[Chart of the movement of Laputa over Balnibarbi] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Chart of the movement of Laputa over Balnibarbi]
Period: 1800-1850;
Description: This is a diagram showing how the floating island of Laputa moves over the mainland of Balnibarbi. The course of the island is shown from above, with each letter indicating different extremities that the island can move to. The lines also show the different dominions into which the island is divided. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20992
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_20992_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: floating islands in literature; floating islands; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures