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Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, first edition abebooks. Across the pacific by raft ebook written by thor heyerdahl. After 101 days at sea the kontiki ran aground on a coral reef by the raroia atoll in polynesia. The kontiki expedition by thor heyerdahl and a great selection of related.

October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography he became notable for his kontiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km 5,000 mi across the pacific ocean in a handbuilt raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. Pdf kontiki book by thor heyerdahl free download 240. An exlibrary book and may have standard library stamps andor stickers. After getting inspired by their adventurous spirit, its time to go see the real thing. 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. Kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. Heyerdahl had been presented with a film camera before the journey began, and both the building of the raft and the voyage across the pacific were filmed in detail. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. This is a real adventure which i read as a schoolboy over 50 years ago and again in 2017 when covering the area on a more comfortable cruise. 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. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Read kontiki by thor heyerdahl available from rakuten kobo. World citizen, explorer, writer and scientist, thor heyerdahls legacy is an.

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