The Age of Exploration
A close-up of the Catalan Atlas Depicting Marco Polo The Age of Exploration | Friday – October 2, 2026 T o think that the world has gone from the vast and unending frontiers of Marco Polo and the age of exploration, empire and glory, to this homogeneous corporate landscape. Sad story indeed, but a true story indeed. Yes, these are the facts of history that we must confront, facts that may upset us, and facts that may evoke strong emotion and sentimentalism . From the perspective of the old world, Marco Polo was a hero, but in our world, in modernity , Marco Polo is considered a villian and a monster, a monster because he discovered another part of the world, another part of the world from the point of view of Medieval Europe, read " The End of History ". Of course, this sentiment is nothing new, and is being felt when many historical persons are being considered, but it is important to understand that without Marco Polo the age of exploration would not have been poss...