▁in vention ▁of ▁Mer c ator ▁projection . ▁Mer c ator ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁term ▁' at las ' ▁( in ▁a ▁ge ographical ▁context ) ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁bound ▁collection ▁of ▁maps ▁through ▁his ▁own ▁collection ▁entitled ▁" Atlas ▁s ive ▁Cos m ograph ica e ▁med itation es ▁de ▁fab rica ▁mv nd i ▁et ▁fabric ati ▁fig v ra " ▁( 1 5 9 5 ). ▁The ▁hypothesis ▁that ▁contin ents ▁might ▁have ▁' d rift ed ' ▁was ▁first ▁put ▁forward ▁by ▁Abraham ▁Ort el ius ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 6 . ▁ ▁Some ▁notable ▁sch ol ars / histor ians ▁of ▁Nether land ish ▁cart ography ▁and ▁ge ography ▁include ▁Corn el is ▁Ko eman , ▁Peter ▁van ▁der ▁K ro gt , ▁Gün ter ▁Sch ilder , Sch ilder , ▁Gün ter ▁( 1 9 8 4 ) ▁The ▁Nether land ▁N aut ical ▁Cart ography ▁from ▁ 1 5 5 0 ▁to ▁ 1 6 5 0 , ▁R UC , ▁Co im bra : ▁B G UC , ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁vol . ▁XXX II , ▁ 9 7 – 1 1 9 ▁( L is boa : ▁CE H CA ) ▁Benjamin ▁Schmidt , ▁Elizabeth ▁A . ▁S utton , S utton , ▁Elizabeth ▁A .: ▁Early ▁Modern ▁Dutch ▁Pr ints ▁of ▁Africa ▁( Trans c ult ural isms , ▁ 1 4 0 0 – 1 7 0 0 ). ▁( A sh gate , ▁