The Story of Mankind

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.

Frontispiece

THE SCENE OF OUR HISTORY IS LAID UPON A LITTLE PLANET, LOST IN THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.

Title Page

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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Eighth Printing, May, 1922
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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 in All Countries

Printed in the United States of America

To JIMMIE
“What is the use of a book without pictures?” said Alice.

Hearth

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