HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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The Bible
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Marco Polo’s travel diary
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Maps for Christopher Columbus
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Romeo and Juliet
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Detailed explanation-1: -What was the first full-sized Gutenberg text that was printed? The Bible.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gutenberg Bible, also called 42-line Bible or Mazarin Bible, the first complete book extant in the West and one of the earliest printed from movable type, so called after its printer, Johannes Gutenberg, who completed it about 1455 working at Mainz, Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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.