Alexander Gordon Laing: Conqueror and Victim of the Sahara

Alexander Gordon Laing, a Scottish explorer and British army officer, was the first modern European to reach Timbuktu in 1826, but was killed shortly after leaving the city.

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Alexander Gordon Laing. Pogromca i ofiara Sahary

Alexander Gordon Laing – szkocki podróżnik i badacz Afryki Zachodniej, oficer armii brytyjskiej – w 1826 r. jako pierwszy Europejczyk ery nowożytnej dotarł do Timbuktu. Dlaczego wkrótce po opuszczeniu miasta został zabity?

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