Which geophysicist first speculated that the continents might have drifted?

Q. Which geophysicist first speculated that the continents might have drifted?
Answer: Abraham Ortelius
Notes: Abraham Ortelius in 1596 first speculated that the continents might have drifted. Alfred Wegener proposed his continental drift theory in 1912.

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