Gulliver's Travels and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Similarities The tales of Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, is a wide known story. For more then two and a half centuries, Gulliver's Travels has been read by children for pleasure. Terry Gilliam's “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” is much the same. It can be compared to Gulliver's Travels in many ways. “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” has been given the subtitle “Gulliver Revived” for the following reasons; the adventures both Gulliver and Munchausen partake, political hierarchy, and sa