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[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia.png|thumb|right|400px|Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]]]]
 
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'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio or ''Faust Vrančić''  in modern [[Croatia|Croatian]] <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>  Fausto was born in Šibenik <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6GgyiMd6u8MC&pg=PA95&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+Sebenico&hl=en&ei=dNqSTdriN4X5cdCKzYkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Fausto%20Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false Ancient Engineers' Inventions:] Precursors of the Present ''by'' Cesare Rossi, Flavio Russo & Ferruccio Russo (p95)
 
'''Fausto Veranzio''' is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits [[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia|nationalistic editing]]. Fausto Veranzio or ''Faust Vrančić''  in modern [[Croatia|Croatian]] <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>  Fausto was born in Šibenik <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6GgyiMd6u8MC&pg=PA95&dq=Fausto+Veranzio+Sebenico&hl=en&ei=dNqSTdriN4X5cdCKzYkH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Fausto%20Veranzio%20Sebenico&f=false Ancient Engineers' Inventions:] Precursors of the Present ''by'' Cesare Rossi, Flavio Russo & Ferruccio Russo (p95)
* According to some sources the settlement was established by Croatians (Slavs) in the 11th century, and was given its name, '''Šibenik''' (the Š is pronounced ''sh'' ). The Slavs invaded the region in the early Middle Ages. It was latter renamed Sebenico then change back to Šibenik.</ref> circa 1551 in '''Dalmatia''',  a region of the ''Republic of Venice'' in todays modern Croatia. <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 her territory went to [[Croatia]]. In 1991 the ''Republic of Croatia'' became independent.</ref> In the 19th century Dalmatia became a province of the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire (Kingdom of Dalmatia). 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 than Croatia itself. 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>  
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* According to some sources the settlement was established by Croatians (Slavs) in the 11th century, and was given its name, '''Šibenik''' (the Š is pronounced ''sh'' ). The Slavs invaded the region in the early Middle Ages. It was latter renamed Sebenico when in 1492 the city became part of the ''Republic of Venice'' (1412-1797). Its name was change to Šibenik by the Yugoslav authorities in 1918.</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 (Kingdom of Dalmatia). 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 than Croatia itself. 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>  
 
*Wikipedia stated on 3rd of October 2010:
 
*Wikipedia stated on 3rd of October 2010:
 
{{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.  
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* 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.
  
This is using the Wikipedia's article for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual. Some of the Croatian Wiki-Editors just can't separate extreme nationalistic propaganda from an unbiased historical perspective.  
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This is using the Wikipedia's article for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a ''perfectly'' good article on this unique individual. Some of the Croatian Wiki-Editors just can't separate ultra-extreme nationalistic propaganda from an unbiased historical perspective.  
  
 
John Van Antwerp Fine (Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan) on Croatian History:
 
John Van Antwerp Fine (Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan) on Croatian History:
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{{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 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.  
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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 Šibenik (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>
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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.  
  
 
Today a Croatian Navy rescue ship bears the name ''Faust Vrančić''.
 
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)]]
 
 
==Historical Perspectives on Dalmatia==
 
==Historical Perspectives on 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.  
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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>}}
 
*''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 color) 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):
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* "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 ==
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*[[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia]]
 
*[[Worst of Wikipedia]]
 
*[[Worst of Wikipedia]]
*[[Nationalistic Editing on Wikipedia]]
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*[[Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia]]
 
*[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View#History|The Wikipedia Point of View]]
 
*[[Directory:The Wikipedia Point of View#History|The Wikipedia Point of View]]
 
*[[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]]
*[[Top 10 Reasons Not to Donate to Wikipedia]]
 
  
[[File:160px-Fausto Veranzio Pentadictionarium.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Fausto Veranzio wrote a book on languages: ''"Dictionarium quinque nobilissimarum Europæ linguarum, Latinæ, Italicæ" (1595)'' <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>]]
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[[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>]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
More on nationalistic editing on Wikipedia.
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* [http://wikipediareview.com/ The Wikipedia Review]
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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 infests Wikipedia, and the inaccuracy and distortion and bias that follows as a result.
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'''Quote''' by Ocham-[[London]], United Kingdom:
 
'''Quote''' by Ocham-[[London]], United Kingdom:
 
{{Cquote|''The problem becomes particularly acute in a place like [[Wikipedia]], where the only intellectual interest - that is to say, no intellectual interest at all - lies simply in a nationalistic dispute, in this case between [[Italy|Italians]] and Croatians.''}}  
 
{{Cquote|''The problem becomes particularly acute in a place like [[Wikipedia]], where the only intellectual interest - that is to say, no intellectual interest at all - lies simply in a nationalistic dispute, in this case between [[Italy|Italians]] and Croatians.''}}  
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Revision as of 03:58, 7 April 2011

This is about Wikipedia's article on Fausto Veranzio.

Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern Croatia

Fausto Veranzio is another article on Wikipedia that exhibits nationalistic editing. Fausto Veranzio or Faust Vrančić in modern Croatian [1] is a individual with a Dalmatian heritage.[2] Fausto was born in Šibenik [3] 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 Austro-Hungarian Empire (Kingdom of Dalmatia). Dalmatia as a province, dates back to the Roman Empire [4] and is several centuries older than Croatia itself. 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.[5]

  • Wikipedia stated on 3rd of October 2010:
... he was a polymath and bishop from Croatia. [6]

It must be stated as an fact that:

  • 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.[7]
  • Croatia itself has not been a sovereign independent state for nine centuries.

This is using the Wikipedia's article for nationalistic propaganda and is not based on fact. It otherwise tainted a perfectly good article on this unique individual. Some of the Croatian Wiki-Editors just can't separate ultra-extreme nationalistic propaganda from an unbiased historical perspective.

John Van Antwerp Fine (Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan) on Croatian History:

There is no justification to falsify history to support ethnic ambitions. The Croats and their Balkan neighbours have done this in a major way [8]

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 Šibenik (language) as Dalmatian.[9]

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 City area.

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

Fausto Veranzio (Faust Vrančić)
Fausto Veranzio's parachute design: Homo Volans (The Flying Man)

Historical Perspectives on Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a region of Europe with a very multicultural and multiethnic history.

Encyclopedia Britannica

  • Encyclopedia Britannica-Dalmatia
  • 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). [10] ceded the country (referring to Dalmatia - Editors note) [11] 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.
  • 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. [12]
The Roman province of Dalmatia (pink color) in the Western Roman Empire. 476 AD

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson

Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 – 1875) was an 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:

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.[13]
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. [14]

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):
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),[15] 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. [16]

See also

Fausto Veranzio wrote a book on languages called: "Dictionarivm qvinqve nobilissimarvm Evropæ lingvarvm, latinæ, italicæ, germanicæ, dalmatiæ, & vngaricæ" (Venetiis: Apud Nicolaum Morettum, 1595) [17][18]

References

  1. ^ Pronounced in Croatian -Vranchich. The last ch is pronounce more softly.
  2. ^ Travels Into Dalmatia by Abbe Alberto Fortis (p121)
  3. ^ Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present by Cesare Rossi, Flavio Russo & Ferruccio Russo (p95)
    • According to some sources the settlement was established by Croatians (Slavs) in the 11th century, and was given its name, Šibenik (the Š is pronounced sh ). The Slavs invaded the region in the early Middle Ages. It was latter renamed Sebenico when in 1492 the city became part of the Republic of Venice (1412-1797). Its name was change to Šibenik by the Yugoslav authorities in 1918.
  4. ^ The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1 by Edward Gibbon (p158)
  5. ^ He's in the Paratroops Now by Alfred Day Rathbone (p172)
  6. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Wikipedia: Fausto Veranzio". 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-04. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ 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 Communist Yugoslavia. Most of territory went to Croatia. In 1991 the Republic of Croatia became independent.
  8. ^ When Ethnicity did not Matter in the Balkans by John Van Antwerp Fine (p15)
  9. ^ 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
  10. ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Encyclopedia Britannica: Ladislas". 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-06. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Note: Added Dalmatia as it is referring to the country/province Dalmatia .
  12. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica: Dalmatia
  13. ^ Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1 by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p4)
  14. ^ Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a journey to Mostar in Herzegovina.Volume 1 by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (p362)
  15. ^ City of Dubrovnik orginal name was Ragusa.
  16. ^ 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" Web site: www.cosimobooks.com
  17. ^ www.library.yale.edu
  18. ^ Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: by John P. Considine (p.91)

External links

More on nationalistic editing on Wikipedia (below).

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.

Quote by Ocham-London, United Kingdom:

The problem becomes particularly acute in a place like Wikipedia, where the only intellectual interest - that is to say, no intellectual interest at all - lies simply in a nationalistic dispute, in this case between Italians and Croatians.

Drawing of suspension cable-stayed bridge by Fausto Veranzio in his Machinae Novae











  • 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 latter written in German, 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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