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Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f
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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089889
South African History Online (2012) 'Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089889 (Accessed: 11 August 2026).
South African History Online, Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089889, (accessed 11 August 2026).
"Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089889. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, now in Mali. He was murdered there the f." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089889.
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