# Major Laing — Five Weeks in a Balloon character guide

> Major Laing in Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

Historical explorer of the Sahara, referenced in the narrative.

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