[The island of Laputa] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The island of Laputa]
Subject: Floating Islands in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Laputa; Balnibarbi
Description: Here we see the floating island of Laputa. The island sits on an adamantine base with the city built on top. It floats over Balnibarbi and moves around the mainland.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22069
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22069_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Floating Islands in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures