Plate V. Part III. Page 176 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Plate V. Part III. Page 176
Subject: Inventions; Scholars in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1700-1750;
Geographic: Laputa; England
Description: This image depicts an invention created by Laputan Projectors. The invention is to rework the Laputan language. On each of the squares is a symbol representing a phrase in the Laputan language. There are handles which would be turned to create different phrases which would then be analyzed. The same image appears in other editions of Gulliver’s Travels, including those in other languages.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21931
Language: eng
Source Name: Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World
Parent Collection: 1747 London Bathurst
Image: mta_21931_OBJ.png