COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Tour de France Cycliste, 12e Annee 1914.
Obj Height cm:
32
Obj Width cm:
26
Note:
Bicolor map. Includes places for listing finishers for each stage.
Full Title:
Tour de France Cycliste, 12e Annee 1914.
List No:
6927.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1914
Pub Title:
Carte du Tour de France, Cycliste du 26 Juin au 28 Julliet 1914, Editee par le Journal L'Auto, Organisateur de la Course, Lisez tous L'Auto.
Pub Note:
12th annual Tour de France but also the last for five years because of World War I. On the starting day of the race departing Paris, Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria, was assassinated, starting the First World War. The race was dominated and won by Phillipe Thys. At least three of the men who dominated the previous tours (1907-1910) perished in the war. Bicolor map of the race route; on verso are lists of teams and route stage details.
Pub List No:
6927.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
17
Pub Width cm:
13
Image No:
6927002
Publisher Location:
Paris
Publisher:
Journal L'Auto Quotidien Sportif
Type:
Separate Map
Country:
France
Subject:
Bicycle
Publication Author:
Journal L'Auto Quotidien Sportif
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Journal L'Auto Quotidien Sportif
Date:
1914
Tour de France Cycliste, 12e Annee 1914.
