This was his first expedition to be captured on film, and was later awarded academy award for best documentary in 1951. Heyerdahl recounted the epic voyage in the bestselling 1950 book kontiki. Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl alibris. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl see other formats. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. 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. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, first edition abebooks. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named. Across the pacific by raft enriched classics in pdf format. In 1947 he crossed the pacific ocean on the balsawood raft kontiki. Read kontiki by thor heyerdahl available from rakuten kobo. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. The story of six young men crossing the pacific on a balsawood raft makes as somerset maugham call it an incredible adventure which happens to be true, illustrated. Read download kon tiki across the pacific in a raft pdf.
Thor heyerdahl october 6, 1914, larvik, norway april 18, 2002, colla micheri, italy was a norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. After getting inspired by their adventurous spirit, its time to go see the real thing. The kon tiki 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. 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, led by the mythical hero kontiki.
Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Kon tiki ekspedisjonen is a 1948 book by the norwegian writer thor heyerdahl. Dec 24, 20 on a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a legendary sun king, heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient peruvians could have made the 4,300mile voyage to the polynesian islands on a similar craft. My only current problem with the book is that some of the descriptions of interactions with the south american and polynesian residents are severely outdated, and somewhat cringeworthy in their cultural biases. 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. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl snippet view 1950. Thor heyerdahl 19142002 is one of historys most famous explorers. It recounts heyerdahl s experiences with the kon tiki expedition, where he travelled across the pacific ocean on a balsa tree raft. Am going to cross pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the south sea islands were peopled from peru. The kon tiki expedition by raft across the south seas. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. He later completed similar achievements with the reed boats ra, ra ii and tigris, through which he championed his deep involvement. 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.
The raft was named kon tiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. Across the pacific by raft, by thor heyerdahl in april 1947, six men crossed the pacific ocean on a balsa log raft, covering 4,300 miles the distance from chicago to moscow in 101 days. The kontiki museum houses the original kontiki, the raft made with only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, such as balsa wood, hemp ropes, and bamboo. Kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific.
The raft was named kontiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. Heyerdahl became notable for his kon tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles 8,000 km by raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. 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, led by a. To download and get a free book or read online kontiki. 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. He later completed similar achievements with the reed boats ra, ra ii and tigris, through which he championed his deep. The main exhibition of the museum is the kontiki raft. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a legendary sun king, heyerdahl and five companions. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. 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, led by a mythical hero, kon tiki. Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised kon tiki. Heyerdahl became notable for his kontiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles 8,000 km by raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. They battled storms, sharks, killer reefs, and other disasters as they were carried along by the trade wind and the humboldt current from peru to.
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