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First Footsteps in East Africa
Chock full of ethnographical information about the Muslims of Somalia, Richard Burton's "e;First Footsteps in Africa"e; is a great look at a white man's first forays into …
The Memoir on the Lake Regions of East Africa
Title: The Memoir on the Lake Regions of East Africa, reviewed, in reply to Capt. R. Burton's letter in the "Athen um," no. 1899. A criticism of Burton's "The Lake Regions of …
Arabian Nights
First Footsteps in East Africa
Averse to writing, as well as to reading, diffuse Prolegomena, the author finds himself compelled to relate, at some length, the circumstances which led to the subject of these …
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah
3vol set
Lake Regions of Central Africa; A Picture of Exploration
First Footsteps in East Africa
Soon after returning from his celebrated journey to Mecca disguised as an Arab, Burton set out on a similarly perilous trip to the city of Harrar in the heart of little-known …
Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance
pubOne.info present you this new edition. The Baital-Pachisi, or Twenty-five Tales of a Baital is the history of a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit which inhabited and animated …
Wanderings in Three Continents
Highly readable tales recount the rip-roaring adventures of swashbuckling pirates and buccaneers of the Spanish Main. Includes "e;The Ghost of Captain Brand,"e; "e;Tom …
Goa and the Blue Mountains, or, Six Months of Sick Leave
Goa and the Blue Mountains, or, Six Months of Sick Leave is a travelogue written by Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer and writer. The book details Burton's journey …
Vikram and the Vampire Or Tales of Hindu Devilry
'The genius of Eastern nations,' says an established and respectable authority, 'was, from the earliest times, much turned towards invention and the love of fiction. The Indians, …
Vikram and the Vampire Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance
Vikram and the Vampire, translated and adapted by Sir Richard Burton, is a group of tales told by a baital (not really a vampire but a kind of spirit who can inhabit dead bodies) …