Plate IIII. Part III · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Plate IIII. Part III
Subject: Floating Islands in Literature; Fictional Works; Imaginary Places; Voyages; Gulliver
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Balnibarbi; Lagado; England
Description: This image depicts the fictional floating island of Balnibarbi. There are regions of hills in the Southern, and North-West areas of the island. Forests are also shown in the North-East and Central regions. The city of Lagado is in the centre of the island. The town of Maldonada is in the South-East of the island. Above the island are letters, which depict the different ways in which the island moves, hovering over Laputa through magnetic opposition on an adamantine base. The same map appears in other editions of Gulliver’s Travels, including those in other languages.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Cartographer)
Type: Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21901
Language: eng
Source Name: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Parent Collection: 1726 London Motte vol. 2
Image: mta_21901_OBJ.png