
"Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands." --Sir Richard Francis BurtonSir Richard Francis Burton, the protagonist of Philip Jos Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go, had even more adventures in real life than he did in fiction. His exploits include journeying to Mecca in disguise, at a time when Europeans were forbidden access on pain of death; publishing unexpurgated English translations of One Thousand and One Nights and The Kama Sutra; and, along with John Hanning Speke, was one of the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton was a captain in the army of the East India Company and later served briefly in the Crimean War. He was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa, where he led an expedition guided by locals...
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