About “The Floating Island”
The Floating Island is a 1673 satirical novel by Richard Head, published under the pseudonym Frank Careless. It parodies adventure fiction, describing the travels of Captain Robert Owe-much through distant lands referencing London neighbourhoods. The character later appears in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a member of Prospero's Men. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Some summaries adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.