have done this in a major way'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA15&dq=When+ethnicity+did+not+matter+in+the+Balkans++falsify+history&hl=en&ei=vmmZTeq9O4_qvQOtmfj5Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p15)</ref>}}

{{Cquote|''There is no justification to falsify history to support ethnic ambitions. The Croats and their Balkan neighbours have done this in a major way'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wEF5oN5erE0C&pg=PA15&dq=When+ethnicity+did+not+matter+in+the+Balkans++falsify+history&hl=en&ei=vmmZTeq9O4_qvQOtmfj5Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans] by John Van Antwerp Fine (p15)</ref>}}

== More on Fausto Veranzio ==

== More on Fausto Veranzio ==

Fausto Veranzio in 1595 published (in Venice) a dictionary called ''"Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europae linguarum : Latinae, Italicae, Germanicae, Dalmatiae & Ungaricae"'' (Dictionary of five most Noble European Languages: The Latin, Italian, German, Hungarian and Dalmatia). He referred to his native language as Dalmatian.<ref>It is important to '''note''' that Fausto Veranzio native Šibenik (language) is based on old Croatian Chakavian. It also has Italianisms from the Venetian dialect</ref>  

Fausto Veranzio in 1595 published (in Venice) a dictionary called ''"Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europae linguarum : Latinae, Italicae, Germanicae, Dalmatiae & Ungaricae"'' (Dictionary of five most Noble European Languages: The Latin, Italian, German, Hungarian and Dalmatia). He referred to his native language <ref>'''Note:''' It is important to ''mention'' that Fausto Veranzio native Šibenik (language) is based on old Croatian Chakavian. It also has [[Italian language|Italian]] from the Venetian dialect.</ref> as Dalmatian. [http://.edu/slavic/croatia/dictionary/1103079_m.jpg Front cover-'''link'''.]

In 1617, (then 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 based on his design and is one of the few still standing mills in the [[New York|New York City]] area.  

In 1617, (then 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 based on his design and is one of the few still standing mills in the [[New York|New York City]] area.  

*'' Venetian rule, established in 1420 when the king of Croatia, Ladislas of Naples,'' ('''Note''' Editors: Ladislas, born 1377 in Naples [[Italy]]—died in 1414, Naples. Ladislas was the 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'' (referring to Dalmatia - Editors note) <ref>'''Note''': Added Dalmatia as it is ''referring'' to the country/province Dalmatia .</ref>  ''to the Venetian republic, ended in 1797.''

*'' Venetian rule, established in 1420 when the king of Croatia, Ladislas of Naples,'' ('''Note''' Editors: Ladislas, born 1377 in Naples [[Italy]]—died in 1414, Naples. Ladislas was the 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'' (referring to Dalmatia - Editors note) <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.''

*''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 crown-land until 1918.''

*''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>}}

*''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>}}

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|375px|The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink color) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]

[[File:740px-Roman provinces of Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia and Thracia.jpg|thumb|right|375px|The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink colour) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD]]

====Sir John Gardner Wilkinson====

====Sir John Gardner Wilkinson====

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 – 1875) was an [[England|English]] traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology". He was in Dubrovnik (then called Ragusa) in 1848, he wrote in his; Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1:

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 – 1875) was an [[England|English]] traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology". He was in Dubrovnik (then called Ragusa) in 1848, he wrote in his; Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1:

{{Cquote| ''[[Italian language|Italian]] is spoken in all the seaports of Dalmatia, but the language of the country is a dialect of the Slavonic, which alone is used by peasants in the interior.''<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eQIEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Sir+John+Gardner+Wilkinson+Italian+is+spoken+in+all+the+seaports+of+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=qP6qTLiWJoPRcdXJ8KAE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1] by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p4)</ref>}}

{{Cquote| ''[[Italian language|Italian]] is spoken in all the seaports of Dalmatia, but the language of the country is a dialect of the Slavonic, which alone is used by peasants in the interior.''<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eQIEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Sir+John+Gardner+Wilkinson+Italian+is+spoken+in+all+the+seaports+of+Dalmatia&hl=en&ei=qP6qTLiWJoPRcdXJ8KAE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina. Volume 1] by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p4)</ref>}}

{{Cquote|''Their language though gradually falling into Venetianisms of the other Dalmatians towns, still retains some of that pure Italian idiom, for which was always noted.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=UsYJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA362&dq=Sir+John+Gardner+Wilkinson+Their+language+through+gradually+falling+into+Venetianisms&hl=en&ei=MfyqTLCJHc_IcZnDhOoE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1] by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p362)</ref>}}

{{Cquote|''Their language though gradually falling into Venetianisms of the other Dalmatians towns, still retains some of that pure Italian idiom, for which was always noted.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=UsYJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA362&dq=Sir+John+Gardner+Wilkinson+Their+language+through+gradually+falling+into+Venetianisms&hl=en&ei=MfyqTLCJHc_IcZnDhOoE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina. Volume 1] by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p362)</ref>}}

====Maude Holbach (a 1910 travel guide)====

====Maude Holbach (a 1910 travel guide)====

*Dalmatia-The Land Where East Meets West by Maude Holbach (a 1910 travel guide from COSIMO books and publications [[New York]] USA):

*Dalmatia-The Land Where East Meets West by Maude Holbach (a 1910 travel guide from COSIMO books and publications [[New York]] USA):

{{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 (Editors note: Dubrovnik),<ref>City of Dubrovnik orginal name was ''Ragusa''.</ref> 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 (Editors note: Dubrovnik),<ref>City of Dubrovnik original name was ''Ragusa''.</ref> 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>}}

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists|The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists]]

*[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists|The Wikipedia Point of View/Activists]]

[[File:160px-Fausto Veranzio Pentadictionarium.jpg|thumb|right|550px|Fausto Veranzio wrote a book on languages called: ''"Dictionarivm qvinqve nobilissimarvm Evropæ lingvarvm, latinæ, italicæ, germanicæ, dalmatiæ, & vngaricæ"'' (Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Morettum, 1595) <ref>[http://www.library.yale.edu/slavic/croatia/dictionary/language.html www.library.yale.edu]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cqBkQFiTbX4C&pg=PA91&dq=Faust+Verantius&hl=en&ei=Deb4S6bvNo6lceiVjecL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Faust%20Verantius&f=false Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe:] by John P. Considine (p.91)</ref>]]

[[File:160px-Fausto Veranzio Pentadictionarium.jpg|thumb|right|525px|'''Fausto Veranzio''' wrote a dictionary  called:

 

''"Dictionarivm qvinqve nobilissimarvm Evropæ lingvarvm, latinæ, italicæ, germanicæ, dalmatiæ, & vngaricæ"''  

(Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Morettum, 1595) <ref>[http://www.library.yale.edu/slavic/croatia/dictionary/language.html www.library.yale.edu]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com.au/booksid=cqBkQFiTbX4C&pg=PA91&dq=Faust+Verantius&hl=en&ei=Deb4S6bvNo6lceiVjecL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Faust%20Verantius&f=false Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe:] by John P. Considine (p.91)</ref>]]

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More on nationalistic editing on Wikipedia (below).

More on nationalistic editing on Wikipedia (below).

* Francesco Patrizi: [http://ocham.blogspot.com/2010/07/francesco-patrizi.html BEYOND NECESSITY- Francesco Patrizi'' link'']

* Francesco Patrizi: [http://ocham.blogspot.com/2010/07/francesco-patrizi.html BEYOND NECESSITY- Francesco Patrizi'' link'']

The case of '''Francesco Patrizi''', the Venetian philosopher, is a fine illustration of the nationalistic warfare that infests Wikipedia, and the inaccuracy and distortion and bias that follows as a result.

The case of '''Francesco Patrizi''', the Venetian philosopher, is a fine illustration of the nationalistic warfare that is part of Wikipedia, and the inaccuracy and distortion and bias that follows as a result.

'''Quote''' by Ocham-[[London]], United Kingdom:

'''Quote''' by Ocham-[[London]], United Kingdom:

*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 language|Italian]]. The book was latter written in [[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.

*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 language|Italian]]. The book was latter written in [[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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