Sir Richard Burton

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In 1861, 3 years after reaching the shores of Lake Tanganyika, he became the first to ascend Mount Cameroon Sir Richard Burton $1,200 DJ EXPLORATION 2007-02-20 #5172
John Speke died just before he was to debate this former exploring partner on the source of the Nile Sir Richard Burton DD $1,100 DJ EXPLORERS 1995-11-20 #2581
Partnered with Speke in African exploration, he'd been expelled from Oxford for attending a horse race Sir Richard Burton $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1994-10-17 #2326
In 1861 this discoverer of Lake Tanganyika wrote a book about Salt Lake City titled "City of the Saints" Sir Richard Burton $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1994-06-02 #2259
Knighted in 1886, he was in the 1st European party to reach Africa's Lake Tanganyika Sir Richard Burton $1,000 DJ EXPLORERS 1992-11-24 #1892
He discovered Lake Tanganyika with John Speke, but translated "The Arabian Nights" by himself Sir Richard Burton $800 DJ EXPLORERS 1987-01-09 #545
English explorer & translator of "Kama Sutra", he shared name with late Welsh actor Burton $600 DJ EXPLORERS 1985-05-09 #174
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