In 1596, who suggested in his work ‘Thesaurus Geographicus' that the continents ofthe earth were not always located in their present positions?
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The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Abraham Ortelius.
In 1596, Abraham Ortelius suggested in his work 'Thesaurus Geographicus' that the continents of the Earth were not always in their present positions. Ortelius, a Flemish cartographer, proposed the idea that the continents had once been joined together and later drifted apart, which was an early conceptualization of the theory of continental drift. This idea laid foundational thoughts for the later development of plate tectonics and the understanding of Earth's geological history.