The appearance of Goa, and the Blue Mountains in 1851 marked the public debut of that astonishingly protean Victorian, Richard Francis Burton. An explorer, soldier, consul, and connoisseur of the sword, a polyglot of unrivaled powers, a poet, translator, and prolific writer about the peoples and customs of alien lands, Burton made his first bid for attention with this account of his travels through southwestern India. As if to underscore his entry onto the ...
Sind Revisited is an account of Sind and is a unique work by the indefatigable Richard Burton. Having visited Sind more than once and with his keen observation, Richard Burton has provided much useful information about this very ancient land in his own inimitable style. The description of places and people inhabiting the "Young Egypt"-the nick name applied to Sind-the legends and myths, history, society and social mores, religious beliefs, politics and ...
Goa and the Blue Mountains or Six Months of Sick Leave
