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Burton, Sir Richard Francis - English
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English explorer, writer, and linguist. He joined (1842) the service of the East India Company and, while stationed in India, acquired a thorough knowledge of the Persian, Afghan, Hindustani, and Arabic languages. In 1853, in various disguises, he made a famous journey to Mecca and Medina, about which he wrote the vivid Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (3 vol., 1855–56).

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Sir Richard Francis Burton: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/burton.shtml

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - Oct. 20, 1890) was an English explorer, linguist, author, and soldier.

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1Up Info - Burton, Sir Richard Francis (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/B/BurtonSrR.html

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1821–90, English explorer, writer, and linguist. He joined (1842) the service of the East India Company and, while stationed in India, acquired a thorough knowledge of the Persian, Afghan, Hindustani, and Arabic languages. In 1853, in various disguises, he made a famous journey to Mecca and Medina, about which he wrote the vivid Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah (3 vol., 1855–56).

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Бертон Ричард Фрэнсис - Russian
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(1821-1890) — английский путешественник. Вместе с Дж. X. Спиком в 1854-1859 годах исследовал Сомали, в 1858 году открыл озеро Танганьика. К концу своей бурной жизни он в совершенстве владел более чем двадцатью языками. Мастерство переодевания пригодилось ему .в 1853 году, когда он под видом мусульманского паломника посетил святые города Мекку и Медину, куда христианам доступ был категорически запрещен.

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Erotic Traveler Books - Richard F. Burton's Arabian Nights - English
URL: http://www.erotictraveler.com/books/burton.html

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Richard F. Burton was the nineteenth century explorer who first introduced to west to some of the ancient Hindu love texts, like the Kama Sutra. He is perhaps best known for his literal translation of the Arabian Nights which still remains the greatest version in English.

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The Pilgrimage to Makkah/Sir Richard F. Burton - English
URL: http://www.vedamsbooks.com/no22346.htm

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Richard F Burton, Sir (1821-1890) - Books - English
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He published the first translation of the Kama Sutra and his Arabian Nights was famous for its naughty bits. As he worked and travelled, he wrote many books.

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The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton/by his wife Isabel Burton - English
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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton - English
URL: http://www.jrbooksonline.com/burton.htm

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There are numerous sites on the Web devoted to Burton, as well as many easily accessible books detailing his life and accomplishments -- there's no point in repeating such things here, beyond a few facts to jar the reader's memory -- he was captain in the Bombay Army; co-discoverer of the source of the White Nile with John Hanning Speke; British consul on the island of Fernando Po off the coast of Equatorial Guinea; at Damascus, Syria; at Trieste, Austria-Hungary and at Santos, Brazil.

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Richard F. Burton - Spanish
URL: http://www.ctv.es/USERS/borobar/burton.htm

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Un sujeto alto y de aspecto feroz anda por el cementerio de la ciudad india de Surat -sede de la Honorable Compaснa de las Indias Orientales- en busca de la tumba de Coryat, un inglйs nacido en 1577, que habнa llegado a pie hasta Asia y tras una visita al Gran Mogol, se quedу a vivir en Surat, como sabio mendigo. La tumba de Coryat no aparece y el oficial britбnico de cabeza rapada, llamado Richard Burton, se queda sin cumplir uno de los fines de su vida, localizar las tumbas de los hombres que le han fascinado, sean guerreros o lingьistas sedentarios.

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Modern History Sourcebook: Sir Richard F. Burton: A Pilgrimage to Mecca, 1853 - English
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1853Burton.html

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Life and Travel Writing (Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web) - English
URL: http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/burton/2.html

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Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web - English
URL: http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/burton/

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Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) frustrates simple description. Adventurer, linguist, scholar, swordsman, rogue, deviant, genius -- he possessed wild, monstrous talents and was burdened by defects nearly as grave. Continually at odds with the sentiments of his times (he published the first translation of the Kama Sutra and his Arabian Nights was famous for its naughty bits) he was at the same time an unmistakable Victorian.

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