10th Class Social Science Print Culture and the Modern World Question Bank 10th CBSE Social Science Print Culture and the Modern World

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      What was the Portuguese influence on printing?

    Answer:

                      (i) The printing press first came to Goa with the Portuguese missionaries in the mid 16th century. (ii) Jesuit priests learnt Konkani and printed several tracts. (iii) By 1674, about 50 books had been printed in the Konkani and Kanara languages. (iv) Dutch protestant in missionaries had printed 32 Tamil texts, many of them were translations of older works.


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