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I want to link to this article, but the first sentence of its lede causes me a problem. Permit me to explain. Presently it says:
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and Uruguay.
The article I am editing (Passage of Humaitá) is about an event that took place in 1868. So, when a reader clicks on the link to find out what was the Empire of Brazil, she is informed that it included the territory of modern Uruguay. Not only was that factually untrue (in 1868), it is very puzzling for the reader. It is puzzling, of course, because the passage of Humaitá was an event in the war of Paraguay against the Triple Alliance – which included Uruguay!
I therefore propose to amend the first sentence of the lede to read as follows:
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay.
Ttocserp 09:39, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
There have been major changes into the article that makes him no longer reliable, including changes to its national borders that make no sense. Brazil had parts of its territory that were claimed by some Spanish-American nations, which is why their maps may conflict with Brazilian maps. However, Brazil never annexed Colombian territory, for example. It was always Brazilian and Colombia eventually recognized that. The sole territory taken by Brazil was Acre in the early 20th century. See this map from 1856, for example. And the changes in the maps are just among some of the misleading changes. If they are not reverted, I’ll be forced to request the removal of the FA status.--Lecen (talk) 04:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
7 September 1822 was a Saturday and 15 November 1889 was a Friday. 179.99.165.113 (talk) 03:19, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
The map Empire of Brazil at its largest territorial extent, 1822–1828 has been made by combining the present-day territories of Brazil and Uruguay. This is not correct.
Brazil grew vastly to the west after 1828, not reaching its present extent until 1909. If this well-known fact requires a source see Burns, E. Bradford (1995). "Brazil: Frontier and Ideology". Pacific Historical Review. 64 (1). University of California Press: 1–18. doi:10.2307/3640332. JSTOR 3640332., pp. 1 and 3. Or see the article Uti possidetis#The Brazilian frontier movement into Spanish-claimed lands.
Brazil's largest territorial extent was not under the Empire, but now, and dates from 1909.Ttocserp 02:19, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Should it be the first (1822–1870) or second flag (1853–1889)? Ed [talk] [OMT] 17:24, 25 September 2023 (UTC)