So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill th… - Jonathan Swift

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So geographers, in Afric maps,
With savage pictures fill their gaps,
And o'er unhabitable downs
Place elephants for want of towns.

Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Pen Names: Isaac Bickerstaff • Lemuel Gulliver • M. B. Drapier • Simon Wagstaff

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So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns. - Jonathan Swift

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