Kontiki book by thor heyerdahl official publisher page. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor. Am going to cross pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the south sea islands were peopled from peru. Kontiki ekspedisjonen is a 1948 book by the norwegian writer thor heyerdahl. 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. It makes for a great documentary of the voyage of the kon tiki raft across the pacific from south america to polynesia. 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. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Heyerdahl became notable for his kon tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles 8,000 km by raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. Thor heyerdahl paperback march 4, 2009 by thor heyerdahl author.
Kon tiki is the academy awardwinning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. The thor heyerdahl archive contains twentythree of thor heyerdahls book manuscripts, from kontiki. May 07, 20 kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. If you would like to learn how to plan and execute a major project, then kon tiki.
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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, kontiki. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Now a major motion picture, kon tiki is the record of thor heyerdahl s astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On raft across the south seas, first published in norwegian in 1948, to his last book jakten pa odin the hunt for odin published the year before his passing. 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. While on a zoological expedition with his wife to the island of fatu hiva, they discuss the constant trade winds that blow from east to west, thors first. The main characters of this non fiction, travel story are.
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Kontiki is the academy awardwinning film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the pacific ocean. Kon tiki ekspedisjonen is a 1948 book by the norwegian writer thor heyerdahl. After 101 days at sea the kontiki ran aground on a coral reef by the raroia atoll in polynesia. In the archives there are also three unpublished manuscripts.
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