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Mansa Musa's Lost Voyage: The Mali Empire's Atlantic Expedition
Did Mansa Musa's Mali Empire send ships across the Atlantic Ocean long before Columbus? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the tantalizing historical evidence — from the Catalan Atlas depicting a West African emperor holding a gold nugget, to the accounts of Al-Umari describing Mali's failed Atlantic expeditions. They examine the legend of the Mali fleet that tried to cross the ocean west, the technological capabilities of Mande shipbuilding, and the intriguing possibility of pre-Columbian contact with the Americas. Drawing on oral traditions, the work of historian Ivan Van…
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