Antonio Snider-Pellegrini (1802-1885), was a French geographer, who, in 1858^[555], offered a theory^(a) that has been seen as a precursor to that of Alfred Wegner’s concept of Continental Drift, which in turn became the widely accepted model of plate tectonics. He is credited with creating the first representation of the Americas joined to Europe and Africa. He also added the suggestion that Brazil had been the location of Atlantis.

^(a) http://www.xearththeory.com/