British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat
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This is an ad-free, bonus episode from History Dispatches. Sidi Mubarak Bombay grew up a slave - taken from his home in Africa to India. But that didn't stop him from being one of the most accomplished explorers and travelers of Central Africa. Over a period of 20 years, Bombay traveled with some of the most famous African explorers, including Richard Francis Burton, Henry Morton Stanley, David Livingston, and Richard Speke. This a look at his extraordinary his life. This episode does not replace the regular schedule of Explorers Podcast episodes. A new regular episode will be out next week. History Dispatches is a new daily history show hosted by Explorers Podcast creator Matt Breen and his son, McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. The show offers short, fun and easily digestible bits of history goodness. History Dispatches comes out every weekday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'Romantic, adventurous and thrilling ... remarkable' Telegraph 'Vivid, fast-paced and wonderfully ambitious … Patria teems with alternative stories of a continent's life and peoples' New Internationalist In late 1869, Richard Francis Burton stepped ashore in Southampton, fresh from a sightseeing tour of bone-strewn South American battlefields. The most lethal conflict ever fought on the continent was still stumbling to its gory conclusion. But if the celebrity adventurer expected to be mobbed with reporters, he was disappointed. Burton was ‘mortified' to perceive how oblivious his fellow Britons were to ‘perhaps the most remarkable campaign fought during the present century'. Tales of Dr Francia – Paraguay's dour, iron-willed dictator for almost thirty years – had once piqued the public's curiosity. But the country had since ‘dropped clean out of vision. Many, indeed, were uncertain whether it formed part of North or of South America.' He found ‘blankness of face' whenever Paraguay was mentioned, ‘and a general confession of utter ignorance and hopeless lack of interest'. Over 150 years later, the amnesia persists. If South America is a forgotten continent, Paraguay has fallen off the map altogether. Foreigners often confuse it with Uruguay, in many ways – a secular, liberal, World Cup-winner – Paraguay's opposite. The world takes Paraguay's drugs, beef, soybeans, migrant labourers, cleaners and midfielders, but has blanked out their distant source. In London, Madrid or New York, this might be understandable. But Paraguayans have long felt isolated and ignored even by their neighbours. In an aphorism so often repeated it has taken on the character of a curse, Augusto Roa Bastos – the country's most famous novelist – described his nation as ‘an island surrounded by land'. So, we discuss and end up philosophising about Latin America's place in the world, Lawrence's adventures across the region, Colombia, Paraguay and his new book, "Patria, Lost Countries of South America." https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/435719/patria-by-blair-laurence/97818479246…
Un dios estaba pinchando con su bastón las costillas de Richard Francis Burton.
Toute cette semaine, semaine spéciale "L'aventure, c'est l'aventure" ! Des aventuriers - et des aventurières - s'invitent dans Historiquement Vôtre. Pour le cinquième et dernier épisode, Stéphane Bern raconte le destin du plus original, disons même singulier, des explorateurs anglais qui s'est rendu en Afrique pour réaliser un rêve qu'il partageait avec beaucoup d'autres. Ou la véritable histoire de Richard Francis Burton, l'aventurier à la poursuite de l'inconnu… Comment Richard Francis Burton nous invite-t-il à repousser l'horizon ? Comment définir l'aventure ? Qu'est-ce qu'un écrivain-voyageur ? Pour en parler, Stéphane Bern reçoit Olivier Weber, journaliste, écrivain-voyageur et auteur du "Dictionnaire amoureux de l'aventure" (Plon)
Dans son récit, Stéphane Bern nous raconte l'histoire de Richard Francis Burton, l'aventurier à la poursuite de l'inconnu
“Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.” “Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men.” Show Links Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGZwvZaMp8 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_of_the_Moon_(film) Just Watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mountains-of-the-moon-1990 Socials Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@moviewavepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviewavepod Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviewavepod/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/moviewavepod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviewavepod Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/moviewavepod Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/moviewavepod Intro/Outro Sample Credits “Aiwa CX-930 VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder.wav” by Pixabay “Underwater Ambience” by Pixabay “waves crashing into shore parkdale beach” by Pixabay Movie Wave is a part of Pie Hat Productions.
Dans son récit, Stéphane Bern nous raconte l'histoire de Richard Francis Burton, l'aventurier à la poursuite de l'inconnu
Richard Francis Burton foi um escritor, tradutor, linguista, geógrafo, poeta, antropólogo, orientalista, erudito, espadachim, explorador, agente secreto e diplomata britânico.
Richard Francis Burton foi um escritor, tradutor, linguista, geógrafo, poeta, antropólogo, orientalista, erudito, espadachim, explorador, agente secreto e diplomata britânico.
attention cette description est en soi une œuvrecelle de mon Héritier Causmic beastje vous la livre les yeux embués de fierté : Ça commence comme une blague… Deux types rentrent dans un bar… vous connaissez la suite … ou pasAutour d'une bière (ou des bières) … Alex Nikolavitch, écrivain jardinier/traducteur/scénariste de bd architecte/ex pharmacien/enseignant/sosie officiel de Francis Ford Coppola période Apocalypse Snow/vainqueur à question pour un champion (si si voici la preuve https://www.comicsplace.net/2011/09/23/alex-nikolavitch-a-questions-pour-un-champion/ ) est passé à la question par le podcasteur de l'école du micro de bronze, Dany/Winny Taniguchi. Ils divergent, ils discourent, ils discutent et vont tenter de tirer un portrait robot d'Alex Nikolavitch.Tapas, IPA et afflingen (l'abus de liquide houblonné est dangereux pour votre santé !)Précaution d'usage : attention ce podcast pourrait bien faire exploser votre pile à lire !A consommer sans modération mais à vos risques et périls Sont évoqués : La geste Arthurienne :• Il va se faire appeler Arthur ! : Excalibur de John Boorman (1981) https://youtu.be/6QR6_17mn5s?si=1C0asnpR-MkYQk31 Des Bandes dessinées :• Steve Dikto : https://www.citebd.org/neuvieme-art/biographie-de-steve-ditko• Jean Marc Lainé : https://youtu.be/6QR6_17mn5s?si=1C0asnpR-MkYQk31• Loi du 16 juillet 1949 sur les publications destinées à la jeunesse https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_du_16_juillet_1949_sur_les_publications_destin%C3%A9es_%C3%A0_la_jeunesse• Aleksi Briclot : https://booknode.com/auteur/aleksi-briclot• Jean Marc Lofficier : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marc_Lofficier (l'anecdote de• Superman et Astérix est authentique !)• Jack Kirby : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kirby Les univers partagés d'Alex Nikolavitch par delà l'océan Atlantique• Les canaux du Mitan : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Nikolavitch-Les-canaux-du-Mitan/1210000• Les exilés de la plaine : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Nikolavitch-Les-exiles-de-la-plaine/1542506 Son univers Arthurien• Trois coracles cinglaient vers le couchant : https://www.noosfere.org/livres/EditionsLivre.asp?numitem=46924&numauteur=-43030• Lancelot avancait en armes : https://www.noosfere.org/livres/EditionsLivre.asp?numitem=54730&numauteur=-43030• Et bientôt la suite (courage Alex !!!!) • Ses bd sur Richard Francis Burton : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Clot-Captain-Sir-Richard-Francis-Burton-tome-1--Vers-l/368295 • Son pop Icons sur HP Lovecraft https://www.librairiepradoparadis.fr/product/1895770/pop-icons-howard-phillips-lovecraft (ou toute librairie indépendante ) Ses inspirations• Gene Wolfe : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Nikolavitch-Spawn-Tome-1--Resurrection/20050• Jorge Luis Borges : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Borges notamment https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Aleph• Tout John Brunner : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brunner• Le culte de Mithra : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culte_de_Mithra et le parallèle osé de Dany (ne faites pas ça chez vous, cet homme est un professionnel ) https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_by_Wolves et https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-deLY_X4b8• Les peuplades Sami : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samis• Philip José Farmer https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer et notamment le https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Fleuve_de_l%27%C3%A9ternit%C3%A9• Christian Leourier : le cycle de Jarvis qui a fait du petit Alexis le Grand Alex qu'il est devenu https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_L%C3%A9ourier et surtout le cycle de Jarvis https://www.babelio.com/livres/Leourier-Jarvis-Integrale/1337546 Ses Amis :• Alex Alice : le château des étoiles https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Alice• Alain Ayrolles https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Ayroles et la série de Cape et Crocs https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_cape_et_de_crocs Lost in Translator : sous titré le traducteur a failli tuer DanyAlex a sévi comme traducteur sur :• The Boys : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(comics)• Clark Ashton Smith : https://www.noosfere.org/livres/EditionsLivre.asp?numitem=43480&numauteur=-43030 et et• L'intégrale de Lovecraft ou il a sévi https://mnemos.com/lovecraft/• Alan Moore : Alan Moore, les années 2000 AD : Future shocks, l'intégrale http://labeldelirium.com/book/alan-moore-les-annees-2000ad-future-shocks-lintegrale/ (les éditions Delirium, c'est bon lisez en !!!) et si vous ne connaissez pas Alan Moore, je ne vous connais plus, na !!!!!Et si vous voulez comparer son Uther avec celui de Thomas Spock https://www.auxforgesdevulcain.fr/collections/fiction/uter-pandragon/
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(Volume 12) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the twelfth of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton and comprises a number of new tales and variants of earlier ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Volume 11) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the eleventh of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Volume 10) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the tenth of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Volume 7) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the seventh of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Volume 6) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the sixth of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Volume 5) Arabian Nights - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Anonymous audiobook. This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mythology and folk tales from the Indian sub-continent, Persia, and Arabia. No original manuscript has ever been found, but several versions date the collection’s genesis to somewhere between AD 800-900. The stories are wound together under the device of a long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor. This collection comes from the first of sixteen volumes translated by Richard Francis Burton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Denna rafflande äventyrsberättelse från 2017 - innehåller också oerhört mustiga karaktärer som hamnar i luven på varandra. Vi ger er Richard Francis Burton och John Speke. Lyssna på våra avsnitt fritt från reklam: https://plus.acast.com/s/historiepodden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890), Bhagavanlal Indrajit et al. The Kama Sutra, or Aphorisms on Love, has survived at least 1400 years as a dominant text on sexual relations between men and women. Vatsyayana claimed to have written the Kama Sutra while a religious student, “in contemplation of the Deity” - but references to older works, shrewd disputations by Vatsyayana of those authors' recommendations, and careful cataloging of practices in various of the Indian states indicate much more emphasis on kama, or sensual gratification.Part of the book discusses the 64 arts of love employed by masters of coitus. Learning each of these and when and how to practice them, Vatsyayana affirms, not only leads to the best gratification, but makes the artist a person of great desirability.Once the means of sexual congress are discussed, the many types of male-female relationships and their proper prosecution are covered. Some of these have small relevance to the modern world, such as how to sneak into the King's harem, but are interesting nonetheless. Others, such as how to get money from a lover, will probably remain useful as long as there are humans in the world.The translator's concluding remarks call the book primitive; so might also modern women who are told that if their name ends in “l” or “r” they should not be married, because they are worthless. But in tackling the subject of human sexuality, Vatsyayana nevertheless will always attract readers (or, in this case, listeners!).(Summary by Mark F Smith) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support
Today marks the birthday of Richard Francis Burton. Though he did share some characteristics with his more famous hard-living namesake, Burton was a famed British explorer with strong links to Ireland, and one who lived one of the most peculiar lives of the nineteenth century. It included sneaking into Mecca in disguise - at a time when non-Muslims were banned from entering - and penning the first English language translation of the Kama Sutra. A controversial explorer, he rests in what might be Britain's strangest grave. Gavan is joined by Donal Fallon for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.
In the mid 19th century, a team of explorers set off in search of an elusive goal – the source of the River Nile. Set against a backdrop of imperial expansion into Africa, the expedition was led by Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke – two men who should have been great partners, but became bitter rivals. Candice Millard tells Ellie Cawthorne about Burton and Speke's gruelling, dangerous journey, and the guide who made it possible – Sidi Mubarak Bombay. (Ad) Candice Millard is the author of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Swift Press, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Gods-Genius-Courage-Betrayal-ebook/dp/B0B6MXG1CZ/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
durée : 00:59:15 - Mauvais genres - par : François Angelier - Enfin traduits en français, les commentaires érotiques et pornographiques des Mille et Une Nuits par leur traducteur anglais Richard Francis Burton révèlent la face cachée de ce classique littéraire et l'univers érotique de ce formidable érudit et explorateur. - invités : Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès écrivain
durée : 00:59:15 - Mauvais genres - par : François Angelier - Enfin traduits en français, les commentaires érotiques et pornographiques des Mille et Une Nuits par leur traducteur anglais Richard Francis Burton révèlent la face cachée de ce classique littéraire et l'univers érotique de ce formidable érudit et explorateur. - invités : Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès écrivain
durée : 00:28:45 - L'Entretien littéraire de Mathias Enard - par : Mathias Énard - Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès traduit une compilation des notes et essais de Richard Francis Burton dans "Le livre noir des Mille et une nuits" paru aux éditions du Cherche midi. - invités : Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès écrivain
With co-host Perry still overseas, David discusses some recent awards and goes on to interview Rob Gerrand about writing and publishing in Australia, and then Murray MacLachlan about growing up in New Zealand and discovering science fiction and fantasy. Introduction (00:21) General News (03:31) 2022 Hugo Award Winners (01:05) David's Thoughts on the 2022 Hugos (00:44) 2022 Astounding Award (00:31) 2022 British Fantasy Awards (00:21) 2022 Davitt Awards (00:44) Interview with Rob Gerrand (30:02) The Millennium Job by Rob Gerrand (09:34) How to publish a novel (02:00) The Diplomat of Florence by Anthony Wildman (02:56) Charm, Strangeness, Mass and Spin by Stephen Dedman (05:18) The Future of Norstrilia Press (08:48) Publishing through Substack (00:39) Interview with Murray MacLachlan (43:28) Growing up in Dunedin, New Zealand (01:39) The ages of reading (01:46) Dangerous Visions and New Worlds by Andrew Nette et al. (01:28) The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (01:39) Anderson's Bay (01:40) Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (00:51) Tales from the Galaxies by Amabel Williams-Ellis (00:54) Children's library in Dunedin (01:19) Star Rangers by Andre Norton (00:12) Wumpworld by Bill Peet (00:50) Tintin by Hergé (00:06) Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (00:37) Non-fiction (00:30) Chariots of the Gods by Eric Von Daniken (01:05) Librarians (00:17) The Ruins of Earth by Thomas Disch (01:41) Bullying (01:57) Comet in Moominland by Tove Janssen (00:34) The library (00:41) Noumenon (fanzine) (00:25) Discovering fannish community in NZ (00:17) National Association of Science Fiction (00:51) Aotereapa (03:01) Phillip Mann (02:08) Early New Zealand SF writing (01:03) Leaving Dunedin (00:56) Space Time Bucaneers (fanzine) by Ian Gunn (00:29) Attending conventions (01:22) Coming to Australia (00:53) Nova Mob (03:57) Galaxy Books and Bernard Brosnan (01:15) The Square Root of Man by William Tenn (00:14) Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty (00:21) The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance (00:26) The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem (00:14) The Ballad of Beta Two and Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany (00:09) The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (00:32) Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (00:40) Tales of the Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton (00:26) Underground comics (00:57) Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (00:44) Conclusion (01:01) Link to unabridged version of this interview on SoundCloud Windup (00:20) Illustration generated by Wombo.art
With co-host Perry still overseas, David discusses some recent awards and goes on to interview Rob Gerrand about writing and publishing in Australia, and then Murray MacLachlan about growing up in New Zealand and discovering science fiction and fantasy. Introduction (00:21) General News (03:31) 2022 Hugo Award Winners (01:05) David's Thoughts on the 2022 Hugos (00:44) 2022 Astounding Award (00:31) 2022 British Fantasy Awards (00:21) 2022 Davitt Awards (00:44) Interview with Rob Gerrand (30:02) The Millennium Job by Rob Gerrand (09:34) How to publish a novel (02:00) The Diplomat of Florence by Anthony Wildman (02:56) Charm, Strangeness, Mass & Spin by Stephen Dedman (05:18) The Future of Norstrilia Press (08:48) Publishing through Substack (00:39) Interview with Murray MacLachlan (43:28) Growing up in Dunedin, New Zealand (01:39) The ages of reading (01:46) Dangerous Visions and New Worlds by Andrew Nette et al. (01:28) The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (01:39) Anderson's Bay (01:40) Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (00:51) Tales from the Galaxies by Amabel Williams-Ellis (00:54) Children's library in Dunedin (01:19) Star Rangers by Andre Norton (00:12) Wumpworld by Bill Peet (00:50) Tintin by Hergé (00:06) Asterix the Gaul by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (00:37) Non-fiction (00:30) Chariots of the Gods by Eric Von Daniken (01:05) Librarians (00:17) The Ruins of Earth by Thomas Disch (01:41) Bullying (01:57) Comet in Moominland by Tove Janssen (00:34) The library (00:41) Noumenon (fanzine) (00:25) Discovering fannish community in NZ (00:17) National Association of Science Fiction (00:51) Aotereapa (03:01) Phillip Mann (02:08) Early New Zealand SF writing (01:03) Leaving Dunedin (00:56) Space Time Bucaneers (fanzine) by Ian Gunn (00:29) Attending conventions (01:22) Coming to Australia (00:53) Nova Mob (03:57) Galaxy Books and Bernard Brosnan (01:15) The Square Root of Man by William Tenn (00:14) Nine Hundred Grandmothers by R. A. Lafferty (00:21) The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance (00:26) The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem (00:14) The Ballad of Beta Two & Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany (00:09) The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (00:32) Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (00:40) Tales of the Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton (00:26) Underground comics (00:57) Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (00:44) Conclusion (01:01) Link to unabridged version of this interview on SoundCloud Windup (00:20) Click here for more info and indexes Illustration generated by Wombo.art
¿Donde nace el Nilo? Nieves Concostrina nos cuenta la rivalidad que se creó entre os exploradores, Richard Francis Burton y John H. Speke, para descubrirlo. Hoy hablamos del famoso 'Duelo del Nilo'
¿Donde nace el Nilo? Nieves Concostrina nos cuenta la rivalidad que se creó entre os exploradores, Richard Francis Burton y John H. Speke, para descubrirlo. Hoy hablamos del famoso 'Duelo del Nilo'
¿Donde nace el Nilo? Nieves Concostrina nos cuenta la rivalidad que se creó entre os exploradores, Richard Francis Burton y John H. Speke, para descubrirlo. Hoy hablamos del famoso 'Duelo del Nilo'
Candice Millard, the author of four New York Times bestselling books, is here this week to discuss her newest book River of the Gods. The story of the search for the elusive source of the Nile by 19th-century explorers, it gives rise to a wide-ranging discussion across many dynamics, modern & historic. (1:54) Introduction to Candice Millard (3:20) The Source of the Story (5:20) Importance of the source of the Nile (7:12) The Royal Geographic Society past and present (9:55) A picture of Richard Francis Burton (13:25) Sidi Mubarak Bombay: the great unknown explorer (17:45) Checking emotions and biases in historical writing (21:31) John Hanning Speke: Partner and Rival (25:57) The hardships of exploration (28:32) Bygone themes of the 19th century (35:15) Candice Millard's writing style and methods (38:04) What is Candice reading now (40:26) Candice's tips for new writers (47:21) Why these books and these stories? (48:40) What is the big takeaway from all four of these books (50:05) Candice's next adventure… Host: David Gardner Guest: Candice Millard Producer: Heather Horton
Victorian SupermanHe translated the karma sutra, sneaked into one of the holiest places on earth, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika – by accident - and possessed an extremely impressive moustache.His name was Richard Francis Burton and there was very little he couldn't do.It's a tale of pathological boredom, heroic drinking, sexual exploration and malaria.Why did Burton live with a family of monkeys?What did he use to hit one of his teachers over the head?Where did someone stick a spear in his body that made life difficult?What was the Cannibal Club?The answers to all these questions and more can be found in episode 28 of Rogue's Gallery Uncovered – the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.Email: simon@roguesgalleryonline.comSupport the gallery on Patreon HEREVisit the exclusive store HERESign up for the newsletter and become “A Lovable Rogue” HERESupport the show
Los grandes exploradores, aquellos que alcanzaron la gloria o la muerte en la búsqueda de los grandes misterios de la Tierra, regresan hoy a El Abrazo del Oso para remontar el gran Río africano. Hoy en el programa, bien dirigidos por Francisco José García, alcanzaremos las fuentes del Nilo, atravesando las aguas pantanosas del Sudd, hasta llegar al inmenso Lago Victoria. Una carrera mortal, llena de peligros y de feroz competencia para poder enarbolar la medalla de los grandes descubridores del misterioso continente africano. Hoy conoceremos a grandes exploradores como John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton, David Livingstone o Henry Morton Stanley, entre otros muchos que soñaron con escribir su nombre en los libros de historia y geografía como los descubridores de los remotos orígenes del Nilo. Ayuda a El Abrazo del Oso a crear más podcasts en abierto y accede a contenidos extra pinchando en el botón apoyar aquí en iVoox. O pásate por www.patreon.com/elabrazodeloso ¡GRACIAS! Programa remasterizado originalmente emitido en OMC Radio el 8 de mayo de 2016. www.elabrazodeloso.es Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
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Los grandes exploradores, aquellos que alcanzaron la gloria o la muerte en la búsqueda de los grandes misterios de la Tierra, regresan hoy a El Abrazo del Oso para remontar el gran Río africano. Hoy en el programa, bien dirigidos por Francisco José García, alcanzaremos las fuentes del Nilo, atravesando las aguas pantanosas del Sudd, hasta llegar al inmenso Lago Victoria. Una carrera mortal, llena de peligros y de feroz competencia para poder enarbolar la medalla de los grandes descubridores del misterioso continente africano. Hoy conoceremos a grandes exploradores como John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton, David Livingstone o Henry Morton Stanley, entre otros muchos que soñaron con escribir su nombre en los libros de historia y geografía como los descubridores de los remotos orígenes del Nilo. Ayuda a El Abrazo del Oso a crear más podcasts en abierto y accede a contenidos extra pinchando en el botón apoyar aquí en iVoox. O pásate por www.patreon.com/elabrazodeloso ¡GRACIAS! Programa remasterizado originalmente emitido en OMC Radio el 8 de mayo de 2016. www.elabrazodeloso.es
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Historical Events 1731 Birth of Martha Washington (books about this person), the inaugural first lady of the United States. At Mount Vernon, Martha was in charge of the kitchen garden. As mistress of the plantation, she was in charge of entertaining guests and planning the evening meal. This meant that a robust kitchen garden was an absolute necessity. Thus, the kitchen garden is the oldest garden at Mount Vernon. It was installed in 1760, and the grounds have produced edibles now for over 250 years. So while other areas of Mount Vernon have gone through some changes, the kitchen garden or the lower garden remains primarily unchanged from how it was initially used back when the Washingtons lived there. Now George and Martha spent a great deal of time away from the estate. And whenever George Washington would send letters back to Mount Vernon, the last paragraph was reserved for instructions from Martha to the gardener about the kitchen garden. Martha would ask about different crops and suggest planting or collecting seeds. Martha really was a knowledgeable plantswoman, and when it came to the kitchen garden, she was not afraid to make suggestions or changes. Martha knew that the kitchen garden was a reflection of her As George's wife and as the president's wife. And when George and Martha were at Mount Vernon, they hosted an average of 600 guests every single year. And most of those people enjoyed supper at the plantation, and the meal No Doubt featured produce from the kitchen garden. William Spence was the gardener at Mount Vernon. He continued working at Mount Vernon after George Washington's death. In addition, William was s a witness to Martha Washington's will, which he signed on September 22, 1800. 1874 On this day, Ann Pamela Cunningham, founder of the MVLA, gave her farewell address MVLA stands for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, which was founded in 1853. In 1858, less than five years later, this group of indomitable women purchased Mount Vernon from the George Washington family. By so doing, they saved George Washington's eighteenth-century plantation home from development or destruction. Together with encouragement from tourists, the MVLA worked to restore the home and grounds to their full glory. Ann spoke of the need for continued work in her address: Ladies, the home of Washington is in your charge see to it that you keep It the home of Washington! Let no irreverent hand change it; let no vandal hands desecrate it with the fingers of "progress"! Let one spot, in this grand country of ours, be saved from change. Upon you rests this duty. Today we can say definitively that Ann's advice was followed. Washington's home is in top condition along with the outbuildings and the grounds. The greenhouse, which was in a fire in 1835, was fully restored in 1952. To preserve Washington's view of the Potomac, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association purchased nearly 500 acres on the other side of the Potomac River, thanks to Mrs. Frances Payne Bolton. The latter ended up organizing one of the country's earliest land trusts. When it came to Mount Vernon, George Washington always dreamed of a fine landscape and beautiful gardens. Many enslaved people and trained gardeners made his dream a reality. George hired his first gardener in 1762. A decade later, he posted an ad that said, "a good Kitchen Gardener is what I want." After seeing the one that Margaret Tilghman Carroll installed at her home, Mount Clare, near Baltimore, George added a greenhouse. In turn, Margaret sent the plans and some plants to help the Washingtons christen their greenhouse. In 1799, one guest at Mount Vernon wrote, "[There] I saw ...English grapes, oranges, limes, and lemons... as well as a great variety of plants and flowers... exquisite in their perfume and delightful to the eye..." 1893 On this day, a witty, thoughtful, and upright citizen of South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, Stephen Sears wrote in his journal about his garden. Stephen kept a journal for posterity, and nature entries are sprinkled throughout his writings in between notes on work, worship, and family. Stephen was a Sunday School teacher, and he wrote that he thought it was "the best thing I can do for the coming generation." On this day in 1893, Stephen was 71 years old. He built a cage around a tree and burned caterpillars. He must have thought them destructive (maybe tent caterpillars?) That spring, he had "plowed [the] garden and planted peas." On June 6, he noted that "summer is here, hot and dry," and then he "transplanted [his] tomato vines and hoed [his] watermelons." Almost every day, Stephen worked in his garden. He watered daily and occasionally added seaweed as a fertilizer. On June 17, after three weeks of no rain, Stephen wrote, "The ground is wet again, and vegetation smiles." At the end of the month, he was clearly frustrated with one particular garden pest: potato bugs. Stephen wrote, If I were to offer [a] sacrifice to the Devil it [w]ould be potato bugs in Lager Beer. . 2003 On this day, an Iraqi scientist named Mahdi Obeidi led US officials, including David Kay, out to his rose garden. Over a decade earlier, in February of 1992, Uday Hussein had told Mahdi Obeidi to hide all the evidence of Iraq's efforts to pursue a nuclear program. So Mahdi gathered up his documents and prototypes and packed them in a fifty-gallon drum. Then Mahdi buried the drum beneath a lotus tree in his backyard. The entire stash remained there undisturbed until America declared war on Iraq. Mahdi's story became a book called, The Bomb in My Garden and tells how Saddam Hussein pursued nukes only to be thwarted by his invasion of Kuwait and honorable people in his own government. After the fall of Baghdad, Dr. Obeidi felt it was finally safe to reveal the secret he had buried in his garden, under a lotustree, no less. Lotus trees have a long history and are known scientifically as the Ziziphus lotus. In Greek mythology, in the Odyssey, the Lotus tree fruit was eaten by the Lotus-Eaters to make them sleepy and to create a false sense of peace and apathy. It was said Romulus planted a sacred Lotus near the temple of Vulcan and that it was still standing seven centuries later, in the time of Pliny the Elder. The English explorer Richard Francis Burton saw a lotus on his travels through the middle east. The Lotus leaves were used to wash the bodies of the dead, and the fruit was sold as a cash crop to travelers. Today the Lotus tree is used as fodder and for hedges. The thorny branches create an effective barrier. The flowers are a favorite of pollinators of all kinds. Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Where We Bloom by Debra Prinzing This book came out in 2022, and the subtitle is Thirty-Seven Intimate, Inventive and Artistic Studio Spaces Where Floral Passions Find a Place to Blossom. The publisher writes, Step inside the places where flowers come to life. Slow Flowers Society founder Debra Prinzing's new book showcases the beautiful plant- and flower-filled settings of Slow Flowers designers, farmer-florists, and growers. Each environment reflects the personality and aesthetic style of its owner, offering great ideas to inspire the design, organization, and functionality of your creative studio. Visit their spaces and read about their floral passions. Debra profiles thirty-seven studio spaces for floral aficionados of all kinds in this book. Here's how she introduces Lori Poliski's Woodinville, Washington, modern homestead - a former horse barn converted into a studio with function and beauty in mind: Lori Poliski was a gardener long before she formed Flori, her design studio based in a suburb of Seattle. She has made posies and arrangements since she was five, drawing from roots that began on a family farm in New Jersey where her mother grew lilacs, peonies, and roses. Lori worked for a flower shop in the Bay Area after college and later, during a technology career, she continued to design flowers for family and friends' weddings. In 2017, she formalized a business, naming the studio "Flori" ...and rhymes with her name. Lori said, "My husband designed my first business card and it read: "Garden-style Bowers for small weddings and events." The frustration of producing wedding flowers in a garage filled with sports equipment and bicycles inspired dreams of having a dedicated design space. Lori's solution? A 12-by-24-foot covered storage area at one end of the horse barn where three animals also are stabled. The space now has two sets of white French dooms and windows, which look charming against the blue-gray shingle siding, complete with striped awning, I can only imagine how fun it was for Debra to roam the country scouting these 37 flower-filled locations for her book. All the stories and the people behind these magical spaces are a true joy to discover. If you are thinking about creating or redoing a floral space of your own - a simple she shed or a little corner in the garage or attic, well, then you'll find plenty of inspiration in the spaces profiled in Debra's book. This book is 127 pages of pure eye candy and dreams made real for modern floral artists and creatives. You can get a copy of Where We Bloom by Debra Prinzing and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $9. Botanic Spark 1962 Death of Vita Sackville-West (books by this author) English author, and garden designer. In 1960, Vita wrote of her marriage and death: ..now in our advancing age, we love each other more deeply than ever, and also more agonizingly, since we see the inevitable end. It is not nice to know that one of us must die before the other. Vita died first. Three weeks later, Harold wrote, Oh Vita, I have wept buckets for you. Vita Sackville-West was a talented and complex woman. An excellent writer, Vita found success as a poet, writer, and broadcaster. After she and Harold purchased Sissinghurst, Vita became one of the most influential gardeners of her time. For over twenty years, they worked together to create a garden where none ever grew before. And for over a decade, she wrote a weekly column about her life as a gardener at Sissinghurst for the Observer. Vita was at once relatable, admirable, witty, and removed. Vita knew love and loss in her personal life and had relationships with both women and men, but through it, all Harold remained the true north of her heart. Today the fruit of their labor and their shared dream, Sissinghurst, is beloved worldwide, and Vita's garden wisdom still holds sway. In her book called The Garden, Vita wrote, I tried to hold the courage of my ways In that which might endure, Daring to find a world in a lost world, A little world, a little perfect world… And in her Poems of West & East, Vita wrote a loving tribute to their efforts at Sissinghurst in a poem called The Garden. We owned a garden on a hill, We planted rose and daffodil, Flowers that English poets sing, And hoped for glory in the Spring. We planted yellow hollyhocks, And humble sweetly-smelling stocks, And columbine for carnival, And dreamt of Summer's festival. And Autumn not to be outdone As heiress of the summer sun, Should doubly wreathe her tawny head With poppies and with creepers red. We waited then for all to grow, We planted wallflowers in a row. And lavender and borage blue, - Alas! we waited, I and you, But love was all that ever grew. Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.
In the 19th century, the source of the Nile River remained one of the greatest mysteries of geographic exploration. The story of how the British eventually found it is one of adventure, danger, and bravery, but also arrogance, envy, and resentment.Here to offer some snapshots from this dramatic expedition is Candice Millard, author of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile. Today on the show, Candice shares how two men who were very much opposites, Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke, ventured together on two years-long expeditions to locate the source of the longest and most legendary river in the world, the harrowing obstacles they faced in their quest, and how their partnership devolved into a bitter rivalry. Along the way, we discuss what made Burton such a compelling character, why we remember his name but not Speke's, and the African guide who was the unheralded hero in the achievements of both men.Resources Related to the PodcastCandice's previous appearance on the show — #240: The Making of Winston ChurchillRichard Francis BurtonJohn Hanning SpekeSidi Mubarak BombayLake VictoriaLake TanganyikaAoM Article: Lessons From Richard Francis BurtonAoM Article: An Intro to EnvyConnect With Candice MillardCandice's WebsiteListen to the Podcast! (And don't forget to leave us a review!)Listen to the episode on a separate page.Download this episode.Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice.Listen ad-free on Stitcher Premium; get a free month when you use code "manliness" at checkout.
The final episode of our series, we follow Burton as a diplomat in Brazil, Syria and Italy. But more importantly, we look at Burton's time translating eastern texts - including the legendary Arabian Nights. For all things Burton: https://burtoniana.org Photos, maps, fun: https://explorerspodcast.com/richard-francis-burton/ The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Burton goes to travels to America, and then takes a diplomatic position in West Africa. Meanwhile, Speke returns to Lake Victoria. The episode finishes with a public debate between Burton and Speke - and ends in tragedy. Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Part five of our series, Burton and Speke head back to Zanzibar. Along the way, Speke leads a side excursion to the north - where he will come upon Lake Victoria - the real source of the Nile. It will ignite a feud between the two men. Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part 4 of our series, Burton and Speke travel west from Zanzibar in search of the a great inland lake - called the Sea of Ujiji by the Arabs - and Tanganyika by the African people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Part 3 of our series on Burton takes us to East Africa with the Somaliland Expedition. Burton will make an attempt to reach the inland city of Harar - where no European had ever gone to - and returned. Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part 2 of our series, Burton goes undercover to explore Arabia, including the cities of Medina and Mecca - the two holiest cities in Islam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part 1 of our series on British explorer and adventurer Richard Francis Burton, we cover Burton's early life, including his time in India, where he embraced eastern culture and religion. His linguistic expertise would allow him to travel throughout the region in disguise. Website devoted to Burton and his works: https://burtoniana.org Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One hundred years ago today adventurer, translator, and writer Richard Francis Burton, was born. His accomplishments include translating both “The Arabian Nights” and “The Kama Sutra."
Richard Francis Burton übersetzte Geschichten aus Tausendundeiner Nacht ins Englische. Er entdeckte den Tanganjika-See und war der erste Europäer, der als Pilger verkleidet nach Mekka reiste.
Et stort mysterium har plaget verdens geografer gennem hundredvis af år. Hvor udsprang Nilen? Vi skal ud på en næsten to års strabadserende ekspedition gennem Centralafrika med to excentriske, men også meget forskellige mænd: Richard Francis Burton og John Hanning Speke. Ekspeditionen resulterer i store opdagelser - men også med at de to gode kammerater bliver dødeligt uvenner. Forrådte den ene den anden? Rejsen giver de to stor berømmelse, men ender med, at den ene af dem bliver fundet død, skudt af sit eget våben. Er det selvmord, et vådeskud eller mord? Medvirkende: Kay Søren Nielsen. Historiker fra Københavns Universitet, tidligere museumsinspektør på Krigsmuseet og tilknyttet Forsvaret i mange år.
Et stort mysterium har plaget verdens geografer gennem hundredvis af år. Hvor udsprang Nilen? Vi skal ud på en næsten to års strabadserende ekspedition gennem Centralafrika med to excentriske, men også meget forskellige mænd: Richard Francis Burton og John Hanning Speke. Ekspeditionen resulterer i store opdagelser - men også med at de to gode kammerater bliver dødeligt uvenner. Forrådte den ene den anden? Rejsen giver de to stor berømmelse, men ender med, at den ene af dem bliver fundet død, skudt af sit eget våben. Er det selvmord, et vådeskud eller mord? Medvirkende: Kay Søren Nielsen, historiker fra Københavns Universitet. Tidligere museumsinspektør på Krigsmuseet og tilknyttet Forsvaret i mange år.
Disfruta de esta charla con la escritora Elena Clarke, en la que hablamos sobre Bali, su libro «El paraíso de las mil islas» y toda la historia que hay detrás. Descubre cómo era la vida en el sigo XIX, quién era Richard Francis Burton, curiosidades viajeras de estas dos mujeres que aman explorarse y explorar mundo a través de kilómetros y literatura... ¡y más! ¿Te lo vas a perder? Puedes encontrar el artículo de la entrevista en literaturayviajes.com, Y en Instagram en @beatriz_blumen y @literaturayviajes_
Tonight’s readings comes from The Book of the Sword. Published in 1884 and written by Richard Francis Burton, this book really helped me appreciate the importance of the sword and its place in the history of the world. While the sword itself may be seen a weapon and instrument of death to many, it is an instrument that defined eras and civilizations across the entire world. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. Each episode is designed to play in the background, while you slowly fall asleep. The podcast is completely free and it’s the support from listeners that allows me keep bringing out more episodes. If the podcast helps, please subscribe and leave a review, it really does help out. You can also say hello at Boreyoutosleep.com where you support the podcast. I’m also now on Twitter and Instagram @BoreYouToSleep In the meantime, lie back, relax and enjoy the readings. Sincerely. Teddy --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/boreyoutosleep/support
The Stuph File Program Featuring actress Dawn Wells from Gilligan's Island; Pez Candy Company historian, Shawn Peterson, author of PEZ: From Austrian Invention to American Icon; & David Rich, author of The Mirrored Palace: A Historical Novel Download We remember actress Dawn Wells, of Gilligan's Island fame, who recently passed away from Covid-19, with part of a conversation we had back in 2001.(Patreon Stuph File patrons can hear the full conversation by following this Patreon link. Also, you can listen to a more recent conversation with Dawn from December 2012 on show #0172). Shawn Peterson is the Pez Candy Company historian and the author of the book PEZ: From Austrian Invention to American Icon. As a Pez collector he actually went to the company and created his own job. David Rich is the author of The Mirrored Palace: A Historical Novel. A spy story that features the real life character of explorer and author Richard Francis Burton. This week’s guest slate is presented by Ernie Smith from the great newsletter Tedium, which has just celebrated its 6th year anniversary. Ernie has been a guest several times on this show and his newsletter is a great bi-weekly read.
Richard Francis Burton packed twelve lifetimes of adventure and scholarship into one. This real life "Indiana Jones" discovered the source of the Nile, traveled to forbidden cities, explored ancient religions and introduced generations of Europeans to the Arabian Nights and other classics of eastern fairytale. This is his story.
Dr Ben Grant, departmental lecturer in English and author of Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play of Empire (Routledge, 2009) reflects on Richard Francis Burton's sojourn in Oxford in the 1840s.
Dr Ben Grant, departmental lecturer in English and author of Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play of Empire (Routledge, 2009) reflects on Richard Francis Burton's sojourn in Oxford in the 1840s.
Forget everything you know about Will Smith. Watch our hero, Robert Neville, piledrives crowds of vampires while reeking of alcohol and garlic. Also, are this and Harry Potter the only stories with "monster world orders"? Send questions to genrepodcast@gmail.com and read along with us for our next book, "Vikram and the Vampire" translated by Richard Francis Burton.
Richard Francis Burton ha l'ossessione per il sesso e quella per l'avventura. Linguista di talento, scriverà diversi libri sulle sue avventure e tradurrà testi dall'arabo e dall'indiano. Non tutte le imprese che riporta potrebbero però essere vere. Seguici anche su: YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/channel/UCSccnE9-Y9PfJC2thw-vgtg FACEBOOK https://facebook.com/mentecast/ SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/6rEXAE1nfxmfdzY9dtFYO7 iTUNES https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/mentecast/id1458522809? SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-613167048 TWITTER https://twitter.com/mentecast INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/mentecast FONTI: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/03/richard-francis-burton-explorer-mecca-horn-africa-nile-victorian https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/20/books/living-for-sex-and-danger.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Burton-British-scholar-and-explorer https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-francis-burton https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sir-richard-burtons-tent-tomb https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/17/richard-francis-burton/ https://www.biblio.com/blog/2017/10/sir-richard-francis-burton-aka-ruffian-dick-renegade-explorer-sexual-scholar/# Conferenza alla libreria del Congresso US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSakH88qZtI Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah - 1855-56 http://www.burtoniana.org/books/1855-Narrative%20of%20a%20Pilgrimage%20to%20Mecca%20and%20Medinah/index.htm L'africa e la dipendenza da bhang https://books.google.it/books?id=V2JsKRrgsboC&pg=PT93#v=onepage&q&f=false Matt Easton, critica al manuale di spada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZJxGi8Z44 The Cannibal Club https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cannibal-club-racism-and-rabble-rousing-victorian-england-180952088/ Testi gratuiti online https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/realsirrichardbu00dodg https://archive.org/details/captainsirrichar00rice_0 Rogues Gallery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRg9gI48h4o
En el episodio de hoy conoceremos a Richard Francis Burton, uno de los más famosos exploradores del siglo XIX. Fue protagonista de hazañas como la peregrinación a la Meca de Incógnito o el descubrimiento de los grandes lagos de África Central. Un personaje que habla más de 25 lenguas con fluidez y quizá, el mejor estereotipo de explorador que ha habido... empezamos! No olvidéis que encontraréis también esta información en mi web: https://horitzon.com/buscadores/richard-francis-burton/
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), was an English explorer, scholar, poet, translator, and diplomat and played a part in discovering the source of the River Nile. He is also credited with introducing the West to the Kama Sutra.
Tonight’s readings comes from The Book of the Sword. Published in 1884 and written by Richard Francis Burton, this book really helped me appreciate the importance of the sword and its place in the history of the world. While the sword itself may be seen a weapon and instrument of death to many, it is an instrument that defined eras and civilizations across the entire world. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. Each episode is designed to play in the background, while you slowly fall asleep. The podcast is completely free and it’s the support from listeners that allows me keep bringing out more episodes. If the podcast helps, please subscribe and leave a review, it really does help out. You can also say hello at Boreyoutosleep.com where you support the podcast. I’m also now on Twitter and Instagram @BoreYouToSleep In the meantime, lie back, relax and enjoy the readings. Sincerely. Teddy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/boreyoutosleep/support
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A fines de los años 60, después de crear a The Monkees y volverse millonario produciendo Easy Rider, Bob Rafelson estaba al centro de la industria. Veinte años después, en 1990, era un director totalmente al margen aunque en camino de realizar su proyecto más ambicioso: narrar la historia de la amistad y enemistad entre Richard Francis Burton y John Hanning Speke, los exploradores británicos que descubrieron el origen del río Nilo. Financiado nada menos que por los productores de Rambo, Rafelson sabía que su película rendía homenaje a superproducciones del pasado y que, por lo mismo, el grueso del público la imaginaría como una "antigüedad", sin embargo apostó todo a que el futuro le daría la razón. Y estaba en lo correcto. En los años siguientes no hubo nada parecido a Las montañas de la Luna -lo más cercano hasta hoy es Master and Commander (2001), de Peter Weir-, pero hoy es posible apreciarlo como lo que es: un filme sin tiempo. De eso y de mucho más hablamos en este podcast.
Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 42/41 “Space Fortress A Baoa Qu” (宇宙要塞ア·バオア·クー) and 43/42 “Escape” (脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: some Japanese vocab, what the heck is an A Bao A Qu?, the Kyūjō Incident, and how Kai made Thom think of the Illiad. - Myou/みょう/妙 definition from Jisho.- Me/め/奴 definition from Jisho.- Two Tofugu articles explaining keigo (and Thom was right, both honorific language and humble language fall under the umbrella of keigo).- The specific translation of 1001 Arabian Nights that Borges cited:"A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled: The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights.Translated and edited by Richard Francis Burton." - Review of a new translation that mentions the debate around the A Bao A Qu citation.- The connection between Final Fantasy and Borges.- Japanese edition of 幻獣辞典 (Genjyuu Jiten).- Borges and Japan, article by Koichi Hagimoto, published in journal Chasqui, Vol. 44, No. 2, November 2015.- Wikipedia and Britannica articles about Jorge Luis Borges.- Citation for the book itself: The Book of Imaginary Beings, Jorge Luis Borges, 1957 (trans. 1969 by Norman Thomas di Giovanni, 2006 by Andrew Hurley) published by Dutton in 1969 and Penguin in 2006.- Wikipedia page on the Kyūjō incident.- Japan Times and Medium articles about the Kyūjō incident.- Wikipedia explanation of Kokutai and it's shifting definition through time.- Book that provides great detail on the politics of the end of WWII in Japan:Toland, John. Rising Sun. Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2005.- Section from Hyginus' Fabulae about Protesilaus. - Another section from the Fabulae, listing the suitors of Helen.- A chronicle of the Trojan war from Dictys of Crete and Dares of Phrygia, includes Protesilaus in the Chronicle of Ships.- From the Library by Apollodorus, a brief version of the Protesilaus story.- English summary of some sections from the Epic Cycle (the series of poems that cover the whole of the Trojan war, of which the Iliad and Odyssey are the main surviving texts).- Summary of Protesilaus' story.- Relevant Wikipedia pages: Protesilaus, Laodamia of Phylace, Suitors of Helen, Cypria. - The memorial poem: Alexander Posey's "The Conquerors."- Song that plays under the memorial poem: "Parisian" by Kevin MacLeod. You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us on twitter @gundampodcast, check us out at gundampodcast.com, email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com.Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photo and video, MSB gear, and much more!The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both have been edited for length. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. All Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise Inc. or Bandai or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comFind out more at http://gundampodcast.com
Show Notes This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Gundam episode 42/41 “Space Fortress A Baoa Qu” (宇宙要塞ア·バオア·クー) and 43/42 “Escape” (脱出), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: some Japanese vocab, what the heck is an A Bao A Qu?, the Kyūjō Incident, and how Kai made Thom think of the Illiad. - Myou/みょう/妙 definition from Jisho.- Me/め/奴 definition from Jisho.- Two Tofugu articles explaining keigo (and Thom was right, both honorific language and humble language fall under the umbrella of keigo).- The specific translation of 1001 Arabian Nights that Borges cited:"A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Now Entituled: The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. With Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men and a Terminal Essay upon the History of the Nights.Translated and edited by Richard Francis Burton." - Review of a new translation that mentions the debate around the A Bao A Qu citation.- The connection between Final Fantasy and Borges.- Japanese edition of 幻獣辞典 (Genjyuu Jiten).- Borges and Japan, article by Koichi Hagimoto, published in journal Chasqui, Vol. 44, No. 2, November 2015.- Wikipedia and Britannica articles about Jorge Luis Borges.- Citation for the book itself: The Book of Imaginary Beings, Jorge Luis Borges, 1957 (trans. 1969 by Norman Thomas di Giovanni, 2006 by Andrew Hurley) published by Dutton in 1969 and Penguin in 2006.- Wikipedia page on the Kyūjō incident.- Japan Times and Medium articles about the Kyūjō incident.- Wikipedia explanation of Kokutai and it's shifting definition through time.- Book that provides great detail on the politics of the end of WWII in Japan:Toland, John. Rising Sun. Pen & Sword Military Classics, 2005.- Section from Hyginus' Fabulae about Protesilaus. - Another section from the Fabulae, listing the suitors of Helen.- A chronicle of the Trojan war from Dictys of Crete and Dares of Phrygia, includes Protesilaus in the Chronicle of Ships.- From the Library by Apollodorus, a brief version of the Protesilaus story.- English summary of some sections from the Epic Cycle (the series of poems that cover the whole of the Trojan war, of which the Iliad and Odyssey are the main surviving texts).- Summary of Protesilaus' story.- Relevant Wikipedia pages: Protesilaus, Laodamia of Phylace, Suitors of Helen, Cypria. - The memorial poem: Alexander Posey's "The Conquerors."- Song that plays under the memorial poem: "Parisian" by Kevin MacLeod. You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us on twitter @gundampodcast, check us out at gundampodcast.com, email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com.Mobile Suit Breakdown wouldn't exist without the support of our fans and Patrons! You can join our Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus episodes, extra out-takes, behind-the-scenes photo and video, MSB gear, and much more!The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both have been edited for length. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. All Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise Inc. or Bandai or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comFind out more at http://gundampodcast.com
Ankawa Africa es un programa dirigido y presentado por Dani Serralta. Viajero, aventurero y residente en África desde hace 16 años. Programa donde explico la historia del descubrimiento de las fuentes del Nilo. Las aventuras de Richard Francis Burton y John Haning Speke en busca de uno de los mayores misterios de la humanidad. Y contesto a la consulta de un oyente que me ha escrito preguntando sobre una breve guía y consejos sobre el parque nacional del Queen Elizabeth en Uganda. Sin duda, el programa más aventurero. Porque la aventura tiene un nombre….Dani Serralta. www.facebook.com/daniserraltaduran www.facebook.com/ankawasafari Instagram: @daniserralta Twitter: @daniserralta www.daniserralta.com Youtube: Dani Serralta
Ankawa Africa es un programa dirigido y presentado por Dani Serralta. Viajero, aventurero y residente en África desde hace 16 años. Programa donde explico la historia del descubrimiento de las fuentes del Nilo. Las aventuras de Richard Francis Burton y John Haning Speke en busca de uno de los mayores misterios de la humanidad. Y contesto a la consulta de un oyente que me ha escrito preguntando sobre una breve guía y consejos sobre el parque nacional del Queen Elizabeth en Uganda. Sin duda, el programa más aventurero. Porque la aventura tiene un nombre….Dani Serralta. www.facebook.com/daniserraltaduran www.facebook.com/ankawasafari Instagram: @daniserralta Twitter: @daniserralta www.daniserralta.com Youtube: Dani Serralta
Everybody imagines the World's Most Interesting Man to be a fictional grey-haired lothario who drinks Mexican beer and boasts of his legendary exploits. But what if a man like this really lived?It turns out he did. He is Richard Francis Burton, a Victorian-era explorer who learned 29 languages, went undercover as a Muslim on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and wrote 50 books on topics ranging from a translation of the Kama Sutra to a manual on bayonet exercises.In this episode I explore Burton's life and his incredible achievements. He nearly discovered the source of the Nile with his expedition partner, John Hanning Speke. He had a massive facial scar that came from a Somali tribesman throwing a spear that passed through both his cheeks. He travelled 1,500 miles in a solo canoe expedition down Brazil's São Francisco River, discovering a jungle tribe and deciphering their language.Adventures aside, Burton is best known today for translating the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra into English. He was the most educated explorer of the Victorian age, a time when only men of rough disposition set out to discover foreign lands, in stark contrast to the landed gentry, who were uninterested in international travel, unless it was in the comfort of a steamship to go administer a colony for the sake of the Crown or as a military officer deployed to extend the global landholdings of the British Empire.Burton published over three dozen volumes, ranging from such topics as linguistics, ethnology, poetry, geography, fencing, and travel narratives. He spoke Greek, Arabic, Persian, Icelandic, Turkish, Swahili, Hindi, and a host of other European, Asian, and African tongues.Learn about Burton's extraordinary life, and how a beer pitchman could never hope to live up to it.
Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, translator, and contender for the 19th-century's world's most interesting man. He was also functional in dozens of languages and translated monumental works of scholarship from Arabic and Portuguese in English.
Los grandes exploradores, aquellos que alcanzaron la gloria o la muerte en la búsqueda de los grandes misterios de la Tierra, regresan hoy a El Abrazo del Oso para remontar el gran Río africano. Hoy en el programa, bien dirigidos por Francisco José García, alcanzaremos las fuentes del Nilo, atravesando las aguas pantanosas del Sudd, hasta llegar al inmenso Lago Victoria. Una carrera mortal, llena de peligros y de feroz competencia para poder enarbolar la medalla de los grandes descubridores del misterioso continente africano. Hoy conoceremos a grandes exploradores como John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton, David Livingstone o Henry Morton Stanley, entre otros muchos que soñaron con escribir su nombre en los libros de historia y geografía como los descubridores de los remotos orígenes del Nilo. Programa originalmente emitido en OMC Radio (www.omcradio.org) el 8 de mayo de 2016. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Sir Richard Francis Burton was an explorer, adventurer, soldier, author, poet, sexologist and translator. He brought us the Kama Sutra and spoke 29 languages. The author Monica Ali champions this racy character and tells Matthew Parris why this 19th-century explorer is a Great Life. They are also joined by historian and broadcaster Matthew Ward. Producer: Perminder Khatkar.