John Cabot claimed parts of North America specifically Canada.
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I believe that before the invention of the movable type for a printing press books and pamphlets were copied to be copied by hand because I surely doubt they had printers and the printing press made books as well as some other things such as the written materials that were affordable so even more people learned to read.
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