FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Johann Gutenberg prints the Gutenberg Bible.
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Columbus is born.
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Columbus dies poor and disgraced.
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Columbus discovers the New World.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Mainz, Germany, in the mid-1450s, Johann Gutenberg and his partner Johann Fust published more than 150 large-format copies of the Bible in Latin. This is the book known today as the Gutenberg Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Today, few copies remain in religious institutions, with most now owned by university libraries and other major scholarly institutions. After centuries in which all copies seem to have remained in Europe, the first Gutenberg Bible reached North America in 1847. It is now in the New York Public Library.
Detailed explanation-3: -8) A Gutenberg Bible contains 1, 286 pages. 300 pieces of unique types were used in the printing and each page contains approximately 2, 500 pieces of type. It took between three to five years to complete the entire print run of 180 Bibles and each Bible weighs an average of 14 lbs.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the Gutenberg Bible was primarily for elite clerical usage, it opened the door to mass and untutored readings and interpretations. The ability to produce hundreds, if not tens of thousands, of copies made the Bible a commercial opportunity and a cultural revolution.