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Lilliput Put
Lilliput and Blefuscu, Lilliput is an island nation in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels''. Lilliput may also refer to: Geography * Lilliput (townland), a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland * Lilliput, Dorset, a district in the town of Poole in Dorset, United Kingdom * Lilliput Glacier, the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California * Lilliput Mountain, a mountain on the British Columbia-Alberta border in the Canadian Rockies * Lilliput Nunataks, three nunataks on the eastern side of Graham Land, Antarctica * Lilliput, Victoria, a parish in the County of Bogong, Victoria, Australia Art, entertainment, and media * Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726, amended 1735) Publications * Lilliput (magazine), ''Lilliput'' (magazine), a British art and literature magazine * Lilliput (play), ''Lilliput'' (play), 1756 play by David Garrick Brands and enterprises * Lilliput Lane, British company miniatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput And Blefuscu
Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated by a channel wide. Both are inhabited by tiny people who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings. Both nations are empires and the capital of Lilliput is Mildendo. Location Swift gives the location of Lilliput and Blefuscu in Part I of ''Gulliver's Travels'', 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 ''Antelope'') was bound for the East Indies when it was caught in "a violent storm to the northwest of Van Diemen's Land" (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" (Simeulue), off northwest Sumatra, and northwest of Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Garrick
David Garrick (19 February 1716 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, Actor-manager, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Samuel Johnson. He appeared in several amateur theatricals, and with his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's ''Richard III (play), Richard III'', audiences and managers began to take notice. Impressed by his portrayals of Richard III and several other roles, Charles Fleetwood (theatre manager), Charles Fleetwood engaged Garrick for a season at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the West End theatre, West End. He remained with the Drury Lane company for the next five years and purchased a share of the theatre with James Lacy (actor), James Lacy. This purchase inaugurated 29 years of Garrick's management of the Drury Lane, during which time it rose to prominence as one of the leading theatres in Europe. At his death, thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput Longarm Octopus
''Macrotritopus defilippi'', commonly known as the Lilliput longarm octopus or the Atlantic longarm octopus, is a small species of octopus, a marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. Its typical habitat is shallow sandy areas. Its yellowish-brown colouration enables it to blend into its surroundings making it well-camouflaged when stationary. In the Caribbean it has been found that when it moves around, it does so in such a way as to closely resemble the swimming behaviour of the plate fish (''Bothus lunatus''), a bottom-dwelling flounder which inhabits the same waters. Description ''Macrotritopus defilippi'' is a small octopus with relatively long arms and a mantle length of up to . As is the case in most octopuses, the skin is variable in colour. It is usually either plain or speckled and closely matches the colour of its surroundings, the sandy plains on which it lives. Where the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania (genus)
''Tanzania'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from . Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker. It is related to the ''Euophrys'' and '' Talavera''. Three new species discovered in Tanzania by Wesolowska and Russell-Smith in 2000, and given the genus name ''Lilliput'' (''L. mkomazienis'', ''L. minutus'' and ''L. pusillus'') are now included in the genus ''Tanzania''. Species As of October 2022, it contains seven species, six of which are found in Africa and one in India: *'' Tanzania meridionalis'' Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa *'' Tanzania minutus'' (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania, South Africa *''Tanzania mkomaziensis'' (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) (type) – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa *'' Tanzania parvulus'' Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa *'' Tanzania pusillus'' (Wesol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Lilliput
Operation Lilliput was a convoy operation directed by G.H.Q. Operations Instructions Number 21 of 20 October 1942 for transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies in a regular transport service between Milne Bay and Oro Bay, New Guinea between 18 December 1942 and June 1943 in order "to cover reinforcement, supply, and development of the Buna-Gona area upon its anticipated capture" by the Australian 7th Division and the United States Army's 32d Division. Within six months, the convoys, escorted by Royal Australian Navy corvettes and largely composed of Dutch KPM merchant ships, had delivered 60,000 tons of supplies and 3,802 troops from Milne Bay to Oro Bay. Corvettes provided the majority of the escort force. Losses during Imperial Japanese air attacks amounted to two merchant ships, and , sunk and two badly damaged while several of the corvettes also sustained damage and casualties. Oro Bay The western terminus of the convoys was Oro Bay some from Milne Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput Effect
The Lilliput effect is an observed decrease in animal body size in genera that have survived a major extinction. There are several hypotheses as to why these patterns appear in the fossil record, some of which are: * simple preferential survival of smaller animals, * dwarfing of larger lineages, and * evolutionary miniaturization from larger ancestral stocks. The term was coined in by in a paper concerning the end-Silurian extinction of graptoloids and is derived from an island in ''Gulliver’s Travels'', Lilliput, inhabited by a race of miniature people. The size decrease may just be a temporary phenomenon restricted to the survival period of the extinction event. coined the term Brobdingnag effectalternative link to describe a related phenomenon, operating in the opposite direction, whereby new species evolving after the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction that began the period with small body sizes underwent substantial size increases. The term is also from ''Gulliver's Trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput (actor)
M. M. Faruqui, known professionally as Lilliput, is an Indian actor and writer, known for the TV series ''Vikram Vetaal'' and Bollywood films. He adopted his screen name taking a cue from Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' where Gulliver lands onto an island inhabited by little people. Career He is best known for writing Doordarshan's popular science fiction series '' Indradhanush'' and acted in films such as '' Bunty Aur Babli'' (2005), '' Saagar'' (1985), and popular 90s sitcoms like '' Dekh Bhai Dekh'' , ''Natkht'' and ''Mr. Funtoos'', and for starring in '' Woh'' (1998) as Woh. He has written the dialogues of critically acclaimed movie '' Chamatkar''(1992). He plays Dadda Tyagi in popular TV series Mirzapur from season 2. He made his Tamil film Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput Kidswear
Lilliput Kidswear is an Indian clothing brand that makes clothes specifically for children and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. History Sanjeev Narula founded Lilliput Kidswear in 2003. Bain Capital Partners invested $60 million into Lilliput Kidswear in May 2010. Two weeks after the IPO of Lilliput, a whistle blower called to inform investment firms that the revenue figures in Lilliput were inflated. Bain Capital Partners sued the audit firm Ernst & Young Global Limited, after the invested in Lilliput kidswear on the advice of the auditing firm. Bain Capital claimed to have incurred a loss of $60 million over the investment. Bain Capital left the company in 2013 according to the CEO of Lilliput Kidswear. Controversy over fraud In 2013, Lilliput Kidswear bought clothing worth $5,000,000 (40 Crores BDT) from 22 Bangladeshi garment suppliers. After receiving no payment, Central bank of Bangladesh via Bangladesh government approached the Indian government The Governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput Lane
Lilliput Lane, founded in 1982 by David Tate, was a company known for its extensive range of realistic miniature handmade models of real English and Welsh cottages and scenes. Formerly based in Workington, and Penrith, Cumbria, the company moved to Langholm in 2009. It has produced models ranging from The Tower of London and Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is a Listed building#Grade I, Grade I listed combined Bascule bridge, bascule, Suspension bridge, suspension, and, until 1960, Cantilever bridge, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones ... to small fisherman's bothies as seen in the adjacent image. The models sell in over 50 countries around the world. In 2016, Enesco announced they were closing their production factory in Langholm, and also announced that Lilliput Lane would cease to be manufactured. In January 2017, David Tate died after a nine-year battle with cancer. References External linksLilliput Lane: A little on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput (play)
Lilliput is an island nation in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels''. Lilliput may also refer to: Geography * Lilliput (townland), a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland * Lilliput, Dorset, a district in the town of Poole in Dorset, United Kingdom * Lilliput Glacier, the smallest named glacier in the Sierra Nevada of California * Lilliput Mountain, a mountain on the British Columbia-Alberta border in the Canadian Rockies * Lilliput Nunataks, three nunataks on the eastern side of Graham Land, Antarctica * Lilliput, Victoria, a parish in the County of Bogong, Victoria, Australia Art, entertainment, and media * Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726, amended 1735) Publications * ''Lilliput'' (magazine), a British art and literature magazine * ''Lilliput'' (play), 1756 play by David Garrick Brands and enterprises * Lilliput Lane, British company miniature models of English cottages and scenes * Lilliput Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulliver's Travels
''Gulliver's Travels'', originally titled ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'', is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising human nature and the imaginary "Imaginary voyage, travellers' tales" literary subgenre. It is Swift's best-known full-length work, one of the most famous classics of English literature, and popularised the fictional island of Lilliput and Blefuscu, Lilliput. The English poet and dramatist John Gay remarked, "It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." The book has been adapted for over a dozen films, movies, plays, and theatrical performances over the centuries. The book was an immediate success, and Swift claimed that he wrote ''Gulliver's Travels'' "to vex the world rather than divert it". Plot Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput The travel begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilliput (magazine)
''Lilliput'' was a small-format British monthly magazine of humour, short stories, photographs and the arts, founded in 1937 by the photojournalist Stefan Lorant.An air raid siren for the Left ''New Criterion'', 1 September 2005. The first issue came out in July and it was sold shortly after to Edward George Warris Hulton, Edward Hulton, when editorship was taken over by Tom Hopkinson in 1940: his assistant editor from 1941 to 1948 was Kaye Webb. During the 1950s ''Lilliput'' was edited by Jack Hargreaves. It had a reputation for publishing what were, for the time, fairly daring photographs of female nudes. Contributors included H. E. Bates, Gordon Beckles, Sir Max Beerbohm, James Boswell (artist), James Boswell, Nigel Balchin (author), Bill Brandt, Brassaï, Patrick Campbel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
