Carte Pratique du Tour De France... ~Catalog 54~ Some slight printers smudges near

Some slight printers smudges near the title

A fine engraving of China and Japan

Does show Kaskaskia as the capital

Santa Monica

A great image from early American natural gas history

Carte Pratique du Tour De France... ~Catalog 54~ Some slight printers smudges nearCarte Pratique du Tour De France 1956 It's a race that can be over 2000 miles, takes a better portion of a month, stretches from the Sea to the Alps throughout Europe, and is the largest bicycle race in the world. Beginning as a publicity stunt for a newspaper in 1903, it has continued annually stopping only for the two world wars that crossed its course and has grown into the herculean drama that is the Tour De France. The 1956 Tour was won by Roger