[Chart demonstrating the movement of the floating island of Laputa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Chart demonstrating the movement of the floating island of Laputa]
Subject: floating islands; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: Here we see a chart that shows the movement of the floating island of Laputa. The island of Laputa floats on an adamantine base and moves over the mainland. The movement of the island could be used by the Emperor to punish different areas of the country.
Image Creator: unknown (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Photomechanical prints
Identifier: mta:21291
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen
Parent Collection: 1850 Stuttgart Scheible; 1850 Stuttgart Scheible
Image: mta_21291_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: floating islands; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary places; imaginary creatures