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Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (/ ˈ b ɜːr t ən /; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
Sir Richard Burton (born March 19, 1821, Torquay, Devonshire, England—died October 20, 1890, Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now in Italy]) was an English scholar-explorer and Orientalist who was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika and to penetrate hitherto-forbidden Muslim cities.
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A comprehensive overview of the life and works of the famous explorer, linguist, and controversialist. Find primary sources, biographies, illustrations, and references on Burton's travels, discoveries, and controversies.
Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Richard Burton, who travelled in Asia and Africa, translated erotica and the Arabian Nights, and was knighted. Find out how he explored the Nile with John Speke and why they had a bitter feud.
Oct 15, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Richard Francis Burton, a linguist, soldier, explorer, spy, and author who traveled to forbidden places and translated the Kama Sutra. Discover his adventures in India, Africa, Mecca, and more.
Sir Richard Burton, (born March 19, 1821, Torquay, Devonshire, Eng.—died Oct. 20, 1890, Trieste, Austria-Hungary), English scholar-explorer and Orientalist. Expelled from Oxford in 1842, Burton went to India as a subaltern officer. There he disguised himself as a Muslim and wrote detailed reports of merchant bazaars and urban brothels.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer, writer, scholar, and soldier who spoke twenty-nine languages and travelled to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Discover his journeys to Mecca, his translations of The Arabian Nights and The Kama Sutra, and his controversial views on colonialism.
