[Laputan scholars look at the stars] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Laputan scholars look at the stars]
Subject: Astronomy; Scholars in Literature; Scientists in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Laputa; England
Description: Laputan scholars spent much of their time observing the stars, seen here. Two scholars sit looking through a telescope and using a compass to plot the position of the stars over the globe. The Laputans focused most of their time on either astronomy, mathematics, or music.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22061
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22061_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Astronomy; Scholars in Literature; Scientists in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures