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Richard Francis Burton

British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat

British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)

Born	1821-03-19
Died	1890-10-20

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First Footsteps in East Africa; Or, An Explanation of Harar.: Or, An Exploration of Harar

by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Lady Burton, John Hanning Speke, William C Barker, and William C. Barker
First published in 1856 — 89 editions
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Vikram and the vampire: or, Tales of Hindu devilry

by Richard Francis Burton, Ernest Henry Griset, and Isabel Lady Burton
First published in 1870 — 85 editions
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Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah [and] Meccah

by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Lady Burton, and Stanley Lane-Poole
First published in 1893 — 65 editions
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To the Gold Coast for gold: a personal narrative

by Richard Francis Burton and Verney Lovett Cameron
First published in 1883 — 43 editions
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Zanzibar: city, island, and coast.

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1872 — 35 editions
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Unexplored Syria: visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safá, the Anti-Libanus, the northern Libanus, and the ʾAláh

by Richard Francis Burton and Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake
First published in 1872 — 20 editions
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The Land of Midian Volume 1 (Large Print Edition)

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2004 — 19 editions

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Supplemental Nights

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 1886 — 19 editions

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The Book of fantasy

by Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Leonid Andreyev, John Aubrey, J. G. Ballard, Sir Max Beerbohm, and 65 others
First published in 1940 — 15 editions
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A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome: With Notices of the So Called "Amazons ...

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1864 — 15 editions
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments, now entitled The book of the thousand nights and a night: Volume III

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1885 — 9 editions
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments, now entituled The book of the thousand nights and a night: Volume V

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1885 — 9 editions
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Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol 1

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2016 — 9 editions

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Supplemental Nights: Volume VI

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1885 — 8 editions
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Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2015 — 8 editions

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Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2003 — 8 editions

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Viagem de canoa de Sabará ao Oceano Atlântico

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1869 — 8 editions
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A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments, now entituled The book of the thousand nights and a night: Volume VII

by Richard Francis Burton
First published in 1885 — 7 editions
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Arabian Nights: Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night with Notes and Anthropological and Explanatory, Vol. 6

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2011 — 7 editions

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Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Annotated)

by Richard Francis Burton First published in 2016 — 7 editions

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British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890)

Born	1821-03-19
Died	1890-10-20

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OLID: OL16934A
ISNI: 0000000121262534
Integrated Authority File (GND): 118517848
VIAF: 29832058
Wikidata: Q125057
Inventaire.io: wd:Q125057

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