Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa - Wikipedia
The voyage is popularly attributed to a Mansa Abu Bakr II, [a] but no such mansa ever reigned. Rather, the voyage is inferred to have been undertaken by Mansa Muhammad ibn Qu. A precise date for the suggested voyage is not known, though it is interpreted as having occurred in or shortly before 1312, the year Musa is inferred to have become mansa.
African King, Mansa Abubakar II discovered ... - The African History
2020年11月10日 · Two large journeys across the Atlantic Ocean preceding the Columbus, referencing the book written by the renowned Egyptian scholar, Ibn Fadi Al-Umari, in 1342. One man, Abubakari, or to give him his full title, Mansa (King) Abubakari II, …
Abu Bakr II: Did the King of Ancient Mali go to America?
2022年1月20日 · And from Africa come stories of a great king who took a long sea voyage to the Americas, 200 years before Columbus. The king or “Mansa”, Abu Bakr II, ruled the Mali Empire in central Africa in the 14th Century. He is said to have led the Malian sailors to the Americas, landing in what is now Brazil.
The First African Voyage To The Americas, a story
Several historians have attributed the voyage to Mansa Muhammad. Many sources call the Mansa in question Mansa Abubakari II. However, the inclusion of Mansa Abu Bakr II in the list of Malian rulers is a misconception that originated in a mistranslation of Ibn Khaldun’s text by the 19th-century European historian Baron de Slane.
Mansa Musa and the mythical African king who sailed to America
2023年5月25日 · Others attribute the voyage to Muhammed ibn Qu’s father, Mansa Qu. A third Malian, Abu Bakr, also has been listed, but only due to a 19th century mistranslation of Ibn Khaldun’s original text.
What happened to Abu Bakr II? : r/AskHistorians - Reddit
2023年2月2日 · The voyage of Abu Bakr II has certainly captured imaginations and has been used to bolster (thus far) unsupported theories of pre-Columbian contact between West Africa and the Americas (see for instance, Ivan Van Sertima’s They Came Before Columbus for one example of such theorizing). The only source of this expedition comes from a secretary ...
Exploration Mysteries: An Early African Voyage to the Americas?
2022年8月9日 · Supposedly, Abu Bakr II abdicated the Malian throne and embarked on a great expedition across the Atlantic Ocean. He took 2,000 ships, with sailors, builders, craftsmen, and enough provisions for several years.
Did Malian sailors reach the Americas in 1311 CE?
2014年11月11日 · There is scientific evidence to support Africans - specifically the Mali King Abu Bakr II landed in Mexico traded and possibly became stranded with the natives there. Columbus's voyage and logs themselves document the presences of Africans in America before the conquest and colonization by European slavers.
The Legend of How Mansa Abu Bakr II of Mali Gave up the …
2016年2月21日 · The wealth of the Mali Empire can be seen in the famous pilgrimage of Mansa Musa (Abu Bakr II’s immediate successor) to Mecca. According to Arab historians, this ruler spent so much gold during his pilgrimage that the “rate of the gold dinar fell by six [silver] dirhams”.
The Historic Voyage of Abu Bakari & The Epic Hajj of Mansa …
2020年9月10日 · Historian Abu Bakr ibn Umar Al Gutiyya narrated that Ibn Farrukh, from Granada, sailed from Kadesh (February 999 CE) into the Atlantic, landed in Gando (Great Canary islands) visiting King Guanariga, and continued westward where he saw and named two islands, Capraria and Pluitana, arrived back in Spain in May 999 CE.