Knowledge (XXG)

Lilliput and Blefuscu

Source 📝

203: 479: 688:. This book provides more geographical detail: other cities in addition to Mildendo include Plips (a major city and cathedral town), Wiggywack (a suburb of Mildendo and seat of the Island Council), Tottenham (on the west coast), and Allenbeck (at the mouth of a river on the west coast). Winterfeld also provides further details of Lilliputian history. The Emperor of Gulliver's time, Mully Ully Gue, is said to have reigned 1657–1746. (This contradicts Swift's account, in which the Emperor is only 28 years old and has reigned about seven years when Gulliver arrives in 1699.) His descendant, Alice, is the reigning Queen in the 1950s when three Australian children visit the island. The monetary system has apparently also been changed, the 52: 475:
after his son cut himself breaking the egg on the larger end. The differences between Big-Endians (those who broke their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians had given rise to "six rebellions ... wherein one Emperor lost his life, and another his crown". The Lilliputian religion says an egg should be broken on the convenient end, which is now interpreted by the Lilliputians as the smaller end. The Big-Endians gained favour in Blefuscu.
2202: 467: 2192: 745: 346:, or 12 miles in circumference. Blefuscu is located northeast of Lilliput, across an 800-yard (730 m) channel. The only cities mentioned by Swift are Mildendo, the capital of Lilliput, and Blefuscu, capital of Blefuscu. However, the map showing Lilliput's position depicts the islands as considerably larger, approaching the size of Van Diemen's Land. 313:
Because the area indicated by Swift is actually occupied by Australia, and on the basis of other textual evidence, some authors have concluded that Swift intended to place Lilliput in the Pacific Ocean, to the northeast, not northwest, of Van Diemen's Land. However, none of the sea routes to the East
733:
A General Description of the Empire of Lilliput, from its first Erection, through a long Series of Princes; with a Particular Account of their Wars and Politicks, Laws, Learning, & Religion, their Plants and Animals, their peculiar Manners and Customs, with other Matters very curious and useful,
720:
Swift presents a number of Lilliputian words and phrases, and further states that the official languages of Lilliput and Blefuscu are about as far apart as typical European languages. Arbuthnot explains further that Blefuscu originally had its own language and an extensive literature, but during the
651:
but also described the early history of Lilliput and Blefuscu. At one time (Gulliver is told), Blefuscu was a commonwealth and had its own language and an extensive literature. Lilliput, meanwhile, was divided among several petty kingdoms. The first emperor of Blefuscu attacked and subdued Lilliput,
577:
Swift's Lilliputian claims that the machinations of "Big-Endian exiles" at the court of the Emperor of Blefuscu have brought about a continuous war between Lilliput and Blefuscu for "six and thirty moons" (Lilliputians calculate time in "moons", not years; their time-scale, while not one-twelfth the
474:
The novel further describes an intra-Lilliputian quarrel over the practice of breaking eggs. Traditionally, Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the larger end; a few generations ago, an Emperor of Lilliput, the Present Emperor's great-grandfather, had decreed that all eggs be broken on the smaller end
1234:
Swift, chapter 4 ("a greater work, which is now almost ready for the press; containing a general description of this empire, from its first erection, through a long series of princes; with a particular account of their wars and politics, laws, learning, and religion; their plants and animals; their
601:
Gulliver's position reflects the decision of the Tory government to withdraw from the War of the Spanish Succession. Britain's allies considered the important objects of the war to have been met, and that the Whigs' larger claims were excessive. The withdrawal was seen by the Whigs as a betrayal of
597:
In the novel, Gulliver washes up on the shore of Lilliput and is captured by the inhabitants while asleep. He offers his services to the Emperor of Lilliput in his war against Blefuscu, and succeeds in capturing the (one-twelfth sized) Blefuscudian fleet. Despite a triumphant welcome, he soon finds
594:(1701–1713). In both cases, the claims of the exiled House of Stuart were marginal to other causes of war, but were an important propaganda point in Great Britain itself, as both James II and James Francis Edward were accused of allying with foreigners to force Catholicism on the British people. 605:
Gulliver is, after further adventures, condemned as a traitor by the Council of Lilliput, and condemned to be blinded; he escapes his punishment by fleeing to Blefuscu. This condemnation parallels that issued to the chief ministers of the Tory government that had made peace with France,
541:
of France to James II in pursuit of his policies to advance the toleration of Catholicism in Great Britain. He adds that "when (the commotions) were quelled, the (Big-Endian) exiles always fled for refuge to that empire" (Blefuscu/France). This partially reflects the exile of
213:, London 1697. Cropped region near the fictional island Lilliput. Swift was known to be on friendly terms with the cartographer Herman Moll and even mentions him explicitly in Gulliver's Travels (1726), chapter four, part eleven. The pair of islands center left on the map are 533:
lost his crown and fled to France (1685–1688). Some of these conflicts were between Protestants and Catholics; others were between different branches of Protestantism. Swift does not clearly distinguish between these different kinds of religious strife.
413:, respectively, as they were in the early 18th century. Only the internal politics of Lilliput are described in detail; these are parodies of British politics, in which the great central issues of the day are belittled and reduced to unimportance. 1195:...which bit should travel first, the bit from the little end of the word, or the bit from the big end of the word? The followers of the former approach are called the Little-Endians, and the followers of the latter are called the Big-Endians. 202: 1009: 834:
has become an adjective meaning "very small in size", or "petty or trivial". When used as a noun, it means either "a tiny person" or "a person with a narrow outlook, who minds the petty and trivial things."
712:, telephones, and telegraphs. Winterfeld describes the flag of Lilliput as having blue and white stripes with a golden crown on a red field. These symbols are also painted on the police helicopters. 997: 459:
employed only Whigs in his administration; the Emperor's heir is described as having "one of his heels higher than the other", which describes the encouragement by the Prince of Wales (the future
1715: 537:
Swift has his Lilliputian informant blame the "civil commotions" on the propaganda of the Emperor of Blefuscu, i.e. the King of France; this primarily reflects the encouragement given by King
566:) until 1717, and both Jameses were regarded as a serious threat to the stability of the British monarchy until the end of the reign of George II. The court of the Pretender attracted those 799:
Lilliput and Blefuscu were the names used for Britain and France, respectively, in a series of semi-fictional transcripts (with mutated names of people and places) of debates in the
788:
Swift looked across the expanse of Lough Ennell one day and saw the tiny human figures on the opposite shore of the lake that he conceived the idea of the Lilliputians featured in
570:, and their Tory sympathizers, whose political activity precluded them staying safely in Great Britain; notable among them was Swift's friend, the Anglican Bishop of Rochester 310:
are in roughly the right map location south-west of Sumatra, have two inhabited islands, and would have been known of in Swift's day, they are at entirely the wrong latitude.
578:
size of normal humans, appears to be somewhat faster, since the emperor was stated to be "past his prime" before he was thirty.) This is an allusion to the wars fought under
677:, which describes the adventures of a girl, Maria, who discovers a group of Lilliputians on a tiny forgotten island in the lake of a ruinous estate in Northamptonshire. 2256: 478: 274:, both in the text and with a map, though neither correspond to real-world geography, even as it was known in Swift's time. The text states that Gulliver's ship (the 1576: 1289: 721:
period when it occupied Lilliput, the Blefuscudian language was much altered by contact with Lilliputian. Blefuscudian remained an old language of scholarship. In
660:
It has been pointed out that the long and vicious war that started after a disagreement about which was the best end on which to break an egg is an example of the
2226: 607: 490:
The Big-Endian/Little-Endian controversy reflects, in a much simplified form, British quarrels over religion. Less than 200 years previously, England had been a
306:(Western Australia), which had been discovered in 1644, some 80 years before publication, and was well-documented in the maps of Swift's time. While Australia's 1897: 598:
himself at odds with the Emperor of Lilliput, as he declines to conquer the rest of Blefuscu for him and to force the Blefuscudians to adopt Little-Endianism.
286:" (Tasmania). He gives the latitude as 30°2'S, though the longitude is unspecified. Likewise, the map depicts Lilliput and Blefuscu south of "Hogs Island" ( 1980: 1864: 1087: 2241: 731:, the protagonist Maria studies the Lilliputian language from a book owned by her professor friend. This is a rare copy of Gulliver's 1735 treatise: 615: 334:
of his day, and it is suggested that the unlikely geographic descriptions parody many of these works (described by Percy Adams as "travel lies").
554:) from 1651 to 1660, but more particularly the exile of the Catholic King James II from 1688 to 1701. James II was dead by the time Swift wrote 1723: 1922: 1771: 1506: 1486: 1466: 1271:
An account of the state of learning in the empire of Lilliput: Together with the history and character of Bullum the Emperor's Library-Keeper
977: 637:
An account of the state of learning in the empire of Lilliput: Together with the history and character of Bullum the Emperor's Library-Keeper
258:. Both are empires, i.e. realms ruled by an emperor. The capital of Lilliput is Mildendo. In some pictures, the islands are arranged like an 2169: 2071: 872: 2261: 1932: 1569: 618:, who, after his political fall, received vague threats of capital punishment and fled to France in 1715, where he remained until 1723. 2231: 1846: 449: 2018: 1890: 1545: 1795: 1779: 1755: 1731: 904:, the books describe the adventures of a large colony of Lilliputians living secretly in the enormous and mysterious grounds of an 792:. In fact, the townland was known as Nure from ancient times and was renamed Lileput or Lilliput shortly after the publication of 389:
Both nations follow the teachings of a prophet, Lustrog, as recorded in their scripture, known as the Blundecral ("which is their
1838: 1275: 1180: 421: 1190: 661: 417: 327: 51: 812: 1642: 1562: 736:. In Winterfeld's sequel, English has become the official language, due to a decision of the Council of the Island in 1751. 294:, and northwest of Van Diemen's Land, though the map is considerably foreshortened; Van Diemen's Land is shown south of the 2195: 330:
from the period attests to the dangers of overshooting the turning point. Swift was sceptical about the reliability of the
2008: 1698: 591: 397:, we don't really know"). Sectarian divisions exist in the debate between "Little-Endians" and "Big-Endians" (see below). 2205: 1883: 583: 354:
Lilliput is said to be ruled by an Emperor, Golbasto Momarem Evlame Gurdilo Shefin Mully Ully Gue. He is assisted by a
1917: 804: 800: 559: 1392: 900: 856:, is an "Indo-Lilly", a member of the Indian Diaspora from the politically unstable country of Lilliput-and-Blefuscu. 821: 727: 673: 639:; this purported to be transcribed from a treatise by Gulliver on the empire of Lilliput alluded to in chapter 4 of 2251: 2246: 2236: 1830: 1430: 912:
in Buckinghamshire). Their longed-for return to their ancestral homeland is one of the major themes of the stories.
648: 460: 1167: 587: 456: 251: 796:
in honour of Swift's association with the area. Lilliput House has stood in the locality since the 18th century.
2144: 2061: 1763: 1554: 406: 1081:
Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography: 1660-1789 Writers of the Restoration and eighteenth century
298:, some 10° (700 miles) east of Hogs Island, whereas Tasmania is actually some 40° (2,500 miles) east of that 2149: 445: 359: 307: 303: 948: 579: 1965: 1787: 905: 563: 543: 1590: 880: 837:
The use of the terms "Big-Endian" and "Little-Endian" in the story is the source of the computing term
562:, also Catholic, maintained his pretensions to the British throne from a court in France (primarily at 238: 137: 41: 518:
Protestantism, which led to fresh difficulties when England and Scotland were united under one ruler,
1533: 851: 526: 379: 299: 283: 917: 887:
orbiting at distances of 3 and 5 Martian diameters, and periods of 10 and 21.5 hours, respectively.
785: 761: 547: 530: 375: 1217: 1039: 1945: 1537: 514:. At the same time, revolution and reform in Scotland (1560) had also converted that country to 1906: 1541: 1502: 1482: 1462: 1083: 973: 571: 511: 433: 410: 331: 233: 218: 894:
trilogy of children's novels by Andrew Dalton. Taking much of their initial inspiration from
1803: 1747: 1306: 1245: 1209: 1031: 773: 753: 685: 214: 2139: 2114: 1822: 1739: 1606: 1521: 1434: 868: 781: 777: 644: 611: 515: 491: 323: 2003: 734:
to which is added a Brief Vocabulary of their Language, with its English Correspondencies
405:
Lilliput and Blefuscu were intended as, and understood to be, satirical portraits of the
1585: 1526: 1265: 1159: 847: 808: 632: 551: 519: 355: 243: 149: 73: 1445: 1269: 436:, and their exalted views of royal supremacy), while the Whigs are represented as the 314:
Indies, Gulliver's stated destination, required ships to round Van Diemen's Land; the
211:
A map of the world shewing the course of Mr Dampiers voyage round it from 1679 to 1691
2220: 2089: 1993: 1611: 941: 884: 864: 860: 507: 383: 326:, turned northeast in mid-ocean precisely to avoid New Holland, though the number of 319: 704:. Technology has kept pace with the outside world, so the Lilliputians have trains, 221:(Saint Paul Island, corresponding to Lilliput) to the north and south, respectively. 2129: 2051: 2026: 1637: 1221: 765: 749: 466: 295: 247: 2046: 830: 525:
Religiously inspired revolts and rebellions followed, in which, indeed, one king,
1249: 2119: 2109: 1998: 1988: 1693: 1632: 1387: 909: 895: 816: 722: 668: 652:
but later the Lilliputians won their independence and set up their own emperor.
503: 494:(Big-Endian) country; but a series of reforms beginning in the 1530s under King 429: 315: 279: 206: 2159: 2056: 1683: 1627: 1415: 926: 839: 709: 705: 567: 495: 441: 255: 455:
The Emperor of Lilliput is described as a partisan of the Low-Heels, just as
448:). These issues, generally considered to be of fundamental importance to the 2134: 2124: 2099: 2094: 2041: 1688: 1662: 1428:
Samuel Johnson: The Parliamentary Debates / Debates in Parliament (Extracts)
1213: 769: 744: 538: 499: 250:, separated by a channel 800 yards (730 m) wide. Both are inhabited by 1313:. trans. Kyrill Schabert. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. p. 94. 1235:
peculiar manners and customs, with other matters very curious and useful")
2154: 2104: 2084: 2036: 1960: 1950: 1667: 1184: 318:, via India or Ceylon, avoided Australia altogether, while the southern ( 287: 96: 1427: 680:
A modernised Lilliput is the setting of a 1958 sequel children's novel,
17: 2177: 2079: 1970: 1955: 1043: 371: 363: 291: 61: 1875: 1940: 1652: 1647: 1035: 972:(1726; reprinted 2003) Penguin Books (notes by Robert Demaria) p22 386:, Balmuff. Blefuscu is also ruled by an Emperor, who is not named. 358:(who carries a white staff) and several other officials (who bring 743: 477: 465: 416:
For instance, the two major political parties of the day were the
394: 390: 201: 1290:
Pathological narcissism stymies Fianna Fáil support for Fine Gael
921:
cartoon shorts, it is the main and only major location mentioned.
602:
British interests. Swift (a Tory) is here engaged in an apology.
60:). It shows their location in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of 262:, as a reference to their egg-dominated histories and cultures. 1879: 1558: 1200:
Cohen, D. (October 1981). "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace".
1022:
Bracher, Frederick (1944). "The Maps in 'Gulliver's Travels'".
952:, which details a war fought over which side of bread is spread 883:"), in which the astronomers of Laputa are described as having 482:
Gulliver and the Emperor of Lilliput, from a French edition of
270:
Swift gives the location of Lilliput and Blefuscu in Part I of
930:, the second Your Sanctuary location is titled Lilliput Steps. 259: 282:
when it was caught in "a violent storm to the northwest of
1057:
Case, Arthur E. (1945). "The Geography and Chronology of
879:
refers to two moons in Part 3, Chapter 3 (the "Voyage to
1716:
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants
1065:. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 50–68. 463:) of the political opposition during his father's life. 217:(Amsterdam, seemingly corresponding to Blefuscu) and 1446:
MathPages – Galileo's Anagrams and the Moons of Mars
510:(Little-Endianism), in the episcopalian form of the 452:, are reduced by Swift to a difference in fashions. 2168: 2070: 2017: 1979: 1931: 1857: 1814: 1707: 1676: 1620: 1599: 1125: 1123: 192: 184: 176: 168: 163: 155: 145: 130: 118: 110: 102: 92: 87: 79: 69: 34: 1532:(Newly updated and expanded ed.). San Diego: 1525: 867:are named after Lilliputians. Perhaps inspired by 760:Lilliput is reputedly named after the townland of 664:, a term Sigmund Freud coined in the early 1900s. 56:Map of Lilliput and Blefuscu (original map, Pt I, 506:(1558–1603) had converted most of the country to 302:. Neither the text nor the map make reference to 1254:. London: J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 374. 1154: 1152: 1150: 1148: 1146: 1144: 1077:Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography 236:that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel 256:one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings 776:, Ireland. Swift was a regular visitor to the 608:Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer 428:or "High-Heels" (due to their adhesion to the 1891: 1570: 27:Fictional island states in Gulliver's Travels 8: 1030:(1). University of California Press: 67–68. 1898: 1884: 1876: 1577: 1563: 1555: 890:Lilliput is mentioned throughout the 2005 610:, who was impeached and imprisoned in the 546:on the Continent (in France, Germany, the 529:(1625–49) lost his life, and his grandson 440:or "Low-Heels" (the Whigs inclined toward 50: 1865:Cultural influence of Gulliver's Travels 1012:at nla.gov.au: retrieved 20 January 2019 1000:at nla.gov.au: retrieved 20 January 2019 470:Gulliver inspecting the army of Lilliput 246:. The two islands are neighbours in the 2257:Fictional works set in the Indian Ocean 1524:; Gianni Guadalupi (2000). "Lilliput". 961: 643:. Arbuthnot used this work to satirise 616:Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke 127: 31: 2227:Fictional elements introduced in 1726 846:Neela Mahendra, the love interest in 7: 2191: 1274:. London: J. Roberts. pp. 6–9. 1164:Gulliver's travels: an authoritative 586:against France under Louis XIV, the 574:, who was exiled to France in 1722. 378:, Flimnap; the general, Limnoc; the 1724:Gulliver en el país de los Gigantes 768:near Dysart, just a few miles from 1772:Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon 1528:The Dictionary of Imaginary Places 1278:from the original on 28 June 2014. 25: 1186:On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace 1063:Four Essays on Gulliver's Travels 885:discovered two satellites of Mars 692:of Swift's novel replaced by the 424:. The Tories are parodied as the 342:Lilliput is said to extend 5,000 322:) route, taking advantage of the 2201: 2200: 2190: 1251:The life of Richard Bentley, DD 662:narcissism of small differences 362:against Gulliver on grounds of 784:. It is said that it was when 1: 1479:The Lost People of Malplaquet 803:. This series was written by 592:War of the Spanish Succession 450:constitution of Great Britain 2242:Gulliver's Travels locations 1499:The New Empire of Malplaquet 1418:;retrieved 28 September 2020 1024:Huntington Library Quarterly 748:Lilliput House, overlooking 560:James Francis Edward Stuart 2278: 2262:Fictional island countries 1839:Saban's Gulliver's Travels 1831:The Adventures of Gulliver 1501:. Lutterworth Press 2009, 1481:. Lutterworth Press 2007, 1461:. Lutterworth Press 2005, 1168:W. W. Norton & Company 1166:(2nd ed.), New York: 649:Trinity College, Cambridge 2232:Fictional Asian countries 2186: 1913: 1459:The Temples of Malplaquet 1138:Swift, Part I (chapter 1) 1129:Swift, Part I (chapter 7) 1117:Swift, Part I (chapter 4) 1108:Swift, Part I (chapter 5) 1099:Swift, Part I (chapter 3) 588:War of the Grand Alliance 401:Satirical interpretations 232:are two fictional island 135: 49: 39: 1764:The 3 Worlds of Gulliver 1393:Mistress Masham's Repose 1079:(MJ Bruccoli, ed (1992) 901:Mistress Masham's Repose 822:The Gentleman's Magazine 728:Mistress Masham's Repose 674:Mistress Masham's Repose 407:Kingdom of Great Britain 374:, Skyresh Bolgolam; the 328:shipwrecks on that coast 2150:Soviet Unterzoegersdorf 1214:10.1109/C-M.1981.220208 622:Post-Swift descriptions 614:from 1715 to 1717; and 502:(1547–1553), and Queen 446:parliamentary supremacy 444:views, and believed in 360:articles of impeachment 308:Cocos (Keeling) Islands 164:In-universe information 88:In-universe information 1246:Monk, James Henry Monk 1075:Percy Adams, cited in 949:The Butter Battle Book 756: 487: 471: 222: 2032:Lilliput and Blefuscu 1788:Jajantaram Mamantaram 1658:Lilliput and Blefuscu 1311:Castaways in Lilliput 906:English country house 815:, and was printed in 747: 682:Castaways in Lilliput 564:Saint-Germain-en-Laye 498:(reigned 1509–1547), 481: 469: 205: 1433:7 March 2004 at the 350:History and politics 278:) was bound for the 1907:Fictional countries 1198:Also published as: 1010:Hondius map 1642-44 998:Mapping New Holland 548:Spanish Netherlands 376:lord high treasurer 1847:Gulliver's Travels 1796:Gulliver's Travels 1780:Gulliver's Travels 1756:Gulliver's Travels 1732:Gulliver's Travels 1591:Gulliver's Travels 1368:Winterfeld, p. 141 1359:Winterfeld, p. 150 1350:Winterfeld, p. 143 1332:Winterfeld, p. 176 1323:Winterfeld, p. 135 1059:Gulliver's Travels 970:Gulliver's Travels 877:Gulliver's Travels 875:), Swift's satire 873:Kepler's third law 825:from 1738 to 1746. 801:British Parliament 794:Gulliver's Travels 790:Gulliver's Travels 757: 656:20th-century works 641:Gulliver's Travels 590:(1689–97) and the 556:Gulliver's Travels 488: 484:Gulliver's Travels 472: 382:, Lalcom; and the 272:Gulliver's Travels 248:South Indian Ocean 239:Gulliver's Travels 223: 188:Blefuscu (capital) 138:Gulliver's Travels 114:Mildendo (capital) 58:Gulliver's Travels 42:Gulliver's Travels 2252:Fictional empires 2247:Fictional dwarves 2237:Fictional islands 2214: 2213: 1873: 1872: 1507:978-0-7188-3093-9 1487:978-0-7188-3050-2 1467:978-0-7188-3047-2 1406:Winterfeld, p. 71 1307:Winterfeld, Henry 1088:978 0 81 037980 0 978:978-0-14-143949-5 764:on the shores of 572:Francis Atterbury 512:Church of England 434:Church of England 411:Kingdom of France 332:travel literature 290:), off northwest 284:Van Diemen's Land 200: 199: 126: 125: 16:(Redirected from 2269: 2204: 2203: 2194: 2193: 1900: 1893: 1886: 1877: 1804:Gulliver Returns 1748:The New Gulliver 1677:Other characters 1579: 1572: 1565: 1556: 1551: 1531: 1522:Manguel, Alberto 1509: 1497:Dalton, Andrew. 1495: 1489: 1477:Dalton, Andrew. 1475: 1469: 1455: 1449: 1443: 1437: 1425: 1419: 1413: 1407: 1404: 1398: 1397: 1384: 1378: 1375: 1369: 1366: 1360: 1357: 1351: 1348: 1342: 1341:Swift, chapter 2 1339: 1333: 1330: 1324: 1321: 1315: 1314: 1303: 1297: 1286: 1280: 1279: 1262: 1256: 1255: 1242: 1236: 1232: 1226: 1225: 1197: 1183:(1 April 1980). 1177: 1171: 1170: 1156: 1139: 1136: 1130: 1127: 1118: 1115: 1109: 1106: 1100: 1097: 1091: 1073: 1067: 1066: 1054: 1048: 1047: 1019: 1013: 1007: 1001: 995: 989: 986: 980: 966: 813:John Hawkesworth 774:County Westmeath 754:County Westmeath 740:Other references 686:Henry Winterfeld 580:King William III 384:grand justiciary 128: 54: 32: 21: 2277: 2276: 2272: 2271: 2270: 2268: 2267: 2266: 2217: 2216: 2215: 2210: 2182: 2164: 2115:Lower Slobbovia 2066: 2013: 1975: 1946:Babar's Kingdom 1927: 1909: 1904: 1874: 1869: 1853: 1823:The Mind Robber 1810: 1740:Gulliver Mickey 1703: 1672: 1616: 1607:Lemuel Gulliver 1595: 1583: 1548: 1520: 1517: 1512: 1496: 1492: 1476: 1472: 1457:Dalton, Andrew. 1456: 1452: 1444: 1440: 1435:Wayback Machine 1426: 1422: 1414: 1410: 1405: 1401: 1386: 1385: 1381: 1377:Arbuthnot, p. 9 1376: 1372: 1367: 1363: 1358: 1354: 1349: 1345: 1340: 1336: 1331: 1327: 1322: 1318: 1305: 1304: 1300: 1296:, 16 March 2016 1294:The Irish Times 1288:Fintan O’Toole 1287: 1283: 1266:Arbuthnot, John 1264: 1263: 1259: 1244: 1243: 1239: 1233: 1229: 1199: 1179: 1178: 1174: 1160:Swift, Jonathan 1158: 1157: 1142: 1137: 1133: 1128: 1121: 1116: 1112: 1107: 1103: 1098: 1094: 1074: 1070: 1056: 1055: 1051: 1036:10.2307/3815865 1021: 1020: 1016: 1008: 1004: 996: 992: 987: 983: 968:Jonathan Swift 967: 963: 959: 937: 869:Johannes Kepler 863:on Mars's moon 805:William Guthrie 782:Gaulstown House 742: 718: 696:, equal to ten 658: 645:Richard Bentley 629: 624: 612:Tower of London 558:, but his heir 544:King Charles II 403: 352: 340: 324:Roaring Forties 316:northern routes 268: 177:Ethnic group(s) 103:Ethnic group(s) 65: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 2275: 2273: 2265: 2264: 2259: 2254: 2249: 2244: 2239: 2234: 2229: 2219: 2218: 2212: 2211: 2209: 2208: 2198: 2187: 2184: 2183: 2181: 2180: 2174: 2172: 2166: 2165: 2163: 2162: 2157: 2152: 2147: 2142: 2137: 2132: 2127: 2122: 2117: 2112: 2107: 2102: 2097: 2092: 2087: 2082: 2076: 2074: 2068: 2067: 2065: 2064: 2059: 2054: 2049: 2044: 2039: 2034: 2029: 2023: 2021: 2015: 2014: 2012: 2011: 2006: 2001: 1996: 1991: 1985: 1983: 1977: 1976: 1974: 1973: 1968: 1963: 1958: 1953: 1948: 1943: 1937: 1935: 1929: 1928: 1926: 1925: 1923:List by region 1920: 1914: 1911: 1910: 1905: 1903: 1902: 1895: 1888: 1880: 1871: 1870: 1868: 1867: 1861: 1859: 1855: 1854: 1852: 1851: 1843: 1835: 1827: 1818: 1816: 1812: 1811: 1809: 1808: 1800: 1792: 1784: 1776: 1768: 1760: 1752: 1744: 1736: 1728: 1720: 1711: 1709: 1705: 1704: 1702: 1701: 1696: 1691: 1686: 1680: 1678: 1674: 1673: 1671: 1670: 1665: 1660: 1655: 1650: 1645: 1640: 1635: 1630: 1624: 1622: 1618: 1617: 1615: 1614: 1609: 1603: 1601: 1597: 1596: 1586:Jonathan Swift 1584: 1582: 1581: 1574: 1567: 1559: 1553: 1552: 1546: 1516: 1513: 1511: 1510: 1490: 1470: 1450: 1438: 1420: 1416:Lilliput House 1408: 1399: 1379: 1370: 1361: 1352: 1343: 1334: 1325: 1316: 1298: 1281: 1257: 1237: 1227: 1172: 1140: 1131: 1119: 1110: 1101: 1092: 1068: 1049: 1014: 1002: 990: 981: 960: 958: 955: 954: 953: 945: 936: 933: 932: 931: 922: 913: 888: 857: 848:Salman Rushdie 844: 835: 826: 819:'s periodical 809:Samuel Johnson 797: 741: 738: 717: 714: 657: 654: 633:John Arbuthnot 628: 625: 623: 620: 552:Dutch Republic 402: 399: 356:first minister 351: 348: 339: 336: 267: 264: 254:who are about 244:Jonathan Swift 219:Île Saint-Paul 198: 197: 194: 190: 189: 186: 182: 181: 178: 174: 173: 170: 166: 165: 161: 160: 157: 153: 152: 150:Jonathan Swift 147: 143: 142: 133: 132: 124: 123: 120: 116: 115: 112: 108: 107: 104: 100: 99: 94: 90: 89: 85: 84: 81: 77: 76: 74:Jonathan Swift 71: 67: 66: 55: 47: 46: 37: 36: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2274: 2263: 2260: 2258: 2255: 2253: 2250: 2248: 2245: 2243: 2240: 2238: 2235: 2233: 2230: 2228: 2225: 2224: 2222: 2207: 2199: 2197: 2189: 2188: 2185: 2179: 2176: 2175: 2173: 2171: 2167: 2161: 2158: 2156: 2153: 2151: 2148: 2146: 2143: 2141: 2138: 2136: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2126: 2123: 2121: 2118: 2116: 2113: 2111: 2108: 2106: 2103: 2101: 2098: 2096: 2093: 2091: 2090:Grand Fenwick 2088: 2086: 2083: 2081: 2078: 2077: 2075: 2073: 2069: 2063: 2060: 2058: 2055: 2053: 2050: 2048: 2045: 2043: 2040: 2038: 2035: 2033: 2030: 2028: 2025: 2024: 2022: 2020: 2016: 2010: 2007: 2005: 2002: 2000: 1997: 1995: 1992: 1990: 1987: 1986: 1984: 1982: 1978: 1972: 1969: 1967: 1964: 1962: 1959: 1957: 1954: 1952: 1949: 1947: 1944: 1942: 1939: 1938: 1936: 1934: 1930: 1924: 1921: 1919: 1916: 1915: 1912: 1908: 1901: 1896: 1894: 1889: 1887: 1882: 1881: 1878: 1866: 1863: 1862: 1860: 1856: 1849: 1848: 1844: 1841: 1840: 1836: 1833: 1832: 1828: 1825: 1824: 1820: 1819: 1817: 1813: 1806: 1805: 1801: 1798: 1797: 1793: 1790: 1789: 1785: 1782: 1781: 1777: 1774: 1773: 1769: 1766: 1765: 1761: 1758: 1757: 1753: 1750: 1749: 1745: 1742: 1741: 1737: 1734: 1733: 1729: 1726: 1725: 1721: 1718: 1717: 1713: 1712: 1710: 1706: 1700: 1697: 1695: 1692: 1690: 1687: 1685: 1682: 1681: 1679: 1675: 1669: 1666: 1664: 1661: 1659: 1656: 1654: 1651: 1649: 1646: 1644: 1641: 1639: 1636: 1634: 1631: 1629: 1626: 1625: 1623: 1619: 1613: 1612:Glumdalclitch 1610: 1608: 1605: 1604: 1602: 1598: 1593: 1592: 1587: 1580: 1575: 1573: 1568: 1566: 1561: 1560: 1557: 1549: 1547:0-15-600872-6 1543: 1539: 1535: 1530: 1529: 1523: 1519: 1518: 1514: 1508: 1504: 1500: 1494: 1491: 1488: 1484: 1480: 1474: 1471: 1468: 1464: 1460: 1454: 1451: 1447: 1442: 1439: 1436: 1432: 1429: 1424: 1421: 1417: 1412: 1409: 1403: 1400: 1396:. p. 36. 1395: 1394: 1389: 1383: 1380: 1374: 1371: 1365: 1362: 1356: 1353: 1347: 1344: 1338: 1335: 1329: 1326: 1320: 1317: 1312: 1308: 1302: 1299: 1295: 1291: 1285: 1282: 1277: 1273: 1272: 1267: 1261: 1258: 1253: 1252: 1247: 1241: 1238: 1231: 1228: 1223: 1219: 1215: 1211: 1208:(10): 48–54. 1207: 1203: 1196: 1192: 1188: 1187: 1182: 1176: 1173: 1169: 1165: 1161: 1155: 1153: 1151: 1149: 1147: 1145: 1141: 1135: 1132: 1126: 1124: 1120: 1114: 1111: 1105: 1102: 1096: 1093: 1089: 1085: 1082: 1078: 1072: 1069: 1064: 1060: 1053: 1050: 1045: 1041: 1037: 1033: 1029: 1025: 1018: 1015: 1011: 1006: 1003: 999: 994: 991: 985: 982: 979: 975: 971: 965: 962: 956: 951: 950: 946: 944: 943: 942:The Borrowers 939: 938: 934: 929: 928: 923: 920: 919: 914: 911: 907: 903: 902: 897: 893: 889: 886: 882: 878: 874: 871:(and quoting 870: 866: 862: 858: 855: 854: 849: 845: 842: 841: 836: 833: 832: 827: 824: 823: 818: 814: 810: 806: 802: 798: 795: 791: 787: 783: 779: 775: 771: 767: 763: 759: 758: 755: 751: 746: 739: 737: 735: 730: 729: 724: 715: 713: 711: 707: 703: 699: 695: 691: 687: 683: 678: 676: 675: 670: 665: 663: 655: 653: 650: 646: 642: 638: 634: 626: 621: 619: 617: 613: 609: 603: 599: 595: 593: 589: 585: 581: 575: 573: 569: 565: 561: 557: 553: 549: 545: 540: 535: 532: 528: 523: 522:(1603–1625). 521: 517: 513: 509: 508:Protestantism 505: 501: 497: 493: 485: 480: 476: 468: 464: 462: 458: 457:King George I 453: 451: 447: 443: 439: 435: 432:party of the 431: 427: 423: 419: 414: 412: 408: 400: 398: 396: 392: 387: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 349: 347: 345: 337: 335: 333: 329: 325: 321: 317: 311: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 265: 263: 261: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 240: 235: 231: 227: 220: 216: 215:Île Amsterdam 212: 208: 204: 195: 191: 187: 183: 180:Blefuscudians 179: 175: 171: 167: 162: 158: 154: 151: 148: 144: 140: 139: 134: 129: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 98: 95: 91: 86: 82: 78: 75: 72: 68: 63: 59: 53: 48: 44: 43: 38: 33: 30: 19: 2130:Pottsylvania 2062:Skull Island 2052:San Serriffe 2031: 2027:Glubbdubdrib 2004:San Sombrèro 1918:General list 1845: 1837: 1829: 1821: 1802: 1794: 1786: 1778: 1770: 1762: 1754: 1746: 1738: 1730: 1722: 1714: 1657: 1638:Glubbdubdrib 1589: 1527: 1498: 1493: 1478: 1473: 1458: 1453: 1441: 1423: 1411: 1402: 1391: 1388:White, T. H. 1382: 1373: 1364: 1355: 1346: 1337: 1328: 1319: 1310: 1301: 1293: 1284: 1270: 1260: 1250: 1240: 1230: 1205: 1201: 1194: 1185: 1181:Cohen, Danny 1175: 1163: 1134: 1113: 1104: 1095: 1080: 1076: 1071: 1062: 1058: 1052: 1027: 1023: 1017: 1005: 993: 984: 969: 964: 947: 940: 925: 924:In the game 916: 899: 891: 876: 852: 838: 829: 820: 793: 789: 766:Lough Ennell 750:Lough Ennell 732: 726: 719: 701: 697: 693: 689: 681: 679: 672: 666: 659: 647:, master of 640: 636: 630: 604: 600: 596: 576: 555: 536: 524: 516:Presbyterian 489: 483: 473: 454: 437: 425: 415: 404: 388: 367: 353: 343: 341: 312: 296:Sunda Strait 275: 271: 269: 237: 229: 225: 224: 210: 136: 106:Lilliputians 57: 40: 29: 2196:WikiCommons 2110:Listenbourg 1999:San Escobar 1989:Brobdingnag 1842:(1992–1993) 1834:(1968–1969) 1694:Struldbrugg 1633:Brobdingnag 1536:. pp.  1193:. IEN 137. 910:Stowe House 896:T. H. White 831:lilliputian 817:Edward Cave 725:'s sequel, 723:T. H. White 710:helicopters 706:automobiles 669:T. H. White 627:Early works 504:Elizabeth I 430:high church 380:chamberlain 304:New Holland 280:East Indies 252:tiny people 207:Herman Moll 2221:Categories 2160:Veyshnoria 2057:Shangri-La 1815:Television 1684:The Engine 1628:Balnibarbi 1600:Characters 1515:References 927:EarthBound 892:Malplaquet 840:endianness 780:family at 584:Queen Anne 550:, and the 496:Henry VIII 442:low church 438:Slamecksan 426:Tramecksan 146:Created by 70:Created by 2135:Ruritania 2125:Poictesme 2100:Freedonia 2095:Graustark 2047:Phaic Tăn 2042:Madripoor 2009:Val Verde 1994:Jesusland 1689:Houyhnhnm 1663:Lindalino 1621:Locations 1162:(1970) , 988:Swift p20 850:'s novel 828:The word 770:Mullingar 698:dimelings 667:In 1946, 631:In 1728, 568:Jacobites 539:Louis XIV 527:Charles I 500:Edward VI 461:George II 344:blustrugs 338:Geography 185:Locations 111:Locations 2206:Category 2155:Syldavia 2120:Molvanîa 2105:Latveria 2085:Borduria 2037:Luggnagg 1981:Americas 1961:Khokarsa 1951:Bangalla 1668:Luggnagg 1534:Harcourt 1431:Archived 1390:(1946). 1309:(1958). 1276:Archived 1268:(1728). 1248:(1833). 1202:Computer 935:See also 859:Several 778:Rochfort 762:Lilliput 716:Language 531:James II 492:Catholic 420:and the 409:and the 370:or high 300:meridian 288:Simeulue 276:Antelope 266:Location 230:Blefuscu 226:Lilliput 193:Currency 172:Monarchy 141:location 131:Blefuscu 119:Currency 97:Monarchy 45:location 35:Lilliput 18:Blefuscu 2178:Patusan 2170:Oceania 2080:Baltish 1971:Wakanda 1956:Genosha 1858:Related 1222:7111686 1044:3815865 915:In the 861:craters 700:or 100 520:James I 486:(1850s) 391:Alcoran 372:admiral 366:): the 364:treason 320:Brouwer 292:Sumatra 234:nations 62:Sumatra 2072:Europe 1941:Azania 1933:Africa 1850:(1996) 1826:(1968) 1807:(2021) 1799:(2010) 1791:(2003) 1783:(1977) 1775:(1965) 1767:(1960) 1759:(1939) 1751:(1935) 1743:(1934) 1735:(1924) 1727:(1903) 1719:(1902) 1653:Laputa 1648:Lagado 1594:(1726) 1544:  1540:–370. 1505:  1485:  1465:  1220:  1086:  1042:  976:  881:Laputa 865:Phobos 811:, and 671:wrote 635:wrote 422:Tories 368:galbet 159:Satire 83:Satire 2145:Sodor 2140:Slaka 1708:Films 1699:Yahoo 1643:Japan 1218:S2CID 1040:JSTOR 957:Notes 918:Gabby 772:, in 690:sprug 684:, by 418:Whigs 395:Bible 196:sprug 156:Genre 122:sprug 80:Genre 2019:Asia 1966:Opar 1542:ISBN 1503:ISBN 1483:ISBN 1463:ISBN 1191:IETF 1084:ISBN 974:ISBN 853:Fury 786:Dean 702:bims 694:onze 582:and 228:and 169:Type 93:Type 1588:'s 1538:367 1210:doi 1061:". 1032:doi 898:'s 752:in 393:or 260:egg 242:by 2223:: 1292:, 1216:. 1206:14 1204:. 1189:. 1143:^ 1122:^ 1038:. 1026:. 807:, 708:, 209:: 1899:e 1892:t 1885:v 1578:e 1571:t 1564:v 1550:. 1448:. 1224:. 1212:: 1090:) 1046:. 1034:: 1028:8 908:( 843:. 64:. 20:)

Index

Blefuscu
Gulliver's Travels

Sumatra
Jonathan Swift
Monarchy
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift

Herman Moll
Île Amsterdam
Île Saint-Paul
nations
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
South Indian Ocean
tiny people
one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings
egg
East Indies
Van Diemen's Land
Simeulue
Sumatra
Sunda Strait
meridian
New Holland
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
northern routes
Brouwer
Roaring Forties

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.