Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil. With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing down 1500 Miles of the Great River Sâo Francisco, from Sabará to the Sea. Volume 2


  • Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • This anthropologist and man of letters dropped out of Oxford to join the Indian army and travel the world. Later, serving as a consul for the British government, Burton traveled to Africa, South America, and the Middle East. He penned over thirty accounts of his travels, including First Footsteps in Eastern Africa, in which he describes discovering Lake Tanganyika. In addition to his travel narratives, Burton published translations of the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, and was said to be fluent in over twenty languages.

  • ISBN: 9781402188138
  • ISBN: 9781402145438
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Tinsley Brothers in London, 1869. This book is in English. This book contains 498 pages. This book contains color illustrations.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 175563
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