Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa Four Lectures from a Huntington Library Manuscript

Name: Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa Four Lectures from a Huntington Library Manuscript
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ISBN: 9780873282093

ISBN-10: 0873282094

ISBN-13: 9780873282093

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Authors: Richard Burton, John Hayman

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Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890)--explorer, linguist, anthropologist--was one of the most fascinating figures of the Victorian era. In 1866, while serving as British consul in Brazil, he presented four lectures on the highlights of his travels in Arabia and Africa. The first two lectures describe the visits Burton made to Medina and Mecca disguised as an Islamic pilgrim. The rites of pilgrimage, framed by the drama of Burton's disguise and its attendant dangers, are described in extensive and sympathetic detail. The next two lectures are dramatic accounts of Burton's journeys to Harar and Dahomey, and of his mission to persuade King Gelele to give up the practice of human sacrifice. The vivid…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Huntington Library Press
Publication date: 4/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

John Hayman is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Victoria and editor of John Ruskin: Letters from the Continent, 1858 and of Robert Brown and the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition.



Illustrations


Introduction


Note on the Text


Lectures 1 and 2: Introduction



The Visitation at El Medinah



The Pilgrimage to Meccah



Introduction


First Footsteps in Eastern Africa



Introduction


A Mission to Dahome