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How many voyages does Lemuel Gulliver make in Gulliver’s Travels?

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Illustration of Lemuel Gulliver lying on the ground, tied down by tiny Lilliputians, with crowds and small buildings in the background, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
Gulliver’s Travels Lemuel Gulliver in Lilliput, illustration from an edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.

In Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels (1726), the protagonist Lemuel Gulliver makes four distinct voyages to remote parts of the world.12

Each of the novel's four books details one of these adventures:3

  • First Voyage: Gulliver travels to Lilliput, a land inhabited by people less than six inches tall.2
  • Second Voyage: Gulliver visits Brobdingnag, a land populated by giants.32
  • Third Voyage: Gulliver encounters the flying island of Laputa and visits various other lands, including Balnibarbri, Glubbdubdrib, and Luggnagg.2
  • Fourth Voyage: Gulliver travels to the land of the Houyhnhnms, a race of rational, intelligent horses.32