Cyclopedia of Universal History

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The Cyclopedia of Universal History was an encyclopedia of world history (universal history) authored by John Clark Ridpath. The book was produced, initially in 3 volumes, from 1880 to 1884 and was copiously illustrated in black and white, and then expanded to four volumes in 1890 to include a comprehensive account of the events of the nineteenth century up to that time.{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Ridpath, John Clark|year=1900}} It also became the prototype for his later History of the World (8 volumes, 1894) and Universal History (16 volumes, 1895).Ridpath. [https://archive.org/details/cyclopediauniver197274ridp Cyclopedia of universal history, vol. 1] (Boston: Balch Bros., 1895) preface. The latter comprises his four-volume work, Great Races of Mankind (1894), which was dedicated to his wife, and was his last major work, having devoted ten years researching and four years writing.[http://indianagenweb.com/inputnam/bios/r/ridpath-john-clark.htm Biography of John Clark Ridpath]