Map of Laputa and Luggnag.

Creator

Date Created

1726

Identifier

University of Otago Library Special Collections (DeBeer) - Eb 1726 S
s5

Publisher

London : printed for Benj. Motte.

Description

The Magistrates of the Town hearing of my Letter, received me as a Publick Minister, they provided me with Carriages and Servants, and bore my Charges to Yedo [Tokyo], where I was admitted to an Audience, and delivered my Letter, which was opened with great Ceremony, and explained to the Emperor...'. So wrote Lemuel Gulliver of his visit to Japan in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels". In reality, many foreigners spent years in Japan, never once obtaining an audience with the Emperor. The map of Laputa and Luggnag also contains a map of Japan.

Contributor

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

Format

Maps

Extent

8vo.

Spatial Coverage

Provenance

Bookplate: Eardiston.
Ownership inscription: William Smith ... April 17th 1833.

Source

Travels into several remote nations of the world. In four parts. / by Lemuel Gulliver (London : printed for Benj. Motte, 1726).
Variant title: [Gulliver

Language

eng

Is Part Of

Travels into several remote nations of the world.

Files

s5.jpg

Collection

Citation

unknown, “Map of Laputa and Luggnag.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 24, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6016.