Alexander Gordon Laing

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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Who was born first?

• Alexander Gordon Laing and Joseph Paul Gaimard were born the same year
• Alexander Gordon Laing and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz were born the same year
• Alexander Gordon Laing and Henry Schoolcraft were born the same year
• Alexander Gordon Laing was born 1 year after Thomas Mitchell
• Alexander Gordon Laing was born 1 year before René Lesson

Timeline

1. Thomas MitchellJune 15, 1792 – October 5, 1855
2. Alexander Gordon Laing (this page)December 27, 1793 – September 26, 1826
3. Henry SchoolcraftMarch 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864
4. Johann Friedrich von EschscholtzNovember 1, 1793 – May 19, 1831
5. Joseph Paul GaimardJanuary 31, 1793 – December 10, 1858
6. René LessonMarch 20, 1794 – April 28, 1849

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