The Discovery Of Alfred Wegener

In 1596- Abraham Ortelius took note that the coastlines of the continents seemed to be too fitting together. He initiated a theory that stated that the continents were probably joined at one point in time and were torn apart between Europe and Africa. In the year of 1912, Alfred Wegener stated that the continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangea.

The plate tectonics theory was made by a German named Alfred Wegener. He stated that a single continent existed about 300 million years ago named Pangaea and that it split into two continents of Laurasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south. Today’s continents were formed by further splitting of the two masses.

Frederick Sanger, was a very intelligent British biochemist who discovered Amino acid sequence of insulin and Sanger sequencing all of these things are still used today in life. Frederick Sanger throughout his years received many Nobel Prizes. Dr. Sanger received his first Nobel Prize in chemistry, in 1958. He received this Nobel Prize for showing how amino acids link together to form insulin. This discovery gave scientists many of the tools they still use today to analyze any protein in the body.

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, a navigator and a cosmographer from the Renaissance period (1451-1512). He is remembered for several important reasons, especially for promoting a scientific approach to access the world. On his first expedition, Vespucci explored the Amazon river, which in present-day covers the region of Brazil in South America. Also, as opposed to the early methods used by navigators, who estimated their position based on their previous location and the distance traveled, Vespucci took accurate navigational measurements and referred to the position of the stars and the moon to determine the longitude. Also, by accurately calculating the length of the equator, he helped determine the size of the earth. However, he made his most important scientific contribution, using his astronomical observations, when he identified that the lands discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia as thought by many Europeans at the time, but were a completely separate continent. To honor Vespucci’s great discovery, the continents of the western hemisphere were eventually named after his first name and was thus called America.

2. The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. The continents then spread out as drifting islands.

According to the theory of “Pangaea,” the world was once a single mega-continent that contained all the dry land about 225 million years ago. North America was shaped by the majestic Canadian Shield about 10 million years ago.

Who proposed that all of the present continents were once joined together in a single supercontinent called Pangaea?

The theory of Pangaea suggests that the continents were once stuck together into one huge continent. Eventually they started drifting into separated landmasses, which gave birth to the modern continents.

Because of Pangia humans ended upon 2 continents, Pangia was 1 big super continent. Why they went here is because their food was on those two continents. The original humans food was on Africa and Asia while tetonic plates were moving faster.

Alfred Munzer was born on November 23, 1941. He was born in the Hague which is in Netherland(Alfred Munzer). Alfred was the third child in his family. He was also one of the 110,000 jews living in Holland before the war. When Alfred was born there was a ceremony at their church to celebrate his birth. Alfred's ceremony was one of the last ceremonies held in the Hague before the war started.(Holocaust Survivor)

Charles Darwin began his scientific breakthroughs and upcoming theories when he began an expedition trip to the Galapagos Islands of South America. While studying there, he discovered that each island had its own type of plant and animal species. Although these plants and animals were similar in appearance, they had other characteristics that made them differ from one another and seem to not appear as similar. Darwin questioned why these plants and animals were on these islands and why they are different in ways.

Wegener’s theory was met with much controversy by other scientists. The fact that he was primarily a meteorologist and astronomer rather than a geologist further discounted his theory.

He was the first to establish that America was a new continent and was not a part of Asia. Amerigo Vespucci is known as an Italian explorer but best known for naming the continents of North and South America. While reading Amerigo Vespucci’s Biography on a History website it shows he was born on March 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy. He had always been fascinated with books and maps as young child.

With his newest discovery called Pangea he is determined to have his name in the history books. Earlier this year, on the coldest day in February the mad scientist and his protégé Robert Mikaelson payed my office a visit. Little did I know what they’d would change my perception of our motherland.

ALBERT EINSTEIN Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879 in Germany. His family owned a small business that manufactured electric machinery. The business failed and they left Germany. Albert was fifteen years old and he dropped out of school. When Albert was five when he received his first compass and he began to investigate the world. Little did he know that that compass would make him famous.