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 reports of giants in this part of the world went back more than two centuries. Social Media ------------------------ Map Shop - Instagram - Patreon - Email Newsletter - Internet Sources ------ Book Sources ------- “The Phantom Atlas” - Edward Brooke-Hitching Maps ------- 1752 Claes Janszoon Visscher World Map - 1544 Sebastian Munster Map - 1634 Willem Janszoon Blaeu Straits of Magellan Map -