continental drift. noun. geology. the theory that the earth's continents move gradually over the surface of the planet on a substratum of magma. The present-day configuration of the continents is thought to be the result of the fragmentation of a single landmass, Pangaea, that existed 200 million years ago.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900.
It is rumored that the protagonist child character Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900 and written by children's author L. Frank Baum, was inspired and loosely based upon a few of the personality traits of Alice. Dorothy Gale is the American version of what Alice is for England.