René Caillié
✓ Source-basedstableFrench explorer (1799-1838)
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Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city. Caillié was therefore the first to return alive.
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Jean-Baptiste CharcotAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations
Alphonse Milne-EdwardsAlso won Grande Médaille d'Or des ExplorationsAbout this person
Country
FranceCategory
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1799 to 1838 · aged 38
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