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May 11, 1450
Printing Press!! 1450's.
Johannes Gutenberg was the inventor of printing press which escalated. The process spread throughout the world, countries astarted using this in the best way. -
Jan 1, 1500
Books!BOOKS BOOKS!!
Printing was such a popular thing that by the 1500's about 9 millions books had been printed and published. -
Apr 9, 1519
Dresden Codex
A old Mayan scroll, may or may not be an old copy of the original, is one of the only scrolls that werent destroyed by the Spanish long ago. -
First British Newpaper!
Corante was the name of the first British Newpaper published.Sadly it was restricted newspaper because it had foriegn affairs in it, -
Printing in America!!!!!
Printing finally came to America in 1639. -
Cloth VS Leather, LEATHER WINS!
In the 1820's cloth cases for books were replace by leather. -
Great Depression
The British couldnt sell a high number of Books to Americans.Becuase of that people went bankrupt, and sales dropped before peioples eyes. -
The Feel Of Paper
In the early 1950's paper back books became very popular and spread throughout the world.More people began to buy instead of borrow and more peolpe began to read.Paper back was $0.65-$1.98 in those days. -
Clay Tablets
Calamus was a Tablet made of clay at which they would use tools to write their language aponThe clay would need to be moist in or to write on. Then they would be fired to preserve the writing that were apon them.Papyrus were used as pens in those days after they went through a process of being stripped from the stems. -
Bones, Shells, and Other Things 2nd Century B.C
Back in China, long long ago, they would write on bones and shells, carving like others did on clay tablets. -
Paper 1st Century A.D
In China paper was invented. They used the blackberry bush to make the paper.Scrolls became of the paper, rolls of paper bound at the edge, and then they used Bamboo books. -
Wax Tablets 78 A.D
Romans used Wax tablets for everyday life; teaching kids, recording things, taking notes. They used wax so incase of an mistake they can easily erase it.They used a stylist to write, which is like a pen, pointed tip, sphyrical end.Some compare it to a Codex. -
Parchment 3rd Century B.C
Parchments is the use of animal skins because it is more solid and preserve longer. They dont break easily when dropped.Took awhile to produce a document. -
Tang Dynasty
One of the oldest books, thats still around, found in China.
