Richard Francis Burton Burton in the eastern dress he adopted on his travels The figures on the right represent Murray and Baedeker guide books Burtons extensive travels included a journey to Mecca disguised as a Pathan and an expedition to locate the source of the Nile with John Hanning Speke He also translated the Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra into English He was knighted in Cartoon from the Fancy Portraits series of cartoons in Punch London May
