Getty Images The trip to Mecca helped put Mali and Mansa Musa on the map - a photocopy of the Catalan Atlas map from 1375 The king reportedly left Mali with a caravan of 60,000 men. He took his ...

Along his journey across North Africa, Musa built mosques ... hoping to produce early maps of the world. Famously, the Catalan Atlas, produced in 1375, depicts Mansa Musa sitting on a throne ...

Between 1324 – 1325, Mansa Musa embarked on his pilgrimage to Mecca. On his journey Mansa Musa brought with him a large group of people, some of whom were enslaved. He also brought dozens of ...

Mansa Musa was in charge of a lot of land ... 1375 Catalan Atlas (pictured above), one of the most important world maps of Medieval Europe. "Material riches weren't the king's only concern ...

Mansa Musa's wealth was much greater ... most notably gold. Musa's fame for riches led to him being portrayed on a map of North Africa cerca 1375. And under his rule, the already prosperous ...

One of the most colourful and interesting periods in ancient West African history is set to be relived in an epic musical theatre production titled “Mansa Musa and the Trail of Lost Gold, ...