The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift - Thesaurus Geographicus - 1596 - Ortelius - Plantin archive London: for Stanfield Parkinson

London: for Stanfield Parkinson

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and according to Pierre Bayle

dressed in the habit of the Poles

The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift - Thesaurus Geographicus - 1596 - Ortelius - Plantin archive London: for Stanfield Parkinson"Thesaurus Geographicus" Abraham Ortelius Published in 1596 by Christopher Plantin Complete Early 18th Century binding Rebacked to style This book is the first recorded suggestion of continental drift. Ortelius first postulates that the coasts of Africa and the Americas had once existed side by side. In his description of Gadricus, Plato's name for Atlantis, he writes: "If someone brings forward a map of the world and considers carefully the coasts of