British Empire Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 6 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 4 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

1820 Settlers — The number of approved applicants was about 4,000, not 19,000.

1820 Settlers — The statement that Natal was 'not part of Zululand' is imprecise; the area was under Zulu influence or control in 1820.

Aboriginal title — Indian reservations in the United States cover approximately 227,000 square miles, not square kilometers; 227,000 sq km is about 87,600 sq miles, which is incorrect.

Aboriginal title — The claim that native title litigation in Australia began in the 1970s is misleading; the first major native title case, Mabo v Queensland, was filed in 1982 and decided in 1992, and the native title litigation era is generally considered to have begun in the

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