This region was said to be inhabited by a race of huge barbarians called its "giants.
Welsh immigrants to this region founded a settlement called Y Wladfa (oh lad-vah). Early explorers of this region wrote sensationalized accounts of its native Tehuelche (tay-HWAIL-chay) people. A country's strategy of displacing this region's natives with European immigrants was called "the conquest of the desert." A popular myth about this region originated in Antonio Pigafetta's account of traveling through it with the Magellan expedition. This region was said to be inhabited by a race of huge barbarians called its "giants." This region to the south of Araucania (ah-rau-kah-NEE-ah) is an ancestral homeland of the Mapuche people and the southernmost region inhabited by "gaucho" cowboys. For 10 points, name this frontier region of far southern South America that includes Tierra del Fuego.
Welsh immigrants to this region founded a settlement called Y Wladfa (oh lad-vah).
Patagonia [accept Patagonian Giants; prompt on "South America" before "desert"]