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Period: Apr 14, 1527 to
Abraham Ortelius's
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Jan 1, 1565
Ortelius makes a 2 sheet map of Egypt
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Jan 1, 1567
Ortelius makes a 8 sheet map of Asia
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Jan 1, 1568
Ortelius makes a map plan of the Brittenburg Castle on the coast of the Netherlands
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Jan 1, 1570
Ortelius's "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" gets published
This is the first ever world atlas that got published in 42 different editions and 7 languages -
Jan 1, 1573
Additamentum Theatri Orbis Terrarum
Ortelius publishes 17 maps, 4 more in his later life of the places around him -
Jan 1, 1579
Nomenclator Ptolemaicus
Ortelius started his Paregon, which is a series of maps showing world history, that are sometimes sacred. -
Period: to
Alfred Wegener's
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Period: to
Harry Hess
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Wegener advocated for the theory of the Continental Drift
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Wegener Publishes "The Origin of Continents and Oceans,"
This book is basically about his theory on continental drift. -
Wegener's theory is criticized
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Wegener goes on an expedition
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Hess got called to reexamine his work while at sea.
Tow scientits, Maurice Ewing and Bruce Heezen, found out on the Great Global Rift, which is a rift running on the Mid-Oceanic Ridge, so they called on Hess to reexamine his work when he wa at sea. -
Hess made a contribution
Hess made a contribution in which he theorized that the Earth's crust moved away from Oceanic Ridges -
Wegener's idea got accepted on the Continental Drift
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Hess makes an important hypothesis of plate tectonics
Hess theorized that the sea floor was spreading from the rift, where hot magma seeps up. -
"HIstory of Ocean and Basins"
Hess's report on sea floor spreading and continental drifts got published. -
Pres. Kennedy appoints Hess to chair the Science Board