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Travel Quote - Sir Richard Burton

Posted Wed, 20 Apr 2011 (13 months ago)

This week's Travel Quote comes from Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas.

 

 
 
"The gladdest moment in human life is a Departure into unknown lands;
the blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood"

 

- Sir Richard Francis Burton

 

(Image: Joy-Anne Goodenough. All rights reserved)



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