A Sketch of the Political History of Ancient Greece. Translated from the German. Reprinted from Bancroft's Translation, Published at Philadelphia

Publisher Marketing: Title: A sketch of the political history of Ancient Greece. Translated from the German. [Reprinted from Bancroft's translation, published at Philadelphia.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this series include lectures, compiled sketches, and chronological discourses on Greece, Rome, and other early European and African civilisations. The collection also has a selection of physical and classical geography texts. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Heeren, Arnold Hermann Ludwig; Bancroft, George; 1829. 8 . 9026.f.13. Contributor Bio:  Bancroft, George George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 - January 17, 1891) an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national level. During his tenure as U. S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845. Among his best-known writings is the magisterial series, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent caused him to be referred to as the "father of American History."