Plate II. Part II · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Plate II. Part II
Subject: Brobdingnag (Imaginary Place); Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Voyages; Travels; Gulliver
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Brobdingnag; North America; England
Description: The image depicts the fictional land of Brobdingnag, off of North America. The cities of Flagnlamic and Lorbrulgrud are shown in Brobdingnag. Underneath Brobdingnag reads Discovered AD. 1703. The bottom half of the map includes New Albion. A ‘man-of-war ship is shown off the coast of New Albion, and a dolphin is near the bottom of the image. The same map is featured in several other editions of the text, including those in other languages.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Cartographer)
Type: Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21914
Language: eng
Source Name: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver
Parent Collection: 1896 New York Longmans Green & Co.
Image: mta_21914_OBJ.png