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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

They did sail to Africa. It's well documented in primary and secondary sources. They made a map with Africa on it:

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[–] kbin_space_program@kbin.run 1 point 2 years ago

Yes, but there is still doubt:

It has also been suggested by J.J.L. Duyvendak and Paul Pelliot that the map may have been partly based on Arab nautical charts.[10]

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