island of Taprobane

E481094

The island of Taprobane is a fictionalized version of Sri Lanka featured in Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "The Fountains of Paradise."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taprobane 3
island of Taprobane canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional island ⓘ
historical name ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
appearsInWork The Fountains of Paradise ⓘ
basedOn Sri Lanka ⓘ
createdBy Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
hasFictionalUniverse The Fountains of Paradise universe ⓘ
hasMedium novel ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Taprobane ⓘ
linked to: island of Taprobane
hasNotableFeature equatorial mountain ⓘ
space elevator site ⓘ
hasThemeAssociation advanced engineering ⓘ
interaction of technology and religion ⓘ
space elevator concept ⓘ
inspiredBy geography of Sri Lanka ⓘ
modeledAfter climate of Sri Lanka ⓘ
cultural elements of Sri Lanka ⓘ
topography of Sri Lanka ⓘ
publicationAuthorNationality British ⓘ
publicationAuthorResidenceInspiration Sri Lanka ⓘ
refersTo Sri Lanka ⓘ
settingOf major events in The Fountains of Paradise ⓘ
sharesNameWith Taprobane ⓘ
linked to: island of Taprobane
usedBy ancient Greeks ⓘ
ancient Romans ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Fountains of Paradise → setIn → island of Taprobane ⓘ
island of Taprobane → hasNameOrigin → Taprobane ⓘ
linked to: island of Taprobane
island of Taprobane → sharesNameWith → Taprobane ⓘ
linked to: island of Taprobane
Mount Taprobane → locatedInFictional → Taprobane ⓘ
linked to: island of Taprobane