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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Display issue corrected.	J.E. Luebering	Aug 15, 2024
	Corrected cross-reference.	Ethan Teekah	Apr 17, 2024
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jun 11, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 20, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998