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Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was a famous English explorer, writer, translator, ethnologist, spy and soldier.
He traveled a lot in Asia, Africa and the Americas. As a spy for the British government, he was also among the very few Western Christian people who secretly managed to visit the Islamic holy city of Mecca, in Arabia, at the time of the Hajj
He is also famous for his English language translation of the Arabic book, One Thousand and One Nights (also called The Arabian Nights).
Burton in Persian disguise as "Mirza Abdullah the Bushri" (ca. 1849–50).
"The Pilgrim", illustration from Burton's Personal Narrative (Burton disguised as "Haji Abdullah", 1853).
Isabel Burton
Routes taken by the expeditions of Burton and Speke (1857–58) and Speke and Grant (1863).
Monument commemorating Burton and Speke's arrival in Ujiji
Lake Tanganyika photographed from orbit. Burton was the first European to see the lake.
Burton in 1876
Richard Burton's Tomb at Mortlake, south west London, June 2011.
Close up of inscription on the tomb.
Burton pictured later in life.
