Ebook {Epub PDF} Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl

Kon Tiki Across the Pacific by Raft Thor Heyerdahl. Skip to main content A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. Kon Tiki Across the Pacific by Raft Thor Heyerdahl Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4, nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by 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 Cited by:  · In , Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to Polynesia on a raft called the Kon-Tiki. He used only technologies and materials available during pre-Columbian times. To help validate his theory that wind and current could have led a boat to the islands, he made the Kon-Tiki un-steerable. For days, six men and a parrot traveled almost 7,km across.

Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4, nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by 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, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. Then a Norwegian ship Thor I picked them up with the Kon-Tiki, taking them to America and glory. The raft is now in the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway. Three years later, Thor Heyerdahl's book "The Kon-Tiki Expedition" was published and sold over 50 million copies in over 70 languages, his documentary film winning an Oscar. Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl's astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the Pacific Ocean. 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 Across the Pacific by Raft Thor Heyerdahl. Kon Tiki Across the Pacific by Raft Thor Heyerdahl Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the Pacific Ocean. 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. With Kon-Tiki, Heyerdahl sailed 8, km across the Pacific Ocean in a self-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between apparently separate culture.