Continental drift Continental drift Continental drift is the theory that the Earth's continents have moved over geologic time relative to each other, thus appearing to have "drifted" across the ocean bed. The speculation that continents might have 'drifted' was first put forward by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. The concept was independently and more fully developed by Alfred Wegener in 1912, but his theory was rejected by many for lack of any motive mechanism. Arthur Holmes later proposed mantle convection for that mechanism. The idea of continental drift has since been subsumed by the theory of plate tectonics, which explains that the continents
Battle of Rorke's Drift a touring English Northern Union rugby league team defeated Australia 14–6 to win the Ashes in the final Test match. Depleted by injuries and fielding only ten men for much of the second half, the English outclassed and outfought the Australians in what quickly became known as the 'Rorke's Drift Test'. In 1914, the Edison Company made a two-reel silent film titled Rorke's Drift starring Richard Tucker. The 1964 film "Zulu" produced by Stanley Baker is a depiction of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. The film received generally positive reviews from the critics. Some details of the film's account are,