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unreferenced=October 2008
notability=October 2008Velázquez Press is the publisher of "Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary".
History
"Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary" was first published in 1852 by
D. Appleton and Company in New York. The title was "SEOANNE's NEUMAN & BARETT'S Spanish PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY".Mariano Velazquez de la Cadena , then a Columbia College (currentlyColumbia University ) professor), composed the dictionary based on "The Spanish Dictionay of Spanish Academy, Terreors, and SALVA" and "English Dictionary of WEBSTER, WORCESTERand WALKER".
"Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary" is the oldest Spanish and English Dictionary still being published in the Unites States. Throughout the years, "Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary" was licensed to various publishers, fromFollett Coporation toSimon & Schuster . It is widely used in the United States and many Latin American countries.
In 2003 Academic Learing Company, LLC acqired "Velázquez Spanish and English Dictionary" and launched Velázquez Press. Since then, Velázquez Press has published many Spanish and English dictionaries from the only hardcover Velázquez Large Print Spanihs and English Dictionary [large print] to dictionary for Mathmatics classroom.
In 2008, Velázquez Press opens its dictionary online for free uses. It also licenses its content to many websites such as SpanishDict.com.
Coming in 2009, Velázquez Press will be releasing a downloadable iPhone & iPod Touch application with other mobile downloadable formats soon to follow. [http://iphone.tmcnet.com/topics/iphone/articles/35626-velazquez-intros-spanishenglish-dictionary-iphone-3g-ipod-touch.htm TMCnet]External links
* [http://www.velazquezPress.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.askvelazquez.com/ AskVelazquez.com]
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