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The Nile basin

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Description: "This volume includes Burton's report to the Royal Geographical Society and its review of Speke's explorations, which supposedly established the theory of the Tanganyikan origin of the Nile"--dust jacket.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1967.
Call number: 635723
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwards Metcalf, 1992.
Dimensions: 22 cm
Associated people: MacQueen, James, (1778-1870,); Collins, Robert O., (1933-2008,); Metcalf, Edwards H.
Associated organization: Da Capo Press,

Findlay, Alexander George, 1812-1875. Remarks on Dr. Livingstone's last journey. In relation to the probable ultimate sources of the Nile

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Kirkpatrick reference: 1571b Description: 16 p., [1] folded leaf of plate: map Periodical title: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Issue No.: Vol. 37 Imprint: [London?] : [Royal Geographical Society] Notes: Reprinted from Vol. 37 of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Ownership notes: Ms. annotations by Burton on Athenaeum Club stationery, laid in at front. Inscription on front cover: To Capt. R.F. Burton F.R.G.S. with every good wish from the author.

635664

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The erotic traveler

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"Burton the sexual anthropologist is the chief concern of 'The Erotic Traveler,' though his adventurous life is also sketched in by Edward Leigh, who, in the form of a continuing narrative, presents Burton's writings on strange rites and sex customs around the world. The remarkable shape of women's breasts in Sind, the various methods of creating eunuchs, and the devices employed in the East to prolong the act of love were all of absorbing interest to Burton. He wrote with authority about the anatomical anomalies of Somali prostitutes in Aden or of pederasty in the male brothels of Karachi. This fascinating book, like its central figure, moves from India and Africa to North and South America, and reveals one of the more intriguing facets of a multifaceted yet singular man"--dust jacket.

635932

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Whitehouse, Frederic Cope, 1842-1911. The latest researches in the Moeris Basin

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Kirkpatrick reference: 1703 Description: 6 p., [1] folded leaf of plate: map Periodical title: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Montly Record of Geography Issue No.: Oct. 1884 Imprint: [London]

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Burton : snow upon the desert

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"In this centennial biography, Frank McLynn draws on new material from a wealth of untapped manuscript sources in order to clarify events in Burton's life hitherto dealt with sketchily if at all. He places Burton's adventures firmly in their historical context. He offers a challenging and original psychological portrait both of Burton himself and of John Hanning Speke, his companion and rival in the quest for the sources of the Nile and the 'Mountains of the Moon.' Not neglected either is Burton's formidable and controversial wife, Isabel, herself a psychological 'classic'. The result is a disturbing but compelling portrait of a man many claim to have been the greatest of all the 'Eminent Victorians'."--dust jacket.

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Diagram to assist in the reading of Dr. Livingstone's letter/Bangweolo July 8. 1868

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Hand-drawn and annotated map by Burton tracing Dr. Livingstone's attempts to find the source of the Nile River in 1866-1867, based upon Livingstone's letter in 1868. Originally folded and laid in Burton's copy of: Livingstone, David. Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London: John Murray, 1857 (CSmH 635210). Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries, Burton.

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James, F. L. (Frank Linsly), 1851-1890. A journey through the Somali country to the Webbe Shebeyli

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Kirkpatrick reference: 1603 Description: 10 leaves Periodical title: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society Issue No.: Vol. 7 Imprint: [London] Notes: Page proofs from the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society Ownership notes: Ms. annotations by Burton.

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