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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 18 entries checked · 13 flagged · 29 issues confirmed · 13 corrected · 16 still open
Zhang Qian — The entry states Zhang Qian was captured and enslaved by the Xiongnu for thirteen years during his first mission, but historically he was detained for about ten years (c. 138–129 BC), with the thirteen-year figure referring to the total mission duration includ
Zhang Qian — The entry says Ganfu was a Xiongnu slave, but the canonical Records of the Grand Historian does not specify that he was a slave; he is described as a guide or servant, and more accurately as a Xiongnu captive or servant.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca — The entry states Cabeza de Vaca was made adelantado of what is now Paraguay in 1540, but he was appointed adelantado of the entire Río de la Plata province, which included parts of modern Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay, not exclusively the territory of moder
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld — The entry states Nordenskiöld was a member of the Swedish Academy, but he was not; he was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld — The entry states he was nominated for the first Nobel Prize in Physics, but he was not; he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira — The entry states Mendaña discovered the Cook Islands, but the Cook Islands were not discovered by Mendaña; they were first sighted by the Spanish in 1595 (possibly by Mendaña's expedition) but not named or confirmed as the Cook Islands until later, and the nam
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira — The entry says Mendaña discovered the Marquesas, which is correct, but the Marquesas were discovered on his second expedition in 1595, not on the first in 1567 as the intro might imply by listing them together without distinction.
Alonso de Ojeda — Ojeda is credited with being the first European to visit Guyana, but there is no reliable historical evidence that he ever reached Guyana; the first European to sight the Guiana coast is generally considered to be Christopher Columbus in 1498 or later explorer
Alonso de Ojeda — Ojeda is credited with being the first European to visit Colombia (La Guajira), but the first European to set foot on what is now Colombia was Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1500–1501, not Ojeda in 1499; Ojeda may have sighted the Guajira Peninsula but did not land or
Andrés de Urdaneta — The claim that Alfonso de Arellano made the easterly Pacific route discovery first is disputed and not widely accepted as established canon; most historians credit Urdaneta with the first successful return voyage from the Philippines to New Spain in 1565, whil
Andrés de Urdaneta — The entry states Urdaneta joined the Loaísa expedition as a page to Juan Sebastián Elcano, but Elcano died on that expedition in 1526, before Urdaneta could have served as his page; Urdaneta was a page to another officer, not Elcano personally.
Antonio Pigafetta — The entry implies Antonio Pigafetta was born after March 1492, but his birth year is c. 1491, which would predate his parents' marriage; this is a factual contradiction if both details are presented as true.
Antonio Pigafetta — The entry claims Pigafetta's account includes the first known use of the word 'Pacific Ocean' on a map, but the first known use on a map is attributed to later cartographers, not to Pigafetta's own manuscript or map.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard — Cherry-Garrard's birthplace is London, not Bedford.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard — He was rejected once, not twice, before being accepted to the Terra Nova expedition.
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