Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Some unbalanced quotation marks could not be resolved; the same inconsistencies appear in at least one other edition of this work.
Many names are similar, differing only in the use of accent marks; some Index entries have been made consistent with their references, but most other differences and inconsistencies have not been changed.
"despatch" and "dispatch" both occur in this book.
Page [377]: "1620-1740" changed to "1620-1704" to match actual lifespan of Heinrich Scherer.
Page [416]: "González's appeared" probably should be "González's name appeared".
Page [792]: "Father Lomüller" may be the "Léon Müller" on page [916].
Index entry "Wendrok. See Nicole" refers to a non-existent entry.
Index entries for "Demerara" and "Pius VI" corrected.
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