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Though best remembered as an adventurer who entered Mecca in disguise and sought the source of the White Nile, Richard Burton contributed so forcefully to his generation that he provides us with a singularly panoramic perspective on the world of the Victorians. Engagingly written and vigorously argued, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of a remarkable man and a crucial era.

Explorers --- Scholars --- Burton, Richard Francis, --- B., F., --- Baker, Frank, --- Burṭan, Ār. EF., --- Burton, R. F. --- Burton, Richard, --- Burton, Richard F. --- F. B., --- Hâjî Abdû al-Yazdi, --- Hâjî Abdû ĕl-Yezdî, --- Great Britain --- History --- Burton, Richard Francis --- Burton, Richard

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This is a study of the famous controversy between Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke, fellow explorers who quarreled over Speke's claim to have discovered the source of the Nile during their African expedition in 1857-59. Speke died of a gunshot wound, probably accidental, the day before a scheduled debate with Burton in 1864. Burton has had the upper hand in subsequent accounts. Speke has been called a “cad.” In light of new evidence and after a careful reading of duelling texts, Carnochan concludes that the case against Speke remains unproven-and that the story, as normally told, displays the inescapable uncertainty of historical narrative. All was fair in this love-war.

Explorers --- Discoverers --- Navigators --- Voyagers --- Adventure and adventurers --- Heroes --- Discoveries in geography --- History --- Speke, John Hanning, --- Burton, Richard Francis, --- B., F., --- Baker, Frank, --- Burṭan, Ār. EF., --- Burton, R. F. --- Burton, Richard, --- Burton, Richard F. --- F. B., --- Hâjî Abdû al-Yazdi, --- Hâjî Abdû ĕl-Yezdî, --- Speke, J. H. --- Travel --- Nile River --- Nile River Valley --- Nile Valley --- Bahr en Nīl --- Nahr an Nīl --- Nīl River --- Nilus River --- Discovery and exploration. --- Burton, Richard Francis --- Burton, Richard

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Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) the famous Victorian explorer, began his career in the Indian army in 1842. While in India he developed his linguistic talent, mastering more than forty different languages and dialects. He turned to writing books in the 1850s and, over the remaining forty years of his life, published dozens of works and more than one hundred articles. He spent part of his career as British consul in Fernando Po (present-day Equatorial Guinea) in West Africa, and used this as an opportunity to explore the region. In 1861, he was sent on a mission, recounted in this two-volume work of 1864, to Dahomey (present-day Benin) to urge the king to put a stop to the local slave trade. In Volume 1 Burton tells of his voyage along the West African coast and arrival in Dahomey, where he is presented to the king.

Fon (African people) --- Social life and customs. --- Burton, Richard Francis, --- Travel --- Benin --- Description and travel. --- Dahomans (African people) --- Dahomeans (African people) --- Dahomeen (African people) --- Dahomey (African people) --- Dahomeyans --- Djedji (African people) --- Fō (West African people) --- Fogbe (African people) --- Fon-Gbe (African people) --- Fongbe (African people) --- Fonnu (African people) --- Rada (African people) --- Ethnology --- B., F., --- Baker, Frank, --- Burṭan, Ār. EF., --- Burton, R. F. --- Burton, Richard, --- Burton, Richard F. --- F. B., --- Hâjî Abdû al-Yazdi, --- Hâjî Abdû ĕl-Yezdî, --- Benan --- Benin Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika Benin --- People's Republic of Benin --- Republic of Benin --- République du Bénin --- République populaire du Bénin --- Народная Республика Бенин --- ベナン --- ベニン人民共和国 --- 见宁 --- Beining --- 贝宁共和国 --- Beining gong he guo --- Dahomey --- Burton, Richard Francis --- Burton, Richard