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Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was added at late notice as a 12 leave addition between pages 643 and 644
and according to Pierre Bayle
Maps very good
The volumes are illustrated with two repeated woodcut title-borders
such as perspective
The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift - Thesaurus Geographicus - 1596 - Ortelius - Plantin archive Francis Drake’s circumnavigation was added"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
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