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

Title: [Diagram showing the movement of Laputa over Balnibarbi]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Laputa; Balnibarbi; England
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 1839 Krabbe edition.
Image Creator: Grandville (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; Vignettes
Identifier: mta:21682
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_21682_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Floating Islands; Satire; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures