The end of the colonial age hit European elites with a cold truth: There were no more untold riches to be found in strange lands. We had hit the end of a road. Having climbed every mountain and traversed every sea, White explorers soon fled into new avenues, the deep sea, ocean floors, spelunking, and outer space.
Only technology was the limit. To kick o…
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