“…No mucho tiempo después, y dada su rara belleza, llegó a manos de Felipe II, comenzando así la leyenda que desde entonces la acompaña y según la cual las grandes perlas propician tanto grandes amores como grandes conmociones. reyes y reinas, aventureras, espías, artistas, ladrones, asesinos... por manos de estos y otros muchos notables personajes ha pasado la Peregrina hasta llegar a las de Richard Burton que se la regaló a Elizabeth Taylor, sellando así una de las historias de amor más sonadas del siglo XX. -- Editor…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…John Franklin and the Idea of North: Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-1822 / Cultivating that mutual friendship: Commerce, Diplomacy and Self-Representation in Hugh Clapperton's Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo (1829) / Trying to Understand: James Tod among the Rajputs (1829, 1832) / Shifting Perspectives: Visual Representation and the Imperial I in Anna Jameson's Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838) / Charles Darwin in Patagonia: Descriptive Strategies in the Beagle Diary (1831-1836) and The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) / Fieldwork as Self-Harrowing : Richard Burton's Cultural Evolution (1851-1856) / Fictionalizing the Encounter with the Other : Henry Morton Stanley and the African Wilderness (1872-1890)…”

“…The greatest orientalists like Theodor Nöldeke, adventurers such as Richard Burton and even Alexandre Dumas knew about the existence of Maaloula and devoted a few pages to him. …”

“…This voyage is meant to link together the voyages of Sir Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke in East Africa with those of Heinrich Barth in the regions of the Sahara and Chad. …”
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