18:0518:05, 11 March 2021diffhist+16
Roanoke Colony
→1588 relief mission: allow for describing the French assailants as just "mariners". After all, White was intending to commit "piracy" against the Spanish so it seems unfair to accuse only the French of "piracy"
02:3602:36, 24 February 2021diffhist−376
1575
I took out the item about Gaspar da Cruz publishing a book in 1575 because the entry on him says (1) he died in 1570 and (2) his "Treatise on China" was published in 1569: /info/en/?search=Gaspar_da_Cruz#A_Treatise_of_China
17:5417:54, 6 December 2019diffhist+2
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Finlandization
Changing "generally" considered pejorative to "often". No evidence exists that the view of Finlandization as a "pejorative" term is the prevailing one. Also, I disaggregated that judgment from saying it originated in Germany. Not a linked issue!
15:2415:24, 26 June 2011diffhist+845
Gaza War (2008–2009)
→Background: In first main para I gave due weight to the judgments of all non-Israeli bodies that hold that Gaza remains occupied and that Israel still therefore has responsibility under international law for its residents' welfare