Abraham ortelius biography7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() To such an extent that one could say with Strabo, Book 2, that what Plato, following Solon’s account, tells us about the island of Atlantis is not a lie.Part of Abraham Ortelius' atlas from 1570, showing "Norvmbega" among other somewhat mythical names for various areas as well as several phantom islands. The vestiges of this rupture are clearly visible, however, if one consults a map of the world and considers more closely the shorelines of the three aforementioned lands where they face one another-that is, the promontories of Europe & Africa and the concavities of America. But if anyone accuses me of explaining one fable with another fable, I won't object. Gadir or Gades may be the remaining part of Atlantis, or the island of America, which perhaps were not so much submerged (as related in the Timaeus) as torn off from Europe and Africa by earthquake and inundation: note how it is clearly elongated towards the west. dicere, non esse figmentum quod Plato ex Solonis sententia, de Atlantide insula prodiderit. Ostendunt se tamen rupturae vestigia, si quis harum trium dictarum terrae (adhibita geographica universalitabula) partium littora, quo se mutuo adspiciunt, eminentias Europae nempe atque Africae cum concavitatibus Americae penitius consideraverit, adeo ut quis posset cum Strabone 2. Quod si quis hoc Fabulam fabula compensare vocet, per me quidem licebit. Gadir sive Gades pars erit reliqua Atlantidis sive Americae insulae, arque haec non tam submersa, (ut idem refert in Timaeo) quam ab Europa atque Africa terraemotu et illuvione abrupta: et recta occidentem versus elongata videbitur. My translation is not very good, but I think it captures the gist: The passage is in the 1596 edition of the Thesaurus Geographicus under the heading Gadiricus. Eroica ( talk) 09:31, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Reply I found it. Ortelius mainly points out Mercator's claim that Plato's Atlantis was America. Thesaurus Geographicus Leaf Nnn verso (Plantin, Antwerp, 1596)." But Ortelius's brief discussion of Atlantis contains nothing remotely comparable to Kious's quotes. James Romm, A New Forerunner for Continental Drift, writes: "In a discussion of Plato's Atlantis legend which he published in the third edition of his Thesaurus Geographicus, a dictionary of classical place names, Ortelius suggested that Plato had described an ancient separation of the continents, and used this interpretation to account for the matching coastlines of the Old and New Worlds - a phenomenon which he may well have been first to point out." His citation reads: "Ortelius, A. Does anyone know where it is? The quote by W. I have been trying to track down the actual passage where Abraham Ortelius first proposed a form of continental drift. If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.Ĭheers.- InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 17:45, 13 September 2017 (UTC) Reply.If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.Assess : Tag related article talk pages with (last update: 18 January 2022).Article requests : See Requested articles/Social sciences/Geography, cities, regions and named places and Missing articles about Locations.Geography Wikipedia:WikiProject Geography Template:WikiProject Geography geography articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Geography, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of geography on Wikipedia. ![]() This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Belgium Wikipedia:WikiProject Belgium Template:WikiProject Belgium Belgium-related articles This article is within the scope of WikiProject Belgium, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles on Belgium on Wikipedia. This article is supported by the science and academia work group. ![]()
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