The Impact of the Printing Press
By Payton Logan
Johann Gutenberg
He was a German metalworker who invented the first mechanized printing press in 1452. In "The Printing Press and Its '"impact"'on Literacy" it says in paragraph 2 "Gutenberg did not invent the printing press, but rather conceived the idea of movable type."
The Printing Press
The printing press helped information spread faster. It also led to consistent spelling, grammar, and punctuation. It made books easy to be made so it also made them more affordable and available to the public. The more books that were made, made it easy for people to learn how to read and write. In some cases the student was knew more than teacher. In paragraph 6 of "The Printing Press and Its '"impact"' on Literacy" it says " The printing press has also been described as a driving factor in creating significant cultural and religious transformation throughout Europe." Europe was the place with the most printing presses
The spread of Printing Press
The First Printing Press
The first movable type Printing Press invented in Germany
20 years later
It spread throughout the continent
30 years later
Europe went from having 1 printing press to over 200 just in 50 years
How the Printing Press help the Spread of Columbus's Letter
Columbus's Letter
In "The diffusion of Columbus's Letter through Europe, "1493-1497" according to the map the first letter was sent to the Spanish Court in Lisbon. Then just in year 1493 it spread all across Europe and 4 copies made it to Paris.