Gulliver's travels

Part 1: A voyage to lilliput 1:1: lemuel gulliver in a strange land.. My adventure begin on may 4, 1699 when i accepted the post of ship's doctor to Captain william prichard, of the antelope .it was a voyage to south seas. At first, our travel was good but when we reached the East indies*, trouble struck. Many of the crew died due to overwork or poor food and the rest were in a week condition. A violent storm caught us by surprise. It tossed our ship about until it was driven north-west of van diemen's land * in Australia. I always believed i would travel and see new places. I had studied under Mr James bates, a famous surgeon In London. I also studied subjects like navigation , physics and mathematics because i knew it would be useful in long voyages on the sea. My knowledge was going to be greatly tested on this journey. It was the beginning of summer and the weather was hazy. On November 5*, a fierce wind began to blow and drove the ship straight on to a...