Ve svých dopisech a knihách Burton značně kritizoval koloniální politiku (na úkor své kariéry). Byl plodným a erudovaným autorem a sepsal řadu knih a odborných článků na témata jako je lidské chování, cestování, sokolnictví, šermířství…
Sir RichardFrancisBurton, KCMG, FRGS, (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. [1 ] [2 ] He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his…
Most of Burton's books are travel narratives or translations. His only works of original imaginative fiction are both in verse: Stone Talk (1865) and the well-known The Kasidah (1880), both of which he published under the pseudonym "Frank…
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Sir FrancisN. Burton was launched in 1825 at Quebec. She sailed to England where she assumed English registry, and then traded between London and Central America.
) was a British consul, explorer, translator, writer, poet, Orientalist and swordsman known for his often-unprecedented exploits of travel and exploration as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.