First printing press in India (Goa)
Primera imprenta de la India (Goa)
- Date
- 1556 · confidence high
- Place
- Old Goa, Goa, India
- Credited to
- Portuguese Jesuits and printer Juan de Bustamante
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A press that reached Goa in 1556 and with which a theology text was printed that year. It was the first press on the subcontinent.
The press was bound for Ethiopia; the route was diverted and it stayed in Goa.
What it led to
- books in Portuguese, Latin and Indian languages
- the first books printed in Indian languages
- spread of typography in India