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Richard Francis Burton

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

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  • Sir Richard Francis Burton. Photograph.

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    Episodes in the "Arabian nights". Colour heliogravures after oil paintings by A. Letchford, 1897.

    Letchford, Albert, 1866-1905. | Date: [1897?] | Reference: 35096i
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    The City of the saints : and across the Rocky mountains to California / by Richard F. Burton.

    Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. | Date: 1861
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    Goa, and the Blue Mountains, or, Six months of sick leave / By Richard F. Burton.

    Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. | Date: 1851
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    The land of Midian (revisited) / by Richard F. Burton.

    Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. | Date: 1879
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    Supplemental nights to the book of the Thousand nights and a night : with notes anthropological and explanatory / by Richard F. Burton.

    | Date: 1886-1888

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