Why are there Giants in South America on Old Maps?

“The existence of giants here is confirmed” this was written in a letter to the French Academy of Sciences in 1766 by Dr. Matthew Maty, the secretary of the British Royal Society He was referring to the confirmation of giants at the southern end of South America by English explorer John Byron..but reports of giants in this part of the world went back more than two centuries. Social Media ------------------------ Map Shop - http://thegeographygeek.com/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/thegeographygeek Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geographygeek Email Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/hSeKpj Internet Sources ------ https://www.cascada.travel/blog/the-truth-about-patagonia-s-giants https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/magellan-strait/patgonian-giants.html https://dubioushistory.github.io/articles/patagonian-giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZJeQ4-8Apk&t=6s Book Sources ------- “The Phantom Atlas” - Edward Brooke-Hitching RareMaps.com Maps ------- 1752 Claes Janszoon Visscher World Map - https://tinyurl.com/4c2np2cp 1544 Sebastian Munster Map - https://tinyurl.com/48acuk27 1634 Willem Janszoon Blaeu Straits of Magellan Map - https://tinyurl.com/3p98kaj8