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  2. Printing in Goa - Wikipedia

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    Printing operations began in Goa in 1556 (with the first printing press being established at the Jesuit Saint Paul's College in Old Goa), resulting in the publication of Conclusiones Philosophicas. The year 1557 saw the posthumous printing of St. Francis Xavier's Catecismo da Doutrina Christa five years after the death of its author.

  3. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    The global spread of the printing press began with the invention of the printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany c. 1439. [1] Western printing technology was adopted in all world regions by the end of the 19th century, displacing the manuscript and block printing .

  4. Timeline of Goan history - Wikipedia

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    It was taken over by the Government of Goa and came under the administrative control of the Department of Education on 1 June 1983. 1972 - Flame-throated bulbul was selected as the official state bird of Goa. 1972–73 – Goa hosted the Santosh Trophy tournament for the first time. Goa again hosted the tournament in 1989–90, 1995–96, and ...

  5. João de Bustamante - Wikipedia

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    Bustamante was born in Valencia, Spain.He joined the Society of Jesus in 1556 and was ordained in 1564, having been rechristened João Rodrigues the previous year. He was an expert printer who accompanied the printing press that reached India en route from Portugal to Ethiopia (then Abyssinia) with a batch of Jesuit missionaries.

  6. Government of Goa - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji , the capital city of Goa.

  7. History of Goa - Wikipedia

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    The present-day state of Goa was established in 1987. [1] Goa is India's smallest state by area.It shares a lot of similarities with Indian history, especially with regard to colonial influences and a multi-cultural aesthetic.

  8. Western education - Wikipedia

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    The Jesuits introduced India to both the European college system and book printing by founding Saint Paul's College in Goa in 1542. The French traveler François Pyrard de Laval, who visited Goa around 1608, described the College of St. Paul and praised the variety of subjects taught there free of charge. Like many other European travelers who ...

  9. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    Ieyasu supervised the production of 100,000 types, which were used to print many political and historical books. In 1605, books using domestic copper movable type printing-press began to be published, but copper type did not become mainstream after Ieyasu died in 1616. [28]