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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa has received more than 338,049 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa is the 162nd most popular explorer (up from 204th in 2019).

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 162 out of 498. Before him are Gaspar de Lemos, Alexandrine Tinné, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, and Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie. After him are St John Philby, Ruy López de Villalobos, Gustav Nachtigal, Luís Vaz de Torres, Niccolò de' Conti, and James Bruce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1300, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 25. Before him are George I of Bulgaria, Maria Palaiologina, Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Guillaume de Beaujeu, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, and Joanna of Pfirt. After him are Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, Martin of Opava, Paolo Veneziano, Liubartas, Sati Beg, and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen. Among people deceased in 1400, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa ranks 7. Before him are Richard II of England, Geoffrey Chaucer, Luo Guanzhong, Nilüfer Hatun, Rustichello da Pisa, and Masamune. After him are Baldus de Ubaldis, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Peter of Dusburg, Antonio Venier, André Beauneveu, and Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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