House of the First Print Shop in the Americas
The House of the First Printing Press in the Americas at the corner of Moneda and Licenciado Primo Verdad streets in Mexico City was the home of the first printing press/print shop in the New World. The printer Juan Pablos oversaw the printing of at least 35 books at this print shop between 1539, the date of the first book printed in the Americas, and his death in 1560.
The house in 2008
Patio area
Giovanni Paoli, better known as Juan Pablos, a native of Lombardy, was the first documented printer in the Americas when he started printing in Mexico in 1539.
Title page of the Phisica speculatio, published in 1557