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The raft was named kon tiki after the incasun god, viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles. Kon tiki is not a project management book, but by following the process that thor heyerdahl used for his expedition, you will learn how to manage a project. Winner of the 1952 academy award for best documentary. His life of exploration, which took him all over the world, continues to capture the publics imagination and inspire people to do incredible things.
Heyerdahl filmed the expedition, which later became the academy award winning documentary in 1951, and he wrote a book about the expedition that was translated into 70 languages and sold more than 50 millions copies around the world. Kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the pacific ocean. The author relates the voyage of the kontiki expedition across 4300 miles of ocean in a raft as he. Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian explorer, adventurer, and writer. Read download kon tiki across the pacific in a raft pdf. The raft was named kontiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. Thor heyerdahls grandson, olav heyerdahl, retraced his grandfathers kontiki voyage in 2006, as part of a sixmember crew.
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. American indians in the pacific by norwegian archaeologist, ethnographer and historian thor heyerdahl. 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. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a legendary sun king, thor 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. Sep 04, 2014 a most notable naysayer was ethnologist thor heyerdahl whose 1947 kon tiki raft expedition advanced the drift idea that colonization occurred only as vessels simply traveled on the tides. Like through a misunderstanding one native visitor was shot on board one of the ships, and a dozen others were shot ashore, while the europeans got off with the loss of one tablecloth and of a few hats which were stolen while they had them on their heads.
Kontiki by thor heyerdahl overdrive rakuten overdrive. Included in the donation were also his private book collection, a collection of editions of his own books, newspaper clippings, and film and audio tapes. October 4 th 1989 thor heyerdahl donated his life work, including his manuscripts, document archive, and all photographs from his scientific expeditions to the kontiki museum. 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. Today, this collection is housed in the general document archive, while a part of it is on display in the library exhibition. Free download or read online kontiki pdf epub book. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl goodreads kon tiki was the name of a wooden raft used by six scandinavian scientists, led by thor heyerdahl, to make a 101day journey from south america to the polynesian islands. If you would like to learn how to plan and execute a major project, then kon tiki. The purpose of the expedition was to prove heyerdals theory that the polynesian islands were. 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 240 pages and is available in paperback format.
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