EPISODE · Nov 21, 2017 · 7 MIN
Richard Francis Burton—The Man Who Knew the Most Languages in History
from History Unplugged Podcast · host History Unplugged
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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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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.
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