Alexander Gordon Laing
✓ Source-basedfallingScottish explorer (1793-1826)
Historical FiguresLived 1793 to 1826 · aged 32
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Major Alexander Gordon Laing was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu, arriving there via the north-to-south route in August 1826. He was killed five weeks after he departed Timbuktu.
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Lived 1793 to 1826 · aged 32
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