[Thirty-nine comets observed by the Laputans] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Thirty-nine comets observed by the Laputans]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Laputa; Balnibarbi; England
Description: This image depicts some of the thirty-nine comets observed by the Laputans. They were also able to calculate their orbits with accuracy. The Laputan astronomers also wanted to present their theory of comets to the rest of the world. Here we see the planets and several comets that were observed by the Laputans. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21684
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843); Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder Vol. II. Vignettes by Grandville (1843)
Image: mta_21684_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Astronomy; Comets; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures