Richard Francis Burton

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March 19, 1821 in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom

died

October 20, 1890

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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages.

Burton's best-known achievements include travelling in disguise to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (also commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after Andrew Lang's abridgement), bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans le...more

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	The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights by Anonymous, Richard Francis Burton 3.99 avg rating — 14,541 ratings — published 1898 — 303 editions	My rating:
	The Book of the Sword: With 293 Illustrations by Richard Francis Burton, Sir Richard F. Burton 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	My rating:
	One Thousand And One Arabian Nights, Vol. 1 Of 16 (Forgotten Books) 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	My rating:
	First Footsteps in East Africa, or an Exploration of Harar (Volume Two) 3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1988 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure Magic and Romance 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1970 — 41 editions	My rating:
	The Lake Regions of Central Africa: Volume I from Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sinbad the Sailor 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	To the Holy Shrines 3.05 avg rating — 19 ratings	My rating:
	The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1899 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To Al Madinah And Meccah: Volume 1 3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1964 — 15 editions	My rating:

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“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.”
― Richard Francis Burton

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“If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place.”
― Richard Francis Burton

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“Do what thy manhood bids thee do,
from none but self expect applause.
He noblest lives and noblest dies
who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”
― Richard Francis Burton

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