English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, and diplomat (1821-1890) renowned for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. ALS signed “R. F. Burton,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 5, personal Arabic letterhead, May 25, 1876. Handwritten letter to "Kirk," in part: "When passing through Aden, I received yours of Feb. 9. Unfortunately, it is way too late, our passage had been taken and the hot season had set in. Nothing would please me more than a run up the Tulu R. I only hope that you will not do it just now/this year and that I shall be with you about December next (76). The report every where is that I'm to be sent to Cabul but nothing has been said to me yet. If so I shall leave England about September, pass a week at Jeddah, run to…Layla (so as to write a 'revisited' chapter) and then run on to Zanzibar. At present the money masters in England won't allow anything to be done…We shall stay some 10 days at Cairo and leave Trieste about mid-June. After that all is uncertainty. I shall write to you again from Trieste and let you know how political…matters stand. My wife sends all manner of kind messages to Mrs. Kirk and is delighted to hear that the climate of Zanzibar is not so black as it is painted." In fine condition.
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