Sujet
Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer of Western Africa, 1870. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer of Western Africa, 1870. Laing (1793-1826) was the first European known to have reached the ancient city of Tombouctou (Timbuctoo). He reached the city in August 1826, but was murdered there a month later. From A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Thomas Thomson. (London, 1870).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1870
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_057
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (3,2Mo) / 31,0cm x 40,3cm / 3666 x 4763 (300dpi)