The Arabist and the aristocrat : Burton, Speke and the mountains of the moon / by Morton Bigger, Jr. 1992.

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

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Richard Francis Burton was born March 19, 1821, at Torquay; he was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, but did not take a degree. He became a noted linguist, writer, translator and explorer; he is probably best known for his translations of the works of The Arabian Nights and The Kama Sutra..., as well as his travels in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Iceland. Isabel Arundell was born March 20, 1831, in London, of an old, established Roman Catholic family. In 1861, afte...

Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864

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Bigger, Morton.

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