They give the country a new name; they take formal possession of it for their king. - Page 348 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: They give the country a new name; they take formal possession of it for their king. - Page 348
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: United Kingdom; Britain; Europe; England
Description: Gulliver tells the reader that he was initially reluctant to write about his adventures out of fear that the countries he visited might be colonized. The British Empire was the largest empire in the world and infamous for colonizing other nations. Gulliver wanted to protect the foreign lands he visited from imperialization.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22126
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22126_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Colonization; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Books; Travels