by Richard F. Burton, Isabel Arundell · Nivaria Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9784933941142
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«Mis viajes a las Canarias» is the travel book by Richard F. Burton and Isabel Arundell, published by Nivaria Ediciones in paperback (249 pages, in Spanish).
Between 1861 and 1880, Richard F. Burton visited the Canary Islands on several occasions. The volume brings together his chronicles and the texts of his wife Isabel Arundell, who accompanied him in 1863. It offers a detailed look at island life and culture, reflects the traveller's admiration for local identity, and documents the European perception of the archipelago in the nineteenth century.
Published in 2004 by Nivaria Ediciones in Tenerife.
For readers interested in the history of the Canary Islands and in accounts by nineteenth-century European travellers.
Sir Richard Francis Burton was a British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.
