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| Picture No | 12030557 |
| Date | 1741 |
| Description | Commodore Byron with the Patagonians |
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Depiction of Commodore John Byron and his men rowing ashore to meet with the native people of Patagonia, on the coast of Chile, most likely to be the Selk'nam people. Despite varied accounts and rumours of Patagonian giants, the people Byron met with were only recorded to be around 6"6'.
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| Source | Engraving by Perrot |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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