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. The main characters of this non fiction, travel story are. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 240 pages and is available in paperback format. The tangaroa expedition the kontiki expedition 2012. 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. After getting inspired by their adventurous spirit, its time to go see the real thing. Across the pacific by raft free pdf, doc, rtf, txt. The tangaroa expedition the kontiki expedition 2012 documentary. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahl s astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. Aug 22, 2018 on the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahls birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kontiki. I had never heard of thor heyerdahl before and was a bit hesitant as a book about floating on a raft across the pacific sounded like it could be extremely boring. In 1937, fledgling norwegian zoological researcher thor.
May 14, 20 now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. It recounts heyerdahls experiences with the kontiki expedition, where he travelled across the pacific ocean on a balsa tree raft. Kontiki cross the pacific by raft heyerdahl, thor on. Kontiki ekspedisjonen is a 1948 book by the norwegian writer thor heyerdahl. Kontiki is also the name of heyerdahl s book, the academy award.
Kontiki book by thor heyerdahl official publisher page. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. 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. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. 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. The kon tiki expedition by thor heyerdahl and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. About the author thor heyerdahl was a norwegian explorer, adventurer, and writer.
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