The title page of the "Cosmographer or Description of All Lands"

Full title: Cosmographei oder Beschreibung aller Länder. The modernization of the press in Western Europe is associated with the name of the inventor, Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1399-1468). His mass-producing movable type made the publishing of the books faster, cheaper, and easier. The latest news and stories told from mouth to mouth found their place in one of the most popular and successful 16th-century publications, the “Cosmography” of Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), a German cartographer and cosmographer. In a short chapter on the invention of the press, the author states that the press was invented in 1440-1450; he mentions Johannes Gutenberg as the pioneer and inventor of the press.