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Alexander Gordon Laing
b.27 Dec 1793 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
d.1826 Africa
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Name Alexander Gordon Laing
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Dec 1793 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Death? 1826 Africa
Reference Number? Q587573?

Scottish explorer --

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Alexander Gordon Laing (27 December 179426 September 1826) 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 shortly after he departed Timbuktu, some five weeks later.

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