Abraham Ortelius was born on April 2, 1527.
Abraham Ortelius was born on April 2, 1527.
Abraham Ortelius died on June 28, 1598 at the age of 71.
Abraham Ortelius died on June 28, 1598 at the age of 71.
Abraham Ortelius was born on April 2, 1527 and died on June 28, 1598. Abraham Ortelius would have been 71 years old at the time of death or 488 years old today.
1596
Abraham Ortelius did not propose the theory of Pangaea. It was Alfred Wegener who proposed the theory of Pangaea in the early 20th century, suggesting that the continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent that later broke apart and drifted to their current positions.
ortelius believed that the world we live in today is a big load of crap:)
They didnt accept it
Continental drift
His "evidence" was the jigsaw fit of the continents. -channing(:
The idea was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596, but it was Alfred Wegener who fully refined it in 1912.