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Title: The Story of Mankind
Author: Hendrik Van Loon
Release Date: July 24, 2014 [EBook #46399]
Language: English
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THE STORY OF MANKIND
By HENDRIK VAN LOON, AB. Ph.D.
Author of The Fall of the Dutch Republic, The Rise of the Dutch
Kingdom, The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators,
A Short Story of Discovery, Ancient Man.
This book is fully illustrated with eight three-color
pages, over one hundred black and white pictures and
numerous animated maps and half-tones drawn by the
author.
THE SCENE OF OUR HISTORY IS LAID UPON A LITTLE PLANET, LOST IN THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.
THE STORY OF
MANKIND
BY
HENDRIK VAN LOON
BONI and LIVERIGHT
First Printing, November, 1921
Second Printing, December, 1921
Third Printing, January, 1922
Fourth Printing, February, 1922
Fifth Printing, February, 1922
Sixth Printing, March, 1922
Seventh Printing, April, 1922
Eighth Printing, May, 1922
Ninth Printing, May, 1922
Tenth Printing, June, 1922
Eleventh Printing, July, 1922
Twelfth Printing, July, 1922
Thirteenth Printing, August, 1922
Fourteenth Printing, August, 1922
Fifteenth Printing, September, 1922
Sixteenth Printing, September, 1922
Seventeenth Printing, September, 1922
Eighteenth Printing, October, 1922
Nineteenth Printing, November, 1922
Twentieth Printing, December, 1922
THE STORY OF MANKIND
Copyright, 1921, By
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Copyright in All Countries