<Dt> 4 May 1699 </Dt> <P> The travel begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages . </P> <P> During his first voyage, Gulliver is washed ashore after a shipwreck and finds himself a prisoner of a race of tiny people, less than 6 inches (15 cm) tall, who are inhabitants of the island country of Lilliput . After giving assurances of his good behaviour, he is given a residence in Lilliput and becomes a favourite of the Lilliput Royal Court . He is also given permission by the King of Lilliput to go around the city on condition that he must not harm their subjects . </P> <P> At first, the Lilliputians are hospitable to Gulliver, but they are also wary of the threat that his size poses to them . The Lilliputians reveal themselves to be a people who put great emphasis on trivial matters . For example, which end of an egg a person cracks becomes the basis of a deep political rift within that nation . They are a people who revel in displays of authority and performances of power . Gulliver assists the Lilliputians to subdue their neighbors the Blefuscudians by stealing their fleet . However, he refuses to reduce the island nation of Blefuscu to a province of Lilliput, displeasing the King and the royal court . </P>

Where does gulliver land when he is shipwrecked