Alexander Gordon Laing information

Major Alexander Gordon Laing (27 December 1794 – 26 September 1826) was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu, arriving there via...

(cricketer), Scottish cricketer Gordon Jennings Laing, American classical scholar Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer Gordon Lang, Welsh Congregationalist...

verse writer Alexander Gordon Laing (1794–1826), Scottish explorer Alexander Laing (architect) (1752–1823), Scottish architect Alexander Laing (American...

one of 100 regulars and militia and 2,000 levies (under Major Alexander Gordon Laing), and a third of 300 regulars and militia and 6,000 levies. The...

Ernest Doudard de Lagrée French 19th Indochina, Mekong and Yunnan Alexander Gordon Laing Scottish 19th West Africa (Niger River and Timbuktu) Pierre Martin...

and Ahunui in the Tuamotu archipelago. 1826 – Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu...

Ignatius Knoblecher (1819–1858), explored the White Nile basin Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826) Macgregor Laird (1808–1861) Richard Lemon Lander (1804–1834)...

Regatta is held on the Isle of Wight. 18 August – Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu, but is murdered there...

Lyon (1795–1832) [1818]. Travelled from Tripoli to Murzuk. Major Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826) [1825-26]. Left Tripoli to explore the Niger. Crossed...

abolition of the slave trade along with his associate David Livingstone Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), British Army Major who was the first Westerner to discover...

Ashanti in Ghana and Ashanti Confederacy). August 18, 1826 – Explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu. April 1827 – Ottoman...

routes to the western coast of Africa. It was visited in 1822 by Alexander Gordon Laing, and in 1869 by William Winwood Reade; and was thus deemed nominally...

Timbuktu, though it was a major in the Royal African Corps named Alexander Gordon Laing who finally walked through its gates in 1826. The findings of the...

Victoria Cross Allan Ker (1883–1958), recipient of Victoria Cross Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), army major and explorer, first European to reach Timbuktu...

on the Isle of Wight, in the U.K. August 18 – Scottish explorer Alexander Gordon Laing becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu but is murdered there...

European to visit the fabled city of Timbuktu. The others being, Alexander Gordon Laing (1826), René Caillié (1828) and Heinrich Barth (1853). In 1885–1887...

The third and last Tripoli-based expedition was undertaken by Alexander Gordon Laing in 1825, once again with Warrington's considerable assistance. Several...

Ingemar Johnson 475 Gordon Sylvester Wismer 467 Source: "Saskatoon Star-Phoenix", December 11, 1947 Held April 8, 1953 Arthur Laing (acclaimed) Source:...

Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway are authorised. 18 August – explorer Alexander Gordon Laing (born 1793 in Edinburgh) becomes the first European to reach Timbuktu...

Earl of Angus 1497–1501: George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly 1501–1504: James Stewart, Duke of Ross 1510–1513: Alexander Stewart (d. 1513), Archbishop of...

the Elizabeth Sword 1389–96: Sir Alexander de Cockburn Date unknown (c. 1473): Alexander de Cockburn 1474–1483 John Laing Bishop of Glasgow 1514: Gavin Douglas...

Grainger, civil engineer and surveyor (died 1852) 27 December – Alexander Gordon Laing, explorer (killed 1826 in Timbuktu) Undated – Robert Edmonstone...