In the year 1520, Fernan Magellan went sailing around the world.

When he arrived in Patagonia on the shores of South America, he discovered the most unusual thing ever found by an Explorer.

He came across a naked giant dancing on the shoreline and singing a tune.

Magellan was so astounded that he ordered one of his emissaries to make contact with the enormous Beast.

The meeting went according to Plaid and the giant received Magellan with open arms.

This is all according to Antonio Pigafetta, the man on Magellan’s fateful Voyage, who kept a diary and recorded everything that happened.

Antonio wrote that when the giant stood before The Crew, He shivered in fear and pointed to the sky.

The giant believed the pale Europeans had descended from Heaven.

The giant was also so tall that the largest among Magellan’s men only reached his waist.

The crew shared food and drink with the Giant and one of the men showed the giant a mirror.

The giant was so shocked at seeing his own reflection that he threw the mirror away and swiped four men to the ground in a single blow.

 

Ferdinand Magellan and his crew of sailors spent several weeks with the Giant and his tribe of other enormous people.

Magellan had also plans to take a pair of them back to Spain to prove his Discovery.

But according to Antonio’s diary, the plan failed when the Giants died and were lost on the Voyage Home.

It’s unclear exactly what happened to the Giants, but they could have caused trouble.

The Spanish may have put them down and tossed them into the sea.

This sounds like the ridiculous plot of a movie, but experts say it may be somewhat true.

Ferdinand Magellan may have encountered the Te Welche Tribe from Patagonia.

These were real people a fantastic stature.

They were at 12 feet tall, but they were at least six feet and up, according to expert William C’s sturtivant.

 

19th century scientists estimated the heights of the Dewell chemen at roughly seven feet tall.

More modern estimates say they were only six feet tall, based on archaeological evidence.

Either way, they were huge compared to the shrimpy five foot tall Spaniards.

It’s also entirely possible that Ferdinand Magellan did see one or two tribes, men who measured eight or nine feet tall.

Over the years, the Te Welche were slowly absorbed or killed by these Spanish settlers and disappeared.

To this day, Titi Welcher remained one of the tallest populations in human history.

And now for number nine.

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In 1298, the great explorer Marco Polo’s book travels was released in Europe.

It was a fantastic book, all about Marco Polo’s exciting and ventures in the East.

It was what Marco Polo wrote in his book that gave the West the first true imagery of Asia.

There were fabulous temples, Smokey opium dens, exotic beasts and land very much alike.

The one in Europe.

Marco Polo left his home in Italy and traveled across Asia before arriving in the legendary city of Xanadu around 1275 AD.

But he didn’t just stay for a few weeks on vacation.

Marco Polo remained in the court of Kulakan for almost 20 years and he didn’t return to Europe until 1292 AD.

In his book travels, Marco Polo described a magical city of marble and stone.

He wrote about halls and Chambers covered in beautiful decoration, as well as massive Gardens abound with thriving animals and birds of prey.

In the center of the city he spoke of a great Royal Pavilion supported by a Colonnade of pillars.

In the 20th century it wasn’t totally clear whether Xanadu was a real place or a mythical location dreamed up by an Explorer 800 years ago.

But then its remains were discovered north of the Great Wall of China.

Xanadu was in fact a real City, so Majestic and exotic it’s no wonder Marco Polo never wanted to leave.

It was the summer capital of the Mongol Empire.

After Genghis Khan’s death it was built 217 miles from Beijing and it was occupied from 1274 until 1364 AD.

Genghis Khan’s grandson, Kubla Khan, ruled the place from 1260 until 1294.

And while Ganges typically gets all the attention, Kumacon was notable for being the first Outsider to conquer all of China.

He stopped the Song Dynasty into dust and became the first non-han emperor of China.

Number eight: the Blemies.

Famous Greek historian Herodotus wrote about a group of creature known as the blemy’s 2500 years ago.

Heredotus said they were creatures with eyes in their chest that had no heads.

They looked exactly like humans but didn’t have brains, skulls or faces.

They supposedly lived in the thick Woodland of Libya.

Peridotis also wrote that Libya was full of giant snakes, monstrous beasts with dog heads, warned donkeys and other atrocities.

But 500 years later a Greek geographer noted that the blemis lived in Nubia and weren’t horrible monsters.

They were simply a tribe of people trying to live their lives in peace.