Xinjiang or East Turkestan?: The Land of the Uyghurs
While the international press echoes the oppression that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) exercises in the Xinjiang province against the Uyghur population, the president...
Category: Asia
Portuguese dominance in the Atlantic (II): Vasco da Gama
After the death of Henry “The Navigator” in 1460, the expeditions stopped for 11 years. Many explorers had the courage to continue the ambitious project,...
Taiwan’s uncertain future
Taiwan is on alert for a possible invasion. Chinese fighter jets have been flying over Taiwanese airspace recently, and the presence of Chinese ships in...
Marco Polo and his geographical legacy
In a Genoese cell in 1298, Rustichello da Pisa wrote while Marco Polo dictated the account of his journey through Asia in Il Milione, also...
Travel in the Middle Ages (II): Arabs and Chinese
During the Middle Ages, the trips of the Viking and Arab peoples favored cultural expansion and especially improved the knowledge of the existing routes. In...
Travel in the Middle Ages (I): Vikings and Arabs
Explorations during the Middle Ages, despite not harboring many discoveries as it did during the Ancient Age, were riddled with long journeys and very detailed...
The exploration during the Iron Age (II)
Let´s continue with the second part of the exploration in the Ancient Age. In the previous chapter we told how the Carthaginians, led by the...
The exploration during the Iron Age (I)
The human being is, above all, a curious species. He keeps wondering why, where, when and how. From the moment it became aware of its...
The World Islands and the ambition of Dubai
I invite you to insert the coordinates 25º 13′ 00″ N, 55º 09′ 00″ E in Google Earth. What you can find on your screen...
The Sykes-Picot agreement: One line to rule the Middle East
Since the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 after the First World War, the Middle East has not stopped bleeding. When the Empire was...