Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-02-07 | Page 4 | Old History of Cortez |

Type	issue
Date	1908-02-07
Paper	Tooele Transcript Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Tooele
County	Tooele
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Old History of Cortez
Type	article
Date	1908-02-07
Paper	Tooele Transcript Bulletin
Language	eng
City	Tooele
County	Tooele
Page	4
OCR Text	OLD HISTORY OF CORTEZ mexican government wants rare vol ume owned by americans denver col one of the most an dent clent records of american history is a hook book in spanish printed at brussels la in 1681 1 and entitled A Ill history story of the conquest of mexico rise and ress of north america known by the name of new spain in 1884 a prinst gave the tha volume to carl dunston Wu aston a colorado mining en elneer and bunston sold jt it to dr al 0 murphy a kansas man who has it at the avoy hotel here pending its acquisition by thel tha maman T imail govern ment with which hs be Is ia in n tion the hook to la one of the only 12 coplea copies which ere printed the rest being in the hands handa of royalty la in various ar lolis parts of furore one mangel lola compiled the contents con tonta from notes and a diary of the explorer cortez making it ont only alisi ni try of nf 1 the con quest but bat ano a fletch ot of events la in yeats afeei its discover disco veo the prin printing flig la Is on vellum the bind tag ing la in pigskin the book measures inea aurea 14 I 1 12 ine inches bes hita pages and 00 oz oo bains a number dumber of ancient pictures rome ome of which aro arc excellent specimens mens of old time engraving
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