The Continents
More than a century after Plato’s writings, people became speculative of Atlantis. Then came along Abraham Ortelius, who discovered that the continents were all connected at one point. “Unless it be a fable, the island of Gadir or Gades [Cadiz] will be the remaining part of Atlantis or America, which was not sunk (as Plate reports in the Timaeus.)” he said.