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may 9, 1596 - Abraham Ortelius realized that the coastlines of the continents matched up in some ways.
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Ortelius noticed that South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle.
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NEW The History of Plate Tectonics by Andrea Nix
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may 9, 1596
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