WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was the first printed/published book?
A
Encyclopedia Britannica
B
The Bible
C
Webster’s Dictionary
D
The Epic of Gildamesh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gutenberg Bible was printed in Mainz in 1455 by Johann Gutenberg and his associates, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gutenberg first printed the sheets of the Holy Bible.

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: -The earliest, surviving printed book in India is the Compendio Spiritual Da Vide Christaa (Spiritual Compendium of the Christian life) of Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira, the Portuguese Archbishop of Tharangambadi(place Tamil Nadu).

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1455, Gutenberg produced what is considered to be the first book ever printed: a Latin language Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany.

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