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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: 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 Sept. 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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