in Patagonia when they passed by there on their circumnavigation of the globe. However, when a newly edited revised account of the voyage came out in 1773, the Patagonians were recorded as being —very tall, especially by 18th century standards, but by no means giants. Explanations In 1615, a grave with bones of the giants in Puerto Deseado was reported by Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire. This claim was possibly initiated by fossil finds. The people encountered by Byron were in all likelihood the Tehuelches, indigenous to the region. Later writers consider the Patagonian giants to have been a hoax, or at least an exaggeration and misreporting of earlier European accounts of the region. These accounts may also refer to the Selk'nam people. A photo of a seven-foot tall Selk'nam ("Ona") man can be found in the Library of Congress. See also Hyperborea References Giants Indigenous peoples in Argentina Indigenous peoples in Chile Patagonia Chilean mythology Mythological peoples Spanish-language South American legendary creatures