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A Biography of Sir Richard Frances Burton |
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Running Time
18 Hrs. 45 Min.
Description
Explorer, inventor, soldier, poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was the most remarkably versatile man of his age. The explorer in Central Africa who discovered Lake Tanganyika also translated The Arabian Nights, made a dangerous pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise, and produced major writings on reptiles, religion, mining and mountain climbing, slavery, and strange sexual practices.
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