A Clerk's Comma Costs a Continent
Early 20th Century

A Clerk's Comma Costs a Continent

A punctuation error in a 1903 treaty handed Brazil an area the size of Switzerland—and Bolivia's negotiators didn't notice until the ink was dry.

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South AmericaBoliviaBrazilEarly 20th CenturyDiplomacyColonialismRubber TradeTerritorial DisputeAcre TerritoryJosé Manuel PandoBaron of Rio Branco

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