Template:Did you know nominations/Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:06, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

Gonçalo Teixeira Corrêa

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The route of Capt. Correa's expedition

• ... that the Portuguese captain Gonçalo Teixeira Correa died defending Ming China from its own army?
  • ALT1:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa died defending Penglai, China, in 1632?
  • ALT2:... that the Portuguese artillerist Gonçalo Teixeira Correa posthumously became an assistant regional commander of the Ming Empire?
  • ALT3:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa scared the Manchu away from Beijing only to be reassigned once an epidemic outbreak ensured they wouldn't return for years?
  • ALT4:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa marched ten modern cannon across China in the 1620s and fired them from Beijing's city walls?
  • ALT5:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa marched his artillery company across China from Macao to defend the Ming from their Manchu invaders?
  • ALT6:... that Guangzhou's merchants refunded the Ming emperor for the expense of Capt. Correa’s reinforcements, rather than risk closer ties between Beijing and Macao?
  • ALT7:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa’s artillery company and its reinforcements both smuggled Jesuits into the Ming Empire?
  • ALT8:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa crossed China in the 1620s to train the Ming army in modern artillery but lost his life to a mutineer's arrow?
  • ALT9:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa marched ten modern cannon across the Ming Empire in the 1620s, only to lose them to a mutineer who ultimately joined the Manchu invasion that established the Qing Dynasty?
  • ALT10:... that Gonçalo Teixeira Correa and his company of Portuguese artillerists routed a Manchu raiding party from the walls of Zhuozhou in 1630?
  • ALT11:... that Ming officials were divided as to whether the Manchu invasion or Western 'helpers' like Gonçalo Teixeira Correa were actually the greater threat to China?

• Reviewed: Red-billed Quelea
• Comment: @Reviewers: Don't worry. You only need to review the hook(s) that are interesting to you.

Created by LlywelynII (talk). Self-nominated at 13:52, 2 June 2017 (UTC).

• Your fantastic hook ALT0 is by far the best of these. —Patrug (talk) 17:59, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

• Thanks for the kind words and input but, without a review, it's up to the reviewer which one s/he feels is the most interesting. — LlywelynII 00:17, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

This article is new enough, long enough, and neutral enough, copyvio unlikely (Earwig 6.5%). It is supported by enough good citations, although I'm assuming good faith, as I only checked enough to be satisfied. ALT8 is an interesting hook, that is also related to the image: there is a cited reference for the hook, but it is an offline book, so I'm AGF on that (and it's plausible). The image is suitable, interesting, and in the public domain, although AGF that the route shown is accurate. QPQ done. (I did not fully review other hooks.) Hildabast (talk) 11:56, 24 June 2017 (UTC)