We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.
This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-05 · 25 entries checked · 13 flagged · 32 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 32 still open
Adam Johann von Krusenstern — The claim that Otto von Kotzebue commanded the Rurik on the first Russian circumnavigation is incorrect; he was a midshipman on the Nadezhda during that voyage and later commanded the Rurik on a separate circumnavigation.
Adam Johann von Krusenstern — The claim that Krusenstern renamed the Hervey Islands to the Cook Islands in 1835 is incorrect; the renaming occurred in 1824 and the name was proposed on a map published in 1826.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld — The entry states Nordenskiöld served in the Swedish Academy, but he was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, not the Swedish Academy.
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld — The entry states that Nordenskiöld's 1868 expedition reached 82° 42' N, but the actual record set was 81° 42' N.
Alonso de Ojeda — Ojeda was not the first European to visit Guyana; that distinction belongs to Vicente Yáñez Pinzón or other earlier explorers.
Alonso de Ojeda — Ojeda was not the first European to visit Colombia (La Guajira); the region was likely sighted by earlier expeditions.
Antonio Pigafetta — The entry states Pigafetta was born c. 1491 and that his parents married in March 1492, which is contradictory because the birth date should be after the marriage.
Antonio Pigafetta — The entry says Pigafetta was wounded in the Battle of Mactan, but he was present and uninjured.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard — Cherry-Garrard offered a £1,000 contribution before his first application was accepted; there is no widely-canonical record of a second rejection followed by acceptance after donation.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard — The widely accepted account is that his teeth were damaged by the extreme cold and chattering, but not 'shattered' in the sense of breaking into pieces; the condition was severe dental pain and loosening, not literal shattering.
Bartholomew Gosnold — Gosnold is described as a 'privateer' but there is no widely established historical evidence that he was a privateer; he is known as an explorer and colonizer.
Bartholomew Gosnold — The claim that he named Martha's Vineyard after his deceased daughter Martha is a common myth; historical records indicate he named it after his wife's mother or another relative, not a daughter named Martha (his daughter Martha was born later, in 1604, and di
Bertrand Piccard — The Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon did not measure 16 feet long and 7 feet in diameter; the actual dimensions were approximately 180 feet (55 meters) in height and 82 feet (25 meters) in diameter for the main envelope.
Daniel Boone — Boone was not born into a Quaker family; his father was expelled from the Quaker meeting and Boone was not raised as a Quaker.
Daniel Boone — The claim that Boone regularly read the Bible and Gulliver's Travels on his expeditions is not reliably documented and is considered apocryphal.
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