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Scotsman Gordon Laing, the first European to reach this ancient African city, was murdered shortly after leaving there |
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2020-10-22 |
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Upon arrival in 1828, Rene Caillie called this Mali trading post "nothing but a mass of ill-looking houses" |
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2014-10-22 |
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Medieval Arab traveler Ibn Battuta covered some 75,000 miles, including visits to China & this city in Mali |
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2003-11-17 |
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In 1828 Rene Caille reached this remote African city, "an object of curiosity" to Europeans |
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1999-03-24 |
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Alexander Gordon Laing was killed by natives soon after visiting this exotic Mali city |
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1996-12-25 |
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Ibn Battutah, a Moroccan, explored Russia & later went to this fabled Mali city in 1353 |
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1991-05-24 |
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In 1826, Alexander Gordon Laing became 1st European to see this "faraway" African city |
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1988-04-01 |
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