Across the pacific by raft enriched classics by thor. Read download kon tiki across the pacific in a raft pdf. 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. Original images of the kon tiki expedition it was this legendary raft that we went to see on our recent trip to oslo in norway. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named. This fragilelooking wood raft sailed 6,900 kilometers 4,300 miles over 101 days in the pacific ocean. Across the pacific by raft free pdf, doc, rtf, txt.
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Kon tiki ekspedisjonen is a 1948 book by the norwegian writer thor heyerdahl. Pdf kontiki book by thor heyerdahl free download 240 pages. This was to show that some of the pacific islands might have been populated by native americans sailing west, rather than the accepted view that they were populated by south. 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. The main exhibition of the museum is the kontiki raft. Design as if your life depends on it ux collective. Heyerdahl recounted the epic voyage in the bestselling 1950 book kontiki. Read download kon tiki across the pacific in a raft pdf pdf.
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