Explorer, inventor, soldier, poet, archaeologist and diplomat, Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) was the most remarkably versatile man of his age. The explorer in Central Africa who discovered Lake Tanganyika also translated The Arabian Nights, made a dangerous pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise, and produced major writings on reptiles, religion, mining and mountain climbing, slavery, and strange sexual practices.

Unabridged. Audio file. Title from image on Web page (viewed Jan. 19, 2007). Previously released on cassette, 1995.

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