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Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa

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In 1324, while staying in Cairo during his hajj, Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire, told an Egyptian official whom he had befriended that he had come to rule when his predecessor led a large fleet in an attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean and never returned. This account, recorded by the Arab historian al-Umari, has attracted considerable interest and speculation as a possible instance of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact. The voyage is popularly attributed to a Mansa Abu Bakr II, but no such mansa ever reigned. Rather, the voyage is inferred to have been undertaken by Mansa Muhammad ibn Qu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa is the 104th most popular explorer (up from 162nd in 2019). (up from 1,148th in 2019)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 104 out of 498. Before him are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Davy Crockett, Robert FitzRoy, James Clark Ross, Bjarni Herjólfsson, and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós. After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Frederick de Houtman, Bartholomew Columbus, João Gonçalves Zarco, Heinrich Barth, and Ferdinand Columbus.

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Among people born in 1300, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 9. Before him are Nogai Khan, Yekuno Amlak, Gaykhatu, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, William of Villehardouin, and Johannes Tauler. After him are Jani Beg, Baydu, Al-Mustansir, Mesud II, Jaunutis, and Vytenis. Among people deceased in 1400, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 5. Before him are Geoffrey Chaucer, Richard II of England, Nilüfer Hatun, and Luo Guanzhong. After him are Rustichello da Pisa, Masamune, Baldus de Ubaldis, Peter of Dusburg, André Beauneveu, Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia.

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