Richard Francis Burton

Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 – October 19, 1890), British consul, explorer, translator, writer and Orientalist known for his often-unprecedented exploits of travel and exploration as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.

Writings of Richard Francis Burton

Burton was a prodigious writer. A partial list of his book publications follows.

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• Scinde or the Unhappy Valley (1851)
• Sindh and the Races That Inhabit the Valley of the Indux (1851)
• Goa and the Blue Mountains (1851)
• Al-Medina and Meccah (1855)
• First Footsteps in East Africa (1856)
• Falconry in the Valley of the Indus (1857)
• Lake Regions of Equatorial Africa (1860)
• The City of the Saints (1861)
• Wanderings in West Africa (1863)
• Abeokuta and the Cameroons (1863)
• A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahomé (1864)
• Wit and Wisdom From West Africa (1865)
• The Highlands of Brazil (1869)
• Letters From the Battlefields of Paraguay (1870)
• Unexplored Syria (1872)
• Zanzibar (1872)
• Ultima Thule (1872)
• Etruscan Bologna (1876)
• Sindbar (1877)
• The Land of Midian (1879)
• To the Gold Coast for Gold (1883)
• The Thousand Nights and a Night (1885-1888)
• The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi (1886)
• The Sentiment of the Sword: A Country-House Dialogue" (Date ?)