4. 14th century Catalan Atlas with Timbuktu and Mansa Musa Photo taken by Fatouma Harber

Photo taken by Fatouma Harber in Timbuktu

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4. 14th century Catalan Atlas with Timbuktu and Mansa Musa Photo taken by Fatouma HarberThis is a small section of a famous map known as the Catalan Atlas, produced in 1375. The Atlas is attributed to Abraham Cresques, a Jewish book illuminator and map maker. The original version is housed at the Bibliothque Nationale de France. (from UC Berkeley) Timbuktu was already a center of trade and learning before Mansa Musa arrived, but it was after he annexed the city to his empire, following his hajj to Mecca, that Timbuktu truly prospered.