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51 - The Lion and the Letter-Cutter

History of the Netherlands by Republic of Amsterdam Radio

Jan 23, 202466:28Society & Culture

In the 1440s a goldsmith from Mainz called Johannes Gutenberg developed a movable type printing press which catalysed the European printing revolution. It heralded a technological leap in communication tools which had fa...

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