How Did The Printing Press Affect European Progress

The printing press advanced European exploration in the fifteenth century. The printing press was a form communication to the people that gave out information a lot quicker. This became a routine for people to read every day. Because of the printing press, individuals found out about the explorations that occurred. They knew about the advantages of exploring and of the dangers associated with exploring new world. The printing press really emphasized the positives entailed in exploration like more wealth, being able to get your own land, and basically getting a fresh start.

helloThrought 1450 when johannes gutenberg created the printing press to , 1500 when the printing press nearly quadrupled across europe (referred to Doc A). The question asked is, Reformation or Exploration which had a bigger impact,

The effects of the printing press vary from translations to news and diagrams. The translation of the letters and increased amount of access to these printing press’ allowed several individuals to be inspired to travel and explore foreign lands. Making the maps using the printing press rather than hand drawing made it more convenient to get in contact with a map. Finally, due to the fact that the Exploration had a more global effect than a limited area like the Reformation, it is clear that the Exploration had the more impactful outcome from the printing press. Many modern day technologies including typewriters are an obvious representation that the printing press was one of the world’s greatest inventions ever created in

The printing press was spreading and changing areas like the West affecting its trading and cultural knowledge (Chambers,1995), although new subjects like humanism were being widely studied the old subjects were still being preserved because of the fast printing from the printing press.

Author, J. Baldius firm in William of Ockham, created an advertisement expressing the way scribes, people who make copies of documents, hand wrote before the Printing Press was created.(Doc 1) Prior to the Printing Press, people hand wrote books and drew illustrations that took many years to complete.When the creation of the moveable type took place, it allowed for people to create books at a much faster rate and it enabled for more jobs to be available. Moreover, the development of this invention spread all across Europe between the years of 1471 and 1500. In maps displaying the spread of the Printing Press from 1471 and 1500, the location from where they started were mainly in Germany, Netherlands, and Italy.(Doc 2) In 1500, there were nine times more printing press’ then there were in 1471 and in that year there was one printing press in every major city. The popularity of the printing press spreads knowledge throughout Europe and makes people realize that this invention was not only a necessity, but it was not even counted as a luxury. The development of the printing press was the most important of all the consequences because although it was the beginning, it sparked a new and easier way for people to spread their knowledge and ideas quickly but

Since the invention of the printing press the world has advanced in a myriad of ways. The most important consequence of the printing press was reformation. The printing press was one of the first machines to print books. “In 1455 Gutenberg printed 180 bibles, each of them over 1800 pages long”. (Background essay). It allowed more books to be made and more people to learn how to read and write. As stated in the background essay “his invention came as a milestone event in the evolution of human communication”. The printing press influenced many time periods in its time, but the most important was its effect on the reformation of the Renaissance.

The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, which spanned from the late 1500’s to 1700’s, shaped today’s modern world through disregarding past information and seeking answers on their own through the scientific method and other techniques created during the Enlightenment. Newton’s ‘Philsophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica’ and Diderot’s Encyclopedia were both composed of characteristics that developed this time period through the desire to understand all life, humans are capable of understanding the Earth, and a sense of independence from not having to rely on the nobles or church for knowledge.

The age of Exploration in the 1400’s jumpstarted world travel and later sparked interest and an urge to explore not only the world but also the way people saw and thought about the world. In the mid-1500’s scholars began challenging the ideas of the ancient thinkers and the church by practicing and publishing new ways of thinking. These scholars published writings that replaced old assumptions with new theories, this changed the way of thinking in most of Europe. The change in thinking and wide spread new thoughts and ideas was termed the Scientific Revolution. One invention that helped to spread these ideas is the printing press, this allowed scholars and scientists to print, publish, and distribute their ideas.

Will Swanson 10/12/14 Hour 2 Printing Press The printing press had a major effect on society. It spread information very quickly and accurately. The invention of the printing press helped create a wider literate reading public.

There are thousands upon thousands of books in libraries spread all around the world. Some of those books are newer than others; some are thicker; some are about history, geography, economics, or engineering. No matter the type of book, it took just a couple hours to print them. It is incredible to think how it is possible to have so many books available for us, and we can have access anytime we want. Although, many centuries ago books were very different from modern books. In fact, the earliest books were written on scrolls. In the Middle Age, books were produced by monks who copied them with pen and ink to study them later. Even a small book with just less than hundred pages could have taken several weeks or maybe months to be completed. A longer book, such as the Bible, could have taken years to copy. This tedious and exhausting process ended in 1444. In 1471 there were about 15 printing presses open. Mainly in the area of Germany because that was where Gutenberg invented the press. Also in the center of Italy because that’s where trade was made and the printing press was used by the pope and the church. [Doc.2] In 1500 over a 100 printing presses were being used mainly in Germany and in the center of Italy.[Doc. 2]

The printing press made books easier and cheaper to produce than the hand written works. This gave more people access to books rather than just the upper class members. The new production of books allowed more people to gain access to education and also exposed the readers to new ideas and places. The large increase in production of books led to a very large increase in the number of people that were able to read. Before Gutenberg's printing press, there were only a few thousand books in Europe. After Gutenberg's printing press this number increased to over 15 million. Along with the printing press, Gutenberg also created the ink that he used to print. Gutenberg also adapted a wine press, which allowed him to slide the paper in and out of the machine more easily. This made Gutenberg's innovation even more

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Over the course of the next two essays, we will address the factors which made the advent of the telegraph in 1876 such a deciding influence on the future prospects of the technology industry as well as the growth of communication itself. We will also observe examples of just a few of the logistical, financial and distributional processes that go into the publication of a magazine designed for controlled circulation.

In 1885 the printing of information would change dramatically upon the invention of the Linotype machine. Ottmar Mergenthaler’s invention fostered a thriving print culture in American history. This machine increased the production of printing with the advanced procedure known as line casting. This allowed text to be printed one line at a time, instead of printing one typeset at a time. This complex yet innovative machine allowed companies such as newspapers to educate the masses in a rapid manner. By the twentieth century, many countries were using the new typesetting machine to educate its own people in a fast and coast efficient manner.