The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift - Thesaurus Geographicus - 1596 - Ortelius - Plantin archive The volumes are illustrated with

The volumes are illustrated with two repeated woodcut title-borders

Bindinged bumped and rubed with loss of upper spine

Published Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry

The Dutch sailing ships as shown

The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift - Thesaurus Geographicus - 1596 - Ortelius - Plantin archive The volumes are illustrated with"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