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Title
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[Gulliver begs for mercy from the captain of a pirate ship]
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Description
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Shortly after Gulliver set sail again, his ship was overtaken by two Dutch pirate ships. The Dutch and the English were rivals, despite both being members of the Grand Alliance against the French. Gulliver first begs the Dutch captain for mercy, saying that since they were both Christians he and the crew should be spared, playing off of Dutch religious toleration. The Dutchman rejected this, however the Captain of the second ship intervened. The second captain was Japanese and spared Gulliver and his crew. Gulliver chided the Dutchman for having less mercy for a fellow Christian than did a Japanese man. The Dutchman then argued to the Japanese that Gulliver should be killed, but the Japanese captain refused to go back on his word. However, for Gulliver’s insolence, he was set adrift alone with only enough provisions for four days. In this image we see Gulliver pleading with the Japanese captain to spare him, while the rest of the crew bows on their knees, asking to be spared. The same image appears in the 1839 Krabbe edition.
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Image Creator
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Grandville (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:21668
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Source Name
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Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
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Image
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Subject
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Pirates
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Sailing
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Ships
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Sea Travel
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Fictional Works
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Fictitious Characters
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Sailors
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