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Sindh revisited : a journey in the footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton : 1842-1849, the India years
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Sir Richard Francis Burton
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Brief article about Sir Richard Burton, originally published in the periodical "The occult review," published in April of 1921.
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Brief article about Sir Richard Burton, to commemorate the centenary of Burton's birth, originally published in the periodical "Man: A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science," published in May of 1921 (pages 74-76).
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Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection
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Burton : a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
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