Levant region on the eastern Mediterranean, including all countries bordering the sea between Greece & Egypt.
Tonquin (Tonkin) the Gulf of Tonkin, an arm of the South China Sea between Hainan Island and the coast of southern China; here, the first port visited by the Hopewell.
pocket-glass a small telescope; spyglass.
pocket-perspective another type of spyglass.
supplicating postures requests for help, as in a prayer-like position. Gulliver is humbly seeking rescue by the flying islanders.
the verge the edge; here, meaning the edge of the Flying Island.
