Age Of Exploration

Does the name Johannes Gutenberg ring a bell? How about the movable type printing press? What about the Arts and Entertainment person of the millennium? Johannes Gutenberg perfected the unarguably incredible movable type printing press. However, what can be argued is what was the more important consequence of it. Some say that the Reformation was the greater consequence. However, many other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s printing press. Therefore, the more significant effect of the printing press was the age of exploration because it allowed for what explorers found to be printed and published shortly after they made their discoveries and for stories about exploration
One of the most prominent examples of this is Christopher Columbus’ discovery of islands in what he thought was the Indian Sea. With the help of the printing press, his letter that stated what he found was able to be printed and published all over Europe in four different languages in a matter of nearly a month to a year. In the map entitled “Distribution of Columbus’ Letter” it shows that his letter was printed and published in several cities across Europe, such as Barcelona, Valladolid, Antwerp, Paris, Rome, Florence, Basel in four different languages, including Spanish, Latin, Italian, and French (Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea, 1493). This shows that the printing press was important to the age of exploration because without it, Columbus’ letter would not have been able to get to everyone all over Europe as quickly, and what he found would not have been known by much other than the people of Spain and others whom Columbus came into contact with. Columbus was a revolutionary explorer and his ideas would not have been shared with the world if it were not for the printing press. In a nutshell, the more significant effect of the printing press was the age of exploration because it allowed for what explorers found to be printed and published shortly after they made their
This is due to the fact that it allowed for hat explorers found to be printed and published shortly after they made their discoveries and for stories about exploration and travel to be printed quickly, allowing for more knowledge and interest in it to spread. WIthout the printing press so many discoveries made during the late 1400s and early 1500s would not have occurred. Therefore, Johannes Gutenberg did make an incredible impact on the world with his movable type printing press especially in the age of exploration. Had the printing press not been invented, no human may be leaving in the Americas today, as its discovery was only made known to the rest of the world and via the printing