lilliput

     

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Trivia about lilliput

  • Gulliver's first of 4 voyages was to this land of tiny people
  • Part I of a 1726 book is "A Voyage to" this place, home to human creatures "not six inches high"
  • In "Gulliver's Travels", the sizes in this land are reduced to 1/12
  • Mildendo, the metropolis of this land Gulliver traveled to, is surrounded by a wall just 2 1/2 feet high
  • Mildendo, a metropolis in this country in "Gulliver's Travels" was only 500 feet square
  • Mythical land mentioned by Samuel Johnson in his "Debates" & Jonathan Swift in his "Travels"
  • The city of Mildendo on this island is encompassed by a wall 2 1/2 feet high
  • Mildendo, a city on this island, is surrounded by walls that are 2 1/2 feet high & 11 inches wide