Here you can find the dates that will outline a nutshell version of the history of photography from 12th Century to the 18th Century - expanded versions can be found in the books detailed in the resource section of the site
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12th -16th Centuries
- Several European cathedrals used as camera obscure :holes in the roof focus the sun's image on the floor
- First wood block printing on paper in Germany
- 1436 Gutenburg invents the printing press
- 1510 Leonardo da Vinci's draughtsman drawing an armillary sphere
- 1590 Forerunner of telescope and compound microscope invented by Zacharias and Hans Janssen
18th century
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