Giants: why we needed them
- Written by Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast
Giovanni Lanfranco's Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre (1624): in many societies giants were long part of received wisdom.Wikimedia Commons
Think of any sizeable water gap. It might be that between you and the island many kilometres off the coast, a place like Kangaroo Island (South Australia) or Sri Lanka as viewed from nearby India.
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