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Printing in Goa
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<p>The art of <a href="/facts/Printing/ta4QpeDE">printing</a> first entered <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a> through <a href="/facts/Goa/KKXvbLSS">Goa</a>. In a letter to <a href="/facts/St._Ignatius_of_Loyola/h7SfzBrd">St. Ignatius of Loyola</a>, written on April 30, 1556, Father Gasper Caleza speaks of a ship carrying a <a href="/facts/Printing_press/7I3laFE0">printing press</a> setting sail for <a href="/facts/Ethiopian_Empire/tDLkYzkb">Abyssinia</a> from <a href="/facts/Portugal/lYzwDQ63">Portugal</a>, with the purpose of helping missionary work in Abyssinia. Circumstances prevented this printing press from leaving India, and consequently, printing was initiated in the country. </p>