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

Title: [comets observed by the Laputans]
Period: 1800-1850;
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 1843 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Book Illustrations
Identifier: mta:20993
Language: ger
Source Name: Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
Parent Collection: 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2; 1839 Stuttgart Grandville vol. 2
Image: mta_20993_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Comets in literature; scholars in literature; fictional works; imaginary places; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures