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Today we wrap up our series on British Explorer, Richard Francis Burton.

Last time we saw Burton transition from Explorer to diplomat and traveler

and in the process, his feud with John Hanney's speak would come to a close with the death of speak in a hunting accident.

No one was happy with the way things turned out and Burton would never forgive speak even in death for what he considered a betrayal.

The year was 1865 and the 44 year old Burton took the post of console in the city of Santos, a port city in Brazil,

not far from São Paulo, about 200 miles or 320 kilometers, down the South American coast from Rio de Janeiro.

Burton's wife Isabel would come with him on this posting.

The couple made their home in São Paulo due to the healthier climate.

It was a typical move by Burton as he really didn't care about being the console.

He would leave the day-to-day affairs to an associate.

As with our last episode, we're going to find Burton as a restless soul.

He will rarely stay in one spot for more than a month and venture all over South America.

During his three years in Brazil, he would explore diamond and gold mines in the region of Minas de Rais,

travel 1300 miles, or 2100 kilometers, down the South Francisco River on a raft,

cross the Andes Mountains, and visit Chile and Peru, and travel to the battlefields of the bloody war between Paraguay and our neighbors.

However, all of this travel will not equate to exploration, other than Burton being the first person to sail all the way down the South Francisco River,

shooting rapids no one had ever dared, there will be no geographical discoveries, no great deeds.

In addition to all of this, Burton had his work as a console, plus he would write,

working on translations of Hindu folk tales, the Arabian knights, and the Luciatus,

an epic Portuguese poem written by Louis Vazdei Camois.

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