Sir Richard Burton 
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor 

The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton’s exhaustive translation of ’The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night’, more commonly known as ’The Arabian Nights’. The story of ’The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor’ tells the tale of Sinbad who ventures out to sea, at first to acquire wealth, but afterwards in search of adventure. During these voyages he encounters many obstacles including giant animals, monsters, and savage cannibals, yet always seems to escape with an even greater fortune than when he started out. A classic tale of fantasy, ’The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor’ is presented here in this edition in its original and unexpurgated form.