Gulliver’s Travels Travelogue

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Instructions:

Explore these Web sites to gather background information on the historic events satirized in Gulliver’s Travels.

 

GENERAL RESEARCH

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org

Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/

iSEEK - http://www.iseek.com/

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/

 

BRITISH HISTORY SITES

The Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom: The Stuarts - https://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/TheStuarts/TheStuarts.aspx

British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1638-1660 - http://bcw-project.org/

Historic Figures, BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/

Civil War of Ideas - http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/17century/topic_3/welcome.htm

 

SWIFT AND GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

Gulliver’s Travels - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829

Gulliver’s Travels - http://www.online-literature.com/swift/gulliver/

Jonathan Swift - http://www.biography.com/people/jonathan-swift-9500342

Jonathan Swift - http://blog.oup.com/2013/10/jonathan-swift-irish-writer/