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<p> A traveller of daring adventure, born at Bedford, a tall, powerful man; Colonel of the [[Horse]] Guards Blue; travelled in South and Central America, and with Gordon in the Soudan; was chiefly distinguished for his ride to [[Khiva]] in 1875 across the steppes of Tartary, of which he published a spirited account, and for his travels next year in Asia Minor and Persia, and his account of them in "On Horseback through Asia Minor"; killed, pierced by an Arab spear, at Abu Klea as he was rallying a broken column to the charge; he was a daring aëronaut, having in 1882 crossed the [[Channel]] to [[Normandy]] in a balloon (1842-1885). </p> | Colonel Burnaby <ref name="term_69852" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A traveller of daring adventure, born at Bedford, a tall, powerful man; Colonel of the [[Horse]] Guards Blue; travelled in South and Central America, and with Gordon in the Soudan; was chiefly distinguished for his ride to [[Khiva]] in 1875 across the steppes of Tartary, of which he published a spirited account, and for his travels next year in Asia Minor and Persia, and his account of them in "On [[Horseback]] through Asia Minor"; killed, pierced by an [[Arab]] spear, at [[Abu]] Klea as he was rallying a broken column to the charge; he was a daring aëronaut, having in 1882 crossed the [[Channel]] to [[Normandy]] in a balloon (1842-1885). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69852"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/burnaby,+colonel Colonel Burnaby from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69852"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/burnaby,+colonel Colonel Burnaby from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:00, 15 October 2021
Colonel Burnaby [1]
A traveller of daring adventure, born at Bedford, a tall, powerful man; Colonel of the Horse Guards Blue; travelled in South and Central America, and with Gordon in the Soudan; was chiefly distinguished for his ride to Khiva in 1875 across the steppes of Tartary, of which he published a spirited account, and for his travels next year in Asia Minor and Persia, and his account of them in "On Horseback through Asia Minor"; killed, pierced by an Arab spear, at Abu Klea as he was rallying a broken column to the charge; he was a daring aëronaut, having in 1882 crossed the Channel to Normandy in a balloon (1842-1885).
