The Eliot Indian Bible (1663)
The first Bible printed in British America was printed in Cambridge in 1663 — in Wôpanâak, the Massachusett language, translated with Native collaborators including Job Nesutan and James Printer.
The Eliot Indian Bible (1663) becomes legible through First Printing Press in British America (1638) and Founding of Harvard College (1636), then opens into Johnston Gate. Every step is a real civic connection.
The place opens into an event: First Printing Press in British America (1638) is where the civic record changes tense.
92% confidence · 2 sourcesFounding of Harvard College (1636) extends the story from First Printing Press in British America (1638): press followed the college.
84% confidence · 1 sourceHarvard University turns the surrounding streets into a campus, a labor market, and a memory machine.
84% confidence · 1 sourceThe oldest part of the oldest American university — 22 acres of elms, freshman dorms, Widener Library and the John Harvard statue.
92% confidence · 2 sourcesJohnston Gate extends the story from Harvard Yard: the main gate.
84% confidence · 1 sourceThe first Bible printed in British America was printed in Cambridge in 1663 — in Wôpanâak, the Massachusett language, translated with Native collaborators including Job Nesutan and James Printer.
The place opens into an event: First Printing Press in British America (1638) is where the civic record changes tense.
A historical hinge · 1 min walkFounding of Harvard College (1636) extends the story from First Printing Press in British America (1638): press followed the college.
A historical hinge · 1 min walkHarvard University turns the surrounding streets into a campus, a labor market, and a memory machine.
The institution behind the place · 1 min walkThe oldest part of the oldest American university — 22 acres of elms, freshman dorms, Widener Library and the John Harvard statue.
The visible layer · 1 min walkJohnston Gate extends the story from Harvard Yard: the main gate.
The visible layer · 2 min walk