Mapping The Spread Of Printing

Johannes Gutenberg's conception of mechanical movable type printing inwards the 15th century was likely the nigh of import regain inwards the modern age. Gutenberg's conception arguably kick-started the Renaissance too undoubtedly led to the spread of learning with the full general population inwards Europe.

The Atlas of Early Printing is a Google Map charting the spread of printing, from Gutenberg's showtime movable type printer inwards 1452 inwards Mainz to the residue of Europe past times the halt of the 15th century. The map includes a timeline that allows you lot to visualize the ascent of printing presses throughout Europe over the classify of the 15th century.

The map likewise includes a disclose of other layers that let you lot to visualize the output of each mapped press, the place of universities inwards the 15th century, the place of newspaper mills too European merchandise routes.

Coincidentally, end calendar week Oxford’s Bodleian Library released an interactive version of their re-create of Gutenberg's Bible. Fewer than fifty copies live of the showtime substantial mass produced inwards the due west using metallic type. You tin directly try the Bodleian's re-create close-up on this interactive Gutenberg Bible.