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Laputa
Sign in to savethumb|right|Gulliver discovers Laputa, the flying island (illustration by J. J. Grandville) thumb|right|The Queen of Laputa, from a French edition of ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1850s)
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- Fictional location.name
- Laputa
- Fictional location.image
- Laputa map.gif
- Fictional location.imagesize
- 300px
- Fictional location.caption
- Map of Laputa and Balnibarbi (original map, Pt III, ''Gulliver's Travels'')
- Fictional location.series
- Gulliver's Travels
- Fictional location.creator
- Jonathan Swift
- Fictional location.genre
- Satire
- Fictional location.type
- Flying island
- Fictional location.people
- King
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thumb|right|Gulliver discovers Laputa, the flying island (illustration by J. J. Grandville) thumb|right|The Queen of Laputa, from a French edition of ''Gulliver's Travels (1850s)
Laputa is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4½ miles (7¼km) in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can manoeuvre in any direction using magnetic levitation. The island is the home of the king of Balnibarbi and his court, and is used by the king to enforce his rule over the lands below.