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apr 1, 1596 - Abraham Ortelius and Alexander Von Humbolt

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Ortelius saw how the shapes of African and South American coastlines appeared to fit together. His and Von Humbolts observation were the first piece of evidence that Earth's lithosphere move.

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apr 1, 1596
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~ 430 years ago

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