Before revision: The late sixteenth century was the height of Europe's Age of Exploration, and the Fool's Cap Map of the World appears to be a commentary on the foolishness of the era's hubris to think that they had the world figured out.
After revision: The late sixteenth century was the height of Europe's Age of Exploration, and the Fool's Cap Map of the World appears to be a commentary on the foolishness of people at the time to think that they had the world figured out.