File:Mansa Musa.jpg
Summary
Depiction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa" class="extiw" title="en:Mansa Musa">Mansa Musa</a>, ruler of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Empire" class="extiw" title="en:Mali Empire">Mali Empire</a> in the 14th century, from a 1375 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Catalan_Atlas" class="extiw" title="w:en:Catalan Atlas">Catalan Atlas of the known world</a> (mapamundi), drawn by Abraham Cresques of Mallorca. Musa is shown holding a gold nugget and wearing a European-style crown.
The section to the right translates as:
- This Negro lord is called Musa Mali, Lord of the Negroes of Guinea. So abundant is the gold which is found in his country that he is the richest and most noble king in all the land.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.the153club.org/africa1.html">[1]</a>
Literally, in the text he is called musse melly.
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current | 09:35, 3 January 2017 | 500 × 381 (100 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Depiction of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa" class="extiw" title="en:Mansa Musa">Mansa Musa</a>, ruler of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Empire" class="extiw" title="en:Mali Empire">Mali Empire</a> in the 14th century, from a 1375 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Catalan_Atlas" class="extiw" title="w:en:Catalan Atlas">Catalan Atlas of the known world</a> (mapamundi), drawn by Abraham Cresques of Mallorca. Musa is shown holding a gold nugget and wearing a European-style crown. <p>The section to the right translates as: </p> <dl><dd> <i>This Negro lord is called Musa Mali, Lord of the Negroes of Guinea. So abundant is the gold which is found in his country that he is the richest and most noble king in all the land.</i><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.the153club.org/africa1.html">[1]</a> </dd></dl> Literally, in the text he is called <i>musse melly</i>. |
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