Extraordinary Journeys - Louis Vuitton (French version)

New means of transport and equipment that appear in the middle of the The 19th and early 20th centuries offer new ways to explore the world. Transatlantic liners, caterpillar cars, long-haul planes, zeppelins, express trains allow other experiences of travel and unfold new horizons. From now on, distant countries are no longer only accessible to aristocrats, explorers and adventurers in all genres, their discovery opens up to travelers with multiple curiosities : scientists, artists, dandies, archaeologists, writers, secret agents, traders... For all, the world becomes a book that can be browsed more easily, luxuriously or picturesquely. The five continents are crisscrossed, crossed, traveled on foot, by sled, by bike, by Jeep, in steamer, or flown over in a balloon, seaplane, glider... These means of locomotion, new for some, give a different view and perception of space, landscapes and places, the ends of the world become tangible. These means of traveling the world also constitutes new instruments of knowledge. Over the course of fifty epics led by great travelers but also by eccentrics, sportsmen, adventurers, this work will discuss the most astonishing journeys undertaken since the middle of the 19th century to the present day.