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Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890)
SIR RICHARD BURTON (1821-1890) EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE Sir Richard Francis Burton was one of the most eccentric and brilliant explorers the world has known. During the 19th century, this intrepid scion of Co. Galway discovered Lake Tanganyika, translated the ‘Kama Sutra’ into English, mastered 29 languages (including that of the Simian monkey) and became only the […]