1838
René Caillié, French explorer and author (born 1799)
René Caillié, French explorer and author (born 1799)
René Caillié, French explorer and author (born 1799)
René Caillié
French explorer (1799–1838)
- Died
- 1838
Auguste René Caillié was a French explorer and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu. Caillié had been preceded at Timbuktu by a British officer, Major Gordon Laing, who was murdered in September 1826 on leaving the city. Caillié was therefore the first to return alive.