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On the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahls birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kontiki. May 07, 20 kontiki ebook written by thor heyerdahl. On the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahls birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kon tiki. Kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft.
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The first edition of the novel was published in 1948, and was written by thor heyerdahl. The museum presents the breadth of heyerdahls lifes work, from his first trip to fatu hiva, to the voyages with the kontiki, the ra, the ra ii and the tigris, as well as the expeditions to the galapagos islands, easter island rapa nui and tucume in peru. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. This is a spectacular and unique documentary of the modern day voyage, with footage of the 1947 expedition setting the context. May 14, 20 i first read kon tiki when i was a young girl. The kontiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl. The kontiki expedition book is a 1948 work by thor heyerdahl, about his experiences across the pacific ocean on a balsa tree raft. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east. Ebook the kontiki expedition kindle read the kontiki expedition ios the kontiki expedition. Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumphthis rich offering is the only picture book account of thor heyerdahls worldfamous kontiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of south america to the islands of the south pacific. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl see other formats. How the voyage of the kontiki misled the world about navigating the pacific smithsonian geographer doug herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas. It recounts heyerdahls experiences with the kontiki expedition, where he travelled across the pacific ocean on a balsa tree raft.
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