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Extractions: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: explorer, adventurer, scholar, mystic, stud. As an officer in the Honourable East India Company, Burton traveled extensively throughout the world in the capacity of a secret agent. He traveled incognito, disguised as a wanderer, throughout the Near East and Africa. As a master linguist and as an expert practitioner of various world religions, he was able to become the first Westerner to enter the forbidden African city of Harar. He traveled to the holy cities of Medina and Mecca as a Muslim. He introduced the words pajamas and safari to the English language. He wrote numerous books detailing his travels. He discovered and translated the Kama Sutra and The Perfumed Gardens, and translated the Arabian Nights. He was the co-discoverer of Lake Tanganyika in Africa, and laid the groundwork for Speke and Grant's discovery of the source of the Nile, Lake Victoria. Born in Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1821, Burton became an Oxford man. But do not be mislead! Here was no effete, fey, whiny, pencil-necked, wimpy, 90-pound, pansy, classical-music listening, "fag-" smoking poetry-reading, badminton-playing, crochet-knitting, girlie-voiced Englishman of the typical ilk, nowadays embodied by wimpy actor Hugh Grant. No, he was a man's man! Described as tall, dark, romantic-looking and with "gypsy eyes," Burton was a strapping, robust man, whose physical strength would serve him well throughout his years of adventuring.
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Extractions: When this book was first published in hardback in 1990 it had the subtitle "The secret agent who made the pilgrimage to Mecca, discovered the kama sutra , and brought the Arabian Knights to the west" - which manages to completely ignore Burton's journeys of discovery in Africa. Fortunately there is sufficient reference to his time exploring Egypt and Central Africa, but you will find his other exploits just as captivating and you will almost certainly want to read the whole biography. This is an essential addition to your bookshelf.
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Extractions: The Invisible Basilica: Sir Richard Francis Burton English explorer, orientalist, scholar, linguist, sexologist, mystic and spy. He was raised in France and Italy and studied at Oxford. He served as a Captain in the Bombay Native Infantry in what is now Pakistan from 1843 to 1848. He travelled the world in service to the British government, and served as British Consul on the island of Fernando Poo off the coast of Equatorial Guinea; in Santos, Brazil; in Damascus; and in Trieste, where he died ... Sir Richard Francis Burton: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - Oct. 20, 1890) was an English explorer, linguist, author, and soldier. In 1853, Burton traveled to Cairo, Suez, and the holy cities of Medina and Mecca. Burton made an 1854 journey to the forbidden East African city of Harar (Harer). He was disguised as an Arab pilgrim and spoke excellent Arabic. (Europeans were not allowed in Arabian holy cities; they were executed if they were caught ... About this site (Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web)
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Extractions: Note that this is not a politically correct book - it is the authentic text of a Victorian travel manual, and was a best-seller amongst young men going abroad for sport and adventure. You can discover exactly what Victorian travelers thought about indigenous 'savages', what kind of equipment they would take with them, how they would organise an expedition, how they prepared camp, what type of weapons they used, how they recorded their progress and location, and how they could make use of local materials. Galton was in contact with, and incorporated information from, many famous explorers. He was a respected scientist and the honorary secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. An essential addition to any collection of exploration books. Read Full Review
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Extractions: Burton, although born in England, was raised in numerous European towns and received an irregular education. He had a reputation as one of the best swordsmen in Europe, and was known for his experience with alcohol and prostitutes. By the time he entered the University of Oxford, he could already speak Italian, Greek and Latin, and continued on to learn Arabic on his own initiative. Although popular with his peers, Burton disliked England and was expelled from Oxford for a breach of conduct in 1842. At this point he joined the eighteenth regiment of the Bombay Native Infantry, where his proficiency with languages facilitated his rise through the ranks, and his acquisition of more than twelve additional languages. Over the years he became fluent in twenty-five languages and fifteen dialects. He worked in Sind, India for seven years, learning many native customs and eventually adopting several Islamic principles. Burton documented his experiences when he returned to England in 1846 after contracting cholera, but the books sold poorly, possibly due to their encyclopedic style. Burton introduced many issues foreign to Victorian England and emphasized that Western culture could learn the practices of others; however his writings on Eastern and African cultures could at times be quite disparaging.
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Extractions: Review by Ron Dingman, June 21, 1999 If any one man can be said to embody within himself all of the variegated, frequently turbulent impulses and philosophical strains that characterized Victorian England, Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton is that man. Poet and ruffian, master linguist and master fencer, scholar and coarse prankster, military officer and rebel, spy for "John Company" (the British East India Company) and proto-anthropologist, explorer and consul, religious skeptic and earnest student of religions, vehement racist and bitter critic of his countrymen's disdain of foreign cultures, irrepressible bawd and sexual conservative, Burton is arguably the most complex, the most thoroughly "Victorian" figure next to Count Dracula. Indeed, in some respects, Dracula is a more believable character than Burton. Allen Edwardes' biography of Burton, Death Rides a Camel , is a good introduction to the complex series of dichotomies that comprise Burton's personality and legacy. Edwardes, who in his preface purports to show "the tragicomic life of Sir Richard Francis Burton in the nude without fig leaf, and without codpiece as well," is a fitting biographer for Burton, given their similarity of interests. Edwardes is also the author of The Jewel in the Lotus: A Historical Survey of the Sexual Culture of the East The Cradle of Erotica: A Study of Afro-Asian Sexual Expression and an Analysis of Erotic Freedom in Sexual Relationships (with Robert E.L. Masters, 1962)
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Extractions: Public and Private Writings on Africa By Greg Garrett The Journal of African Travel-Writing Number 2 , March 1997 (pp. 70-79). I n recent critical and popular works, the explorer Richard Burton has primarily been described either as an advocate (whether consciously or unconsciously) of British imperialism or, conversely, as a sensitive observer of African culture worthy of contemporary canonization. The actual truth about this remarkably complex Victorian lies somewhere apart from both these extremes. In Burton's popular narratives of his explorations in Africa, among them First Footsteps in East Africa, The Lake Regions of Central Africa , and Wanderings in West Africa , Burton often reflects the attitudes and beliefs of his reading audience. But in comparison with the African travel narratives of many of his contemporaries, particularly his traveling companion and one-time friend John Hanning Speke, Burton also reveals a sympathy for the cultures he encounters and a willingness to record the details of their existence even when they have little or no bearing on the goals of his expeditions. In Speke's public writing, African natives are simply an obstacle in the way of his aims; in Burton's, they seem to represent both a potential challenge and a source of potential knowledge. The latter sets him apart from most of his contemporaries and explains Burton's problematic status as a Victorian explorer and writer. But perhaps most important, Burton's personal ambition and his position as an outsider in British culture ensure that he displays a wide range of attitudes toward Africa, depending on the circumstances of composition and whether his anticipated audience was popular or private.
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Extractions: Herewith a list of drawings, caricatures, and photographs of over Victorian worthies, almost all of them accompanied by several paragraphs (sometimes pages) of intriguing, often revealing, commentary. They are with a few exceptions, disbound from books and their source, again with a few exceptions, is indicated by initials standing for the following volumes: DM: A Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters (1830-38) drawn by the late Daniel Maclise and accompanied by Notices chiefly by the late William Maginn. (Republished from "Fraser's Magazine.") Edited by William Bates. 1873.
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Extractions: THE COMING ANARCHY (February 1994) Tyranny is nothing new in Sierra Leone or in the rest of West Africa. But it is now part and parcel of an increasing lawlessness that is far more significant than any coup, rebel incursion, or episodic experiment in democracy. Crime was what my friend-a top-ranking African official whose life would be threatened were I to identify him more precisely-really wanted to talk about. Crime is what makes West Africa a natural point of departure for my report on what the political character of our planet is likely to be in the twenty-first century. "You see," my friend the Minister told me, "in the villages of Africa it is perfectly natural to feed at any table and lodge in any hut. But in the cities this communal existence no longer holds. You must pay for lodging and be invited for food. When young men find out that their relations cannot put them up, they become lost. They join other migrants and slip gradually into the criminal process. A PREMONITION OF THE FUTURE WEST AFRICA IS BECOMING the symbol of worldwide demographic, environmental, and societal stress, in which criminal anarchy emerges as the real "strategic" danger. Disease, overpopulation, unprovoked crime, scarcity of resources, refugee migrations, the increasing erosion of nation-states and international borders, and the empowerment of private armies, security firms, and international drug cartels are now most tellingly demonstrated through a West African prism. West Africa provides an appropriate introduction to the issues, often extremely unpleasant to discuss, that will soon confront our civilization. To remap the political earth the way it will be a few decades hence-as I intend to do in this article-I find I must begin with West Africa.
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Extractions: For years, scholars, theologians and archaeologist have debated the answer to the question, "How did the Israelites look physically?" Although the Bible and other historical documents have left much proof of the physical appearance of the biblical Israelites, much of this information is still unknown to the masses. The popular belief today among Christians, scholars and theologians, is that the people known as "Ashkenazi Jews" are the direct descendants of the biblical Israelites. But, can this be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt? The answer to that is NO. The Bible, which will be used here as the main source, supported by history and archaeology proves that these Jews are not the physical descendants of the biblical Hebrews. In addition it reveals who the true descendants are. The answer may leave you in shock. Israel is mentioned in the bible over 2,500 times. The scriptures contain the Hebrews' entire history. In fact, no other people on the face of the earth have such an extensive recorded history, not even the ancient Egyptians. Every thing we need to know about the ancient Hebrews is contained in Scripture. So, let's examine these facts, information that to this day remains unknown or hidden to many bible readers. The history of the Israelite nation began in Egypt, the land of Ham. They entered Egypt 66 in number, (not including Joseph, his wife and two sons who were already in Egypt), and left numbering over two million people. Ancient Israel spent 430 years in Egypt. For half that time they enjoyed good favor with the Egyptians, but for the remainder of those years they were enslaved and horribly mistreated by them.
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Extractions: THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE CROSSOVER CHRONOLOGY PART IV by Win Scott Eckert Search The Wold Newton Universe CROSSOVER STORIES APPEAR IN BLUE TEXT CROSSOVER REFERENCES TO SUPERHEROES AND/OR INFORMATION RELATED TO SUPERHERO UNIVERSES APPEAR IN GREEN TEXT (CLICK HERE FOR A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF HOW SUPERHERO CROSSOVERS ARE DOCUMENTED ON THIS CHRONOLOGY) AN OVERVIEW OF KEY EVENTS IN THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE APPEARS IN BLACK TEXT - not intended as an all-inclusive history - for complete information refer to: Philip José Farmer's Tarzan Alive Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, and The Other Log of Phileas Fogg William S. Baring-Gould's Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street and Nero Wolfe of West 35th Street Professor H.W. Starr's articles A Submersible Subterfuge, or, Proof Impositive and A Case of Identity, or, The Adventure of the Seven Claytons (both articles included as addenda to Farmer's The Other Log of Phileas Fogg and Tarzan Alive , respectively) Rick Lai's article The Secret History of Captain Nemo Pulp Vault number 11, Tattered Pages Press
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Extractions: The Competitiveness of Nations in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy H.H. Chartrand April 2002 Robert D. Kaplan APA Homepage Index Page 1 A Premonition of the Future The Environment as a Hostile Power Page 2 Skinhead Cossacks, Juju Warriors The Past is Dead The Lies of Mapmakers A New Kind of War The Last Map The Coming Anarchy How scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease are rapidly destroying the social fabric of our planet Atlantic Monthly , February, 1994, Vol. 273, No. 2; pp. 44-76. The Minister's eyes were like egg yolks, an aftereffect of some of the many illnesses, malaria especially, endemic in his country. There was also an irrefutable sadness in his eyes. He spoke in a slow and creaking voice, the voice of hope about to expire. Flame trees, coconut palms, and a ballpoint-blue Atlantic composed the background. None of it seemed beautiful, though. "In forty-five years I have never seen things so bad. We did not manage ourselves well after the British departed. But what we have now is something worse - the revenge of the poor, of the social failures, of the people least able to bring up children in a modern society."
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Extractions: African Adventures Among the Mormons/American West Mecca and Arabia Other ... Death Amazon. Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton by Mary S. Lovell. Nine customer reviews. The hardcover is currently going for $10 (off from $40) . For reviews and blurbs on the book see my Books about Burton page. African Adventures "Speke's Journal" by Sean Redmond. Review of Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke, (1868; Dover, 1996). The Journal of African Travel-Writing , Number 3, September 1997 (pp. 87-91). An extremely interesting article by a Classics professor at NYU. Amazon. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa Or, an Exploration of Harar (Dover edition) Amazon. Speke, Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (Dover edition) Burton, The Lake Regions of Central Africa (Dover edition) Amazon. Burton, Wanderings in West Africa (Dover edition) "Relocating Burton: Public and Private Writings on Africa" By Greg Garrett for The Journal of African Travel-Writing Number 2, March 1997 (pp. 70-79). Attempts to deal with complexity of Burton's relationship to imperialism and racism.
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Extractions: Entdecker - Burton, Richard Francis SIR: 1821 - 1890 About this site (Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web) Welcome to Sir Richard F. Burton on the Web, a comprehensive web directory and guide to all things Burton. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) frustrates simple description. Adventurer, linguist, scholar, swordsman, rogue, deviant, genius he possessed wild, monstrous talents and was burdened by defects nearly as grave. Continually at odds with the sentiments of his times (he published the first translation of the Kama Sutra and his Arabian Nights was famous for its naughty bits) he was at the same time an unmistakable Victorian ... EuropaWorld 16/2/2001 Sir Richard Francis Burton Grave of Richard Francis Burton Sir Richard Francis Burton: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com Sir Richard Francis Burton (March 19, 1821 - Oct. 20, 1890) was an English explorer, linguist, author, and soldier. In 1853, Burton traveled to Cairo, Suez, and the holy cities of Medina and Mecca. Burton made an 1854 journey to the forbidden East African city of Harar (Harer). He was disguised as an Arab pilgrim and spoke excellent Arabic. (Europeans were not allowed in Arabian holy cities; they were executed if they were caught ... The Invisible Basilica: Sir Richard Francis Burton English explorer, orientalist, scholar, linguist, sexologist, mystic and spy. He was raised in France and Italy and studied at Oxford. He served as a Captain in the Bombay Native Infantry in what is now Pakistan from 1843 to 1848. He travelled the world in service to the British government, and served as British Consul on the island of Fernando Poo off the coast of Equatorial Guinea; in Santos, Brazil; in Damascus; and in Trieste, where he died ...
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Extractions: A memoir of Hill Burton by his wife was prefaced to an edition of The Book Hunter, which like his other works was published at Edinburgh (1882). (R. G.) Burtons next journey was more hazardous than the pilgrimage, but created no parallel sensation. In 1854 the Indian government accepted his proposal to explore the interior of the Somali country, which formed a subject of official anxiety in its relation to the Red Sea trade. He was assisted by Capt. J. H. Speke and two other young officers, but accomplished the most difficult part of the enterprise alone. This was the journey to Harrar, the Somali capital, which no white man had entered. Burton vanished into the desert, and was not heard of for four months. When he reappeared he had not only been to Harrar, but had talked with the king, stayed ten days there in deadly peril, and ridden back across the desert, almost without food and water, running the gauntlet of the Somali spears all the way. Undeterred by this experience he set out again, but was checked by a ~,kirmish with the tribes, in which one of his young officers was killed, Captain Speke was wounded in eleven places, and Burton himself had a javelin thrust through his jaws. His First Footsteps in East Africa (1856), describing these adventures, is one of his most exciting and most characteristic books, full of learning, observation and humour.
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Extractions: When this book was first published in hardback in 1990 it had the subtitle "The secret agent who made the pilgrimage to Mecca, discovered the kama sutra , and brought the Arabian Knights to the west" - which manages to completely ignore Burton's journeys of discovery in Africa. Fortunately there is sufficient reference to his time exploring Egypt and Central Africa, but you will find his other exploits just as captivating and you will almost certainly want to read the whole biography. This is an essential addition to your bookshelf.
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Extractions: Guide Picks - Top 6 African Explorers and Exploration Books A handful of explorer and exploration books which includes the biographies of two of the most famous explorers, Burton and Stanley; as well as the journal of Mary Kingsley, the greatest of all woman explorers (modern women are just travel writers in comparison). Galton's " Art of Travel " exposes the expectations and prejudices of Victorian adventurers, Grogan's biography reveals one man's involvement in the development of colonial Kenya (as well as his pioneering trip from Cape Town to Cairo), and Portuguese Voyages details the earliest of European explorations on the African continent. Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice
