Bøker av Richard Francis Burton

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû al-Yazdi - A Lay of the Higher Law is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Voyage aux grands lacs de l'Afrique orientale / par le capitaine Burton; ouvrage trad. de l'anglais par Mme H. Loreau, ...Date de l'édition originale: 1862Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande.Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables.Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique.Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr

Following his celebrated journey to Meccah, Burton set out on a similarly perilous journey to Harrar in the heart of little-known Ethiopia. This two-volume work is a facsimile of the fine Memorial edition of 1894 and contains, along with Burton's narrative, a fascinating collection of maps, plates and drawings.

The talented British linguist, ethnologist and explorer Richard F. Burton (1821-90) was one of the first Europeans to visit Mecca and survive to tell the tale. This lively three-volume account, published 1855-6, vividly describes his experiences in 1853, when he travelled there under the disguise of a pilgrim.

Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) spent two years as consul of Damascus, giving him unprecedented access to some of Syria's most remote areas and local culture, politics and religion. Published in 1872 in collaboration with Charles Drake (1846-74), this is a frank two-volume account of a country's developing identity.

In this two-volume work, published in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) recounts his journey around the lakes of present-day Tanzania. In Volume 1 Burton begins in Zanzibar before landing up in Unyamwezi, 'the far-famed land over the moon'.