Dates by location Global spread of the printing press

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1 dates location

1.1 germany, austria , german printers in central europe
1.2 rest of europe

1.2.1 italy
1.2.2 switzerland
1.2.3 france
1.2.4 spain
1.2.5 belgium
1.2.6 netherlands
1.2.7 hungary
1.2.8 poland
1.2.9 bohemia , moravia
1.2.10 england
1.2.11 denmark
1.2.12 sweden
1.2.13 portugal
1.2.14 croatia
1.2.15 serbia , montenegro
1.2.16 scotland
1.2.17 romania
1.2.18 greece
1.2.19 lithuania , belarus
1.2.20 iceland
1.2.21 norway
1.2.22 ireland
1.2.23 russia
1.2.24 latvia
1.2.25 ukraine
1.2.26 estonia
1.2.27 finland
1.2.28 georgia
1.2.29 armenia
1.2.30 greenland


1.3 latin america

1.3.1 mexico
1.3.2 peru
1.3.3 guatemala
1.3.4 paraguay
1.3.5 cuba
1.3.6 colombia
1.3.7 ecuador
1.3.8 chile
1.3.9 argentina
1.3.10 puerto rico
1.3.11 uruguay
1.3.12 brazil
1.3.13 venezuela


1.4 africa
1.5 asia

1.5.1 south asia
1.5.2 ottoman empire
1.5.3 southeast asia
1.5.4 east asia
1.5.5 middle east


1.6 north america
1.7 australia & oceania





dates location

the following represents selection:


germany, austria , german printers in central europe

rest of europe
italy

in 15th century, printing presses established in 77 italian cities , towns. @ end of following century, 151 locations in italy had seen @ 1 time printing activities, of 130 (86%) north of rome. during these 2 centuries total of 2894 printers active in italy, 216 of them located in southern italy. ca. 60% of italian printing shops situated in 6 cities (venice, rome, milan, naples, bologna , florence), concentration of printers in venice being particularly high (ca. 30%).


switzerland

france

apart cities above, there small number of lesser towns set printing presses.


spain

belgium

the netherlands

in 1481, printing done in 21 towns , cities.


hungary

in 16th century, total of 20 print shops active in 30 different places in hungary, of them moving several times due political instability.


poland


in 15th , 16th centuries printing presses established in poznań, lwów, brześć litewski , vilnius.


bohemia , moravia

england

denmark

sweden

portugal

croatia

serbia , montenegro

by 1500, cut-off point incunabula, 236 towns in europe had presses, , estimated twenty million books had been printed european population of perhaps seventy million.


scotland

romania

greece

lithuania , belarus

iceland

norway

ireland

russia

until reign of peter great printing in russia remained confined print office established fedorov in moscow. in 18th century, annual printing output gradually rose 147 titles in 1724 435 (1787), remained constrained state censorship , widespread illiteracy.


latvia

ukraine

estonia

finland

georgia

armenia


the first book had armenian letters published in mainz (germany) in 1486. first armenian book published printing press urbatagirq—book of friday prayers—which published hakob meghapart in venice in 1512.


greenland

latin america
mexico

peru

guatemala

paraguay

cuba

colombia

ecuador

chile

argentina

puerto rico

uruguay

brazil

venezuela

africa

asia
south asia

ottoman empire

due religious qualms, sultan bayezid ii , successors prohibited printing in arabic script in ottoman empire 1483 on penalty of death, printing in other scripts done jews greek , armenian communities (1515 saloniki, 1554 bursa (adrianople), 1552 belgrade, 1658 smyrna). in 1727, sultan achmed iii gave permission establishment of first legal print house printing secular works in arabic script (religious publications still remained forbidden), printing activities did not take off until 19th century.


southeast asia

east asia

middle east

north america

australia & oceania







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