Today, Sunday, March 19, 2000, Is The First Sir Richard Burton Day! (That would be captain sir richard francis burton the one who knew lots and Here s an overview of where he went and what he did from Inner Africa to http://www.sculpturesplace.com/bbs/index.cgi/noframes/read/1081
Extractions: namesake from Wales.) Today, as we celebrate, think "Far-away Places" big time! For this is the birth anniversary (in 1821) of the eminent English explorer, linguist, and writer who really did go places no one else ever had or, at least, in ways nobody else had been able to do, or even tried! For instance, in 1853, Sir Richard disguised himself as an Afghan pilgrim so he could see the "forbidden city" of Mecca; he saw others, including Medina and Harer, the same way. And he came out alive which no other European interloper ever had. With a companion, John Hanning Speke, he searched for the headwaters of the Nile. That was in 1858. Beginning in 1861, he served in an official capacity in such places as West Africa, South America, and the Middle East.
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Early life and career Exploration in Arabia Foreign office ... Trieste Additional Reading Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products Burton, Sir Richard Page 6 of 6 Additional Reading Biographies by contemporaries include Isabel Burton, The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vol. (1893, reprinted 1977); Thomas Wright, The Life of Sir Richard Burton, 2 vol. (1906, reprinted 1968), largely hostile; Georgiana Stisted, The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard F. Burton
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Extractions: Home About ARMA Where to Start What's New ... Index At present, for a dedicated few, the pursuit of Renaissance martial arts is far more than just a passing interest or curiosity or another in a long series of martial arts fad. It is a sincere way of studying historical skills while connecting to the cultural roots of their own heritage. Such an effort actually was underway over 100 years ago and in, of all places, Britain. Several Victorian military men, namely Captain Alfred Hutton, Egerton Castle, Captain Carl Thimm, Colonel Cyril Matthey, Sir Frederick and William Pollock, and Captain Sir Richard Burton, were fencers interested in the history and practice of antique forms of fence. Their legacy is with us in the current resurgence of historical fencing interest now underway. It proved so popular that, in 1891, it was translated into French and German. Enlarged and revised in an 1896 edition, it was the most complete compilation on the subject at the time, even superceding contemporaneous Italian and French attempts. Though Thimm often listed titles he had never seen or read and duplicated or incorrectly listed many entries, even today his work serves as a primary resource. Thimm
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Extractions: The great Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone who did so much to open up the African continent died as recently as 1873, while Captain James Cook, the legendary English navigator, who did more than any other navigator to add to our knowledge of the Pacific and the Southern Ocean, was killed in Hawaii in 1779. Admittedly, one has to go back to the 15th century to chronicle the voyages of the Genoese explorer, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), who is credited with the discovery of... (Scotsman.com) Ever aware that they are following in the metaphorical footsteps of great explorers of the past Vasco da Gama, Mungo Park, Ibn Battuta, David Livingstone, and other men of adventure who bridged Africa and the West Stark shares these explorers' stories, finding a common thread linking his experience with theirs. Using their accounts, his travails on the Lugenda River, and the insights of wilderness philosophers such as Henry David Thoreau, Stark attempts to understand the very nature of... (Helena Independent Record)
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Extractions: Born in 1483 in Muslim Granada. In 1518, the young Hasan ibn Muhammad al Wazzan al-Fasi was captured from an Arab galley by Christian corsairs (at the time, piracy was endemic in the Mediterranean). Because he had travelled widely, despite being only in his thirties, he was spared slavery and taken instead for an audience with Pope Leo X, who had acquired a commendable reputation for welcoming fresh intellectual talent into his Renaissance court (though he was later to excommunicate Luther). Leo X baptised the young Moor as Giovanni Leone, who was then given the freedom to complete his astonishing History and Description of Africa and Notable Things therein contained , published in Italian in 1526. It is still considered to be one of the most competent and indeed enduringly fascinating works on the continent's history. Until the arrival of the French in 1912, Moroccan Jews were obliged to remove their shoes in Moorish quarters, and when passing mosques or the houses of sharifs. They were expected to yield right of way to Muslims in the street, and were forbidden to wear fine clothes or to ride horses. In addition, Jews had to pay the jizya mellah is Arabic for salt, and was used to describe the Jewish quarters because they were given the task of salting the severed heads of criminals before they were put on public display.
Extractions: BladeForums.com: The Leading Edge of Knife Discussion Filipino Combat Arts Forum PDA View Full Version : Who was the first Westerner to train in Fillipino Combat Arts? the Khazar Kid 09-28-2000, 12:59 AM Was it Sir Richard F. Burton? Smoke 09-28-2000, 01:40 AM KK, I though Burton was a Savateur and Western sword master. The hard way. Steve Harvey 09-28-2000, 11:33 PM Well, I don't know the history of the FMA in the US all that well, but as I understand it, Angel Cabales is known as the father of FMA in the US. What I understand is that he was just about the first FMA grand master to teach the FMA openly, so it may well have been one of his first students. There is a list of GM Cabales' master certificate holders in Mark Wiley's book, and it may well be one of them.
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Extractions: See also (A careful systematic search) explorations (Click link for more info and facts about sea explorers) sea explorers (A person trained to travel in a spacecraft) astronaut (An adventurer (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century)) conquistador (A film or illustrated lecture on traveling) travelogue , the (Click link for more info and facts about History of Science and Technology) History of Science and Technology and (An account of the series of events making up a person's life) Biography (Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)) Roald Amundsen (A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway) Norwegian , first at the (The southernmost point of the Earth's axis) South Pole , first to navigate the (A water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906))
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MSN Encarta - Search View - Explorers In Internet explorer, this option is under the Edit menu. other explorers ofAfrica, see sir richard francis burton; Verney Lovett Cameron; http://encarta.msn.com/text_761586694__1/Explorers.html
Extractions: The search seeks the exact word or phrase that you type, so if you donât find your choice, try searching for a key word in your topic or recheck the spelling of a word or name. Explorers Explorers , travelers to places previously uninvestigated by the culture from which they came. Explorers had one or more of several motives: scientific curiosity, economic gain, religious conversion, or political domination. For information on: first person to circumnavigate the globe, see Ferdinand Magellan some leading explorers of Africa, see Sir Samuel White Baker; Heinrich Barth; James Bruce; David Livingstone; Mungo Park; John Hanning Speke; Sir Henry Morton Stanley other explorers of Africa, see Sir Richard Francis Burton; Verney Lovett Cameron; Hugh Clapperton; Paul Belloni Du Chaillu; Mehmed Emin Pasha; Sir Harry H. Johnston; Mary Henrietta Kingsley; Richard Lemon Lander; Frederick John Dealty Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard; May French Sheldon; Joseph Thomson earliest white explorers of the Americas
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Extractions: Feedback ad·ven·tur·er d-v n ch r- r) n. One that seeks adventure. A soldier of fortune. A heavy speculator in stocks, business, or trade. One that attempts to gain wealth and social position by unscrupulous means. Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun adventurer - a person who enjoys taking risks venturer human individual mortal ... soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" argonaut - someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure adventuress - a woman adventurer cowboy - someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles) daredevil harum-scarum madcap swashbuckler ... lunatic - a reckless impetuous irresponsible person risk taker gambler - someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement hotspur - a rash or impetuous person mercenary soldier of fortune - a person hired to fight for another country than their own mountain climber mountaineer - someone who climbs mountains parachute jumper parachuter parachutist - a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute
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Extractions: Amundsen, Roald 1872[-]1928 Norwegian polar explorer Travel Writing Nordvest-passagen , 2 vols, 1907; as The North-West Passage: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Gjøa 1903[-]1907 Sydpolen , 2 vols, 1912; as The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910[-]1912 , translated by A.G. Chater, 1912 Nordostpassagen: Maudfaerden langs Asiens Kyst 1918[-]1920 , with Lincoln Ellsworth and other members of the expedition, 1925; as Our Polar Flight: The Amundsen[-]Ellsworth Polar Flight , 1925; as My Polar Flight Den Første flukt over Polhavet , with Lincoln Ellsworth and others, 1926; as The First Flight across the Polar Sea , 1927; also as First Crossing of the Polar Sea Mitt liv som polarforsker , 1927; as
Extractions: Sent as the Pope's ambassador to the Mongols, Carpini was the first European to describe the vast steppe country of Central Asia. More than 60 years old when he started out on Easter Day 1245, this Franciscan friar withstood the bitter cold of the Siberian winter as he travelled to the court of the Great Khan (Emperor) in Mongolia. On his return he wrote A History of the Tartars, describing their customs, such as drinking mare's milk, and how they had become the finest cavalry of their day 02 Marco Polo 1254-1324. Venetian. 17 years old when he began his travels with his uncle and father, Marco Polo crossed the Persian desert, climbed the Pamirs, and finally reached the court of the great Khan, Kublai, near Peking. Travelling about China he observed the use of paper money, coal, and the huge Chinese cities. 24 years later when he returned to Venice, few people believed his descriptions. But asked on his deathbed to recant, Marco answered "I have not told half of what I saw". 03 Leif Ericsson, tenth century A.D. Norseman.
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Extractions: Authors C thru F: Caird, Janet . THE LOCH. Ln: Bles, 1968. Cavern race of ancient Britons beneath Scottish lochs. Calderon, George . DWALA, A Romance. Ln: Smith Elder, 1904. Missing link from Borneo becomes prime minister of England. Cameron, Ian [pseud of Donald Gordon Payne] . THE LOST ONES. Ln: Hutchinson, 1961. Also published as THE ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD. NY: William Morrow, 1968. Arctic warm zone with Viking culture. Cameron, Verney Lovett . THE QUEEN'S LAND; or, Ard al Malakat. Campanella, Tommaso . LA CITTA DEL SOLE; Dialogo Poetico: The City of the Sun; A Poetical Dialogue. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. This is the first full translation from the 1623 Italian, earlier translations being abridged. Castaways find Indic island culture perhaps near Ceylon; utopian. Campbell, Hazel . THE SERVANTS OF THE GODDESS. Ln: Long, 1928. Isolated Himallayan state of Bisanta, plus physically powerful aboriginal subhumans. This author also wrote a Mundy-esque mystic novel set in India, The Secret Brotherhood (Ln: Long, 1929) of some related interest.
