The mid 19th and early 20th centuries heralded new means of transportand equipment and, with them, new and original ways of exploring the world.Transatlantic liners, automobiles, long haul airplanes, zeppelins, andexpress trains unfurled new horizons and changed travel itself into anadventure. Distant lands were no longer solely accessible to aristocrats,explorers, and adventurers. Instead, the world opened up to new groups ofpeople eager to circumvent the globe. And for many of these newglobetrotters, traveling was synonymous with Louis Vuitton, the French labelwhose iconic and functional luggage trunks could be found on nearly everyboat, plane, car, and train around the world.In this beautiful book, author Francisca Mattéoli recounts 50 tales ofthrilling travel undertaken in every possible mode of transit, from the hot airballoon to the space shuttle, each lavishly illustrated with more than 300historical photographs and ephemera from Louis Vuitton's official archives.Louis Vuitton: Extraordinary Voyages is a journey all its own an evocativeand transporting account of the most surprising and transformative tripstaken since the 19th century.