Three Loaves of Bread Became a Map to Mali's Gold
Medieval Africa

Three Loaves of Bread Became a Map to Mali's Gold

Insulted by a cheap meal of bread, beef, and sour milk, a Moroccan traveler wrote the account that European navigators would later follow to Africa's gold.

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