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Mansa Musa's Lost Gold: The Legend of the Wandering King
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known chapter of Mansa Musa's life: his mysterious, almost mythical journey to the Atlantic Ocean. According to oral traditions and the writings of the Egyptian scholar Al-Umari, Musa launched a massive fleet of 200 ships to explore the 'sea of darkness'—the Atlantic Ocean west of Africa. When only one ship returned, he prepared a second, even larger expedition. What drove the wealthiest man in history to risk everything on the unknown? Was it a search for new trade routes, a response to a rival's claim, or something more…
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