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The first European explorer to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu.He never made it out of Timbuktu alive. He was murdered on his way out.Two years after his attempt, Rene Caillie reached Timbuktu and made it out alive.
BEFORE FAMEHe was commissioned by the president of the African Association to travel along the Niger river to find its delta, which is how he came upon Timbuktu.
PERSONAL LIFEHis father was a private teacher of the classics.
FUN FACTSExplorer Alexander Gordon Laing were born on Friday, birthstone is Turquoise, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 356 days until Alexander Gordon Laing next birthday.
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