First Footsteps In East Africa Or An Exploration Of Harar By Captain Sir Richard F. Burton Volume 1 & 2
First Footsteps In East Africa Or An Exploration Of Harar By Captain Sir Richard F. Burton Volume 1 & 2
Hardcover
ISBN Volume 1- 705415007
ISBN Volume 2 - 705415005
Publisher: Time-Life Books 1982
Time Life Books. This leather-bound volumes have been photographically reproduced from a rare early edition.
A classic adventure story of travel exploration in Somalia. Introduces the infamous Isa trabesmen tribal trials social customs and the first glimpse of life inside Harar a walled city ruled by a despotic prince and his brutal officials.
Gilt to all edges. Marbled end papers. Contents clean and binding tight. Reprint Memorial Edition.
Condition: Very good+. Binding: Hardcover. Leather bound with gilt lettering and red borders on the front covers.
According to Wikipedia: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages. Burton's best-known achievements include travelling in disguise to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (also commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after Andrew Lang's abridgement), bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans led by Africa's greatest explorer guide, Sidi Mubarak Bombay, utilizing route information by Indian and Omani merchants who traded in the region, to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton extensively criticized colonial policies (to the detriment of his career) in his works and letters. He was a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices, and ethnography. A unique feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and unexpurgated information.
