The Story of Mankind

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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

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Sixteenth Printing, September, 1922

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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