Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-24 00:54:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C1B770F40B833CD107460F053DFF5D6744750D47A6AC180B6507EA433F6972F2
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Original Note:
The light skinned version is older than the dark version. Neither is whitewashed, they're both different interpretations & based on assumptions different artists who had never even seen Mansa and used their imagination. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mansa_Moussa_on_the_map_of_Angelino_Dulcert.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catalan_Atlas_BNF_Sheet_6_Western_Sahara.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelino_Dulcert#Dulcert_1339_Map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Atlas
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