Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator and diplomat. Burton's best-known achievements include a well-documented journey to Mecca, in disguise; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights; the publication of the Kama Sutra in English and an expedition with J. H. Spake to discover the source of Nile. Musaicum Books present his greatest works as an author, translator and explorer. His works and the works about his life act as the true legacy of his untamed travel spirit and eternal curiosity.

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Translations:

Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Book of Thousand Nights and A Night (Complete Edition)

The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui

Ananga Ranga

Vikram and the Vampire

Travel Writings:

First Footsteps in East Africa

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah

To the Gold Coast for Gold

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

Unexplored Syria

Historical Research:

A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry

The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue

Poetry:

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî

The Gulistan of Sa'di

Priapeia

Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus

Poem to His Wife

Alma Minha Gentil, Que Te Partiste

Em Quanto Quiz Fortuna Que Tivesse

Eu Cantarei De Amor Tao Docemente

No Mundo Poucos Annos, E Cansados

Que Levas, Cruel Morte? Hum Claro Dia

Ah! Minha Dinamene! Assim Deixaste

Biography and Further Readings:

Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright

Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life

Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by J. H. Speke

What Led to the Discovery of the Nile by J. H. Speke

Arabian Society in the Middle Ages

Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia