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Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer, (1870). Artist: S Freeman

Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer, (1870). Whilst exploring the basin of the River Niger, Laing (1793-1826) became the first European to reach Timbuktu. He was murdered shortly after leaving the city in September 1826. An engraving from Robert Chambers' A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Blackie and Son, (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1870).

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Title: Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer, (1870). Artist: S Freeman

Caption: Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer, (1870). Whilst exploring the basin of the River Niger, Laing (1793-1826) became the first European to reach Timbuktu. He was murdered shortly after leaving the city in September 1826. An engraving from Robert Chambers' A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Blackie and Son, (Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London, 1870).

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Image size: 3319 × 5301 px | 50.3 MB

Print size: 28.1 × 44.9 cm | 1306.7 × 2087.0 in (300 dpi)

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