This text was prepared by Nate Ripperton, using as copytext, The Story of Mankind, by Hendrick van Loon, illustrated by the author, and published by Boni and Liveright Inc., USA, 1921.

Since this book was first published before 1923, it is in the public domain in the United States. By U.S. law, it entered the public domain 75 years after its first publication.

This book is fully illustrated with eight three-color images, over one hundred black and white pictures and numerous animated maps and half-tones.

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