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Categorie archief: Voyage of discovery
Sir Richard Francis Burton’s Arabian Nights
Sir Richard Francis Burton has often been described in his own lifetime as ‘the most interesting figure of the 19th century’. Bold to a fault, Burton travelled to Mecca and Medina, he entered the forbidden African city of Harrar, explored … Lees verder
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Tags: Arabian Nights, Isabel Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton
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