Avisa Relation oder Zeitung
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Avisa Relation oder Zeitung was one of the first news-periodicals in the world. It was published in Augsburg, Germany in 1609. The printer/publisher is not known. The first issue states that the news had been collected from various countries by January 15. It is presumed that the pamphlet was printed on or about that date.[1]
Some books mention the Avisa as the world's first newspaper.[2] Before 2005 there was a dispute whether the Avisa or the Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, which was printed in Strasbourg by Johann Carolus, was first. It was believed that both started in 1609. New evidence found in 2005 suggests that the Relation started as early as 1605.[3]
There is also a differing view, which doesn't regard either of these two pamphlets as newspapers. Authors like Stanley Morison[4] make a distinction between these newsbooks and later folio-sized newspapers.
[edit] References
- ^ Morison, S. (1980) The Origins of the Newspaper. In Selected Essays on the History of Letter-Forms in Manuscript and Print, (Ed, McKitterick, D.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- ^ For example: Chappell, W. & Bringhurst R.: "Short History of the Printed Word", pp. 141-143. Hartley & Marks, Vancouver 1999.
- ^ World Association of Newspapers: "Newspapers: 400 Years Young!"
- ^ Morison, S. (1980) The Origins of the Newspaper. In Selected Essays on the History of Letter-Forms in Manuscript and Print, (Ed, McKitterick, D.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
