Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
Autore di The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights
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Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, translator, writer, soldier, spy, fencer, and diplomat. He is most famous for his translations of One Thousand and One Sights and the Kama Sutra and for having been the first European to visit the Great Lakes of Africa. He once traveled to Mecca in disguise mostra altro and spoke nearly thirty languages. He died in 1890. mostra meno
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Opere di Richard Francis Burton
Quartine Rubaiyyàt. I moti più profondi e sfuggenti dell'animo umano, le più crude e delicate sfumature del… (1900) 205 copie
The Illustrated Kama Sutra : Ananga-Ranga and Perfumed Garden - The Classic Eastern Love Texts (1987) 160 copie
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Modern Library Classics) (1932) — Traduttore — 133 copie
Tales from the Arabian Nights: Selected from The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night (1885) 132 copie
The Arabian Nights Entertainments: Containing Sixty-Five Stories Told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to Divert Shahryar… (1932) 105 copie
The Arabian Nights: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, all 16 volumes, with active table of contents (1885) 104 copie
The City of the Saints: Among the Mormons and Across the Rocky Mountains to California (1862) 89 copie
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights entertainments now intituled The book of the thousand nights and… (1900) 42 copie
The Arabian Nights Complete and Unabridged (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2010) 35 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Complete Arabian Nights) Volume 1 (Volume 1) (1885) 29 copie
Historia ilustrada de las formas artisticas/ illustrated History of the Artistic Shapes: Egipto (Spanish Edition) (1990) 27 copie
One Thousand and One Nights - Complete Arabian Nights Collection (Delphi Classics) (Series Six Book 12) (2015) 26 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (2001) 19 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1934) 19 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Complete Arabian Nights) Volume 17 (Volume 17) (1885) 18 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1885) 18 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1886) 16 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (2001) 16 copie
Tales from the Arabian Nights: Selected from the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Centenary Edition) (1985) 16 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (2008) 16 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (2003) 15 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1885) 15 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Complete Arabian Nights) Volume 10 (Volume 10) (2008) 14 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1885) 14 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (2008) 14 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Complete Arabian Nights) Volume 14 (Volume 14) (1950) 14 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Complete Arabian Nights) Volume 16 (Volume 16) (1888) 13 copie
The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments:… (1885) 13 copie
The Arabian Nights: The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (The great tales) [abridged] [Naxos Audiobook] (1995) 11 copie
Rare The Arabian Nights - Richard Burton Illustrated Leather Bound Hardback 1st Print (1777) 7 copie
Wit and Wisdom from West Africa: A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms (1969) 5 copie
The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nafzawi: Richard Francis Burton (Classics, Literature) [Annotated] (2021) 4 copie
The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal, Illustrated Translation of the Arabian Nights… (2014) 4 copie
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night a Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Made… (1962) 4 copie
The Nile Basin 4 copie
The Book of The Thousand Nights & A Night A Plain & Literal Translation of the Arabian NightsÕ Entertainments Made &… (1934) — Traduttore — 3 copie
Supplemental Nights Volume 3 3 copie
Supplemental nights to the Book of the thousand nights and a night : with notes anthropological and explanatory Volume… (2011) 3 copie
The Vice: Containing Sir Richard Burton's Sotadic Zone and Extracts from Dr. Jacobus' Untrodden Fields of Anthropology… (1967) 3 copie
The book of the thousand nights and a night: a plain and literal translation of the arabian nights entertainments, Vol.… (2012) 3 copie
THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night VOLUME V: 1885 "Burton Club" edition, illustrated (2017) 2 copie
Ultima Thule; or, a Summer in Iceland. With historical introduction, maps, and illustrations. 2 copie
Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introductory Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men… (1994) 2 copie
Tales From The Arabian Nights, Translation of Sir Richard Burton, with illustrations of Leon Carre, Franklin Library… — Traduttore — 2 copie
Unexplored Syria 2 Volume Set: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safá, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern… (2012) 2 copie
Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights… (2011) 2 copie
Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights… (2011) 1 copia
Arabian Nights (Volume 10) 1 copia
Richard Burton's Arabian Nights and Victorian Books of Exploration and Travel in Asia and Africa (2002) 1 copia
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS, THE SECOND VOLUME, & NOTES ON THE SECOND VOLUME, IN TWO VOLUMES. 1 copia
THE COMPLETE ARABIAN NIGHTS (ILLUSTRATED): THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT (2016) 1 copia
Yahudi, Çingene ve Müslümanlar Üzerine Bir İnceleme 1853-1891;Binbir Gece Masalları'nın… (2024) 1 copia
The Ananga Ranga 1 copia
Bilješke o Istri 1 copia
Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Seven volumes [Vol. 2 missing] 1 copia
The Arabian nights , vol II 1 copia
Mystery of the Sacred Shroud 1 copia
The Pop-Up Kama Sutra 1 copia
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night -- Volumes Three and Four: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian… (2020) 1 copia
The Land of Midian 1 copia
Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing down… (2002) 1 copia
Arabian Nights (Volume 13) 1 copia
Viagens aos planaltos do Brasil 1 copia
The Sotadic Zone 1 copia
Burton's Reisen Nach Medina Und Mekka Und in Das Somaliland Nach Härrär in Ost-Afrika (German Edition) (2012) 1 copia
The book of the thousand nights and a night A plain and literal translation of The arabian nights entertainments Volume… (2015) 1 copia
THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night VOLUME IV: 1885 "Burton Club" edition, illustrated (2017) 1 copia
THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night VOLUME III: 1885 "Burton Club" edition, illustrated (2017) 1 copia
THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night. VOLUME II: 1885 "Burton Club" edition, illustrated (2017) 1 copia
THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night. VOLUME I: 1885 (London "Burton Club" edition), illustrated (2017) 1 copia
The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night (Burton's Arabian Nights) 10 Volumes Complete Set (1885) 1 copia
Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safá, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and… (2012) 1 copia
The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions : With Illustrations, and Intineraries of the Principal… (2018) 1 copia
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Arabian Nights: Four Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Pegasus Library) (1750) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 43 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Burton, Richard Francis
- Nome legale
- Burton, Sir Richard Francis
- Altri nomi
- El-Yezdi, Haji Abdu (pseudonym)
Sir Richard Burton - Data di nascita
- 1821-03-19
- Data di morte
- 1890-10-20
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St Mary Magdalen Church, Mortlake, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Torquay, Devon, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Trieste, Austria-Hungary
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Luogo di residenza
- Tours, France
Trieste, Austria-Hungary
Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK - Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Trinity College)
- Attività lavorative
- explorer
translator
geographer
writer
soldier
orientalist (mostra tutto 7)
diplomat - Relazioni
- Burton, Isabel (wife)
Stisted, Georgiana M. (niece) - Organizzazioni
- East India Company
Anthropological Society of London - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Institute of Arts and Letters (1908)
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (1886)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society - Breve biografia
- Sir Richard Francis Burton 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages.
Burton's best-known achievements include: a well-documented journey to Mecca in disguise, at a time when Europeans were forbidden access on pain of death; an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after early translations of Antoine Galland's French version); the publication of the Kama Sutra in English; a translation of The Perfumed Garden, the Arab Kama Sutra; and a journey with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile.
His works and letters extensively criticised colonial policies of the British Empire, even to the detriment of his career. Although he aborted his university studies, he became a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices and ethnography. A characteristic feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and information. William Henry Wilkins wrote: "So far as I can gather from all I have learned, the chief value of Burton’s version of The Scented Garden lay not so much in his translation of the text, though that of course was admirably done, as in the copious notes and explanations which he had gathered together for the purpose of annotating the book. He had made this subject a study of years. For the notes of the book alone he had been collecting material for thirty years, though his actual translation of it only took him eighteen months."
Burton was a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India, and later briefly in the Crimean War. Following this, he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa, where he led an expedition guided by locals and was the first European known to have seen Lake Tanganyika. In later life, he served as British consul in Fernando Pó (now Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), Santos in Brazil, Damascus (Ottoman Syria) and finally in Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood in 1886.
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