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An archival delve into the remarkable life, expeditions and voyages of Thor Heyerdahl, author of the bestselling adventure classic The Kon-Tiki Expedition Norwegian archaeologist, anthropologist, migration theorist, author and explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) spent decades substantiating unorthod... Read More about Thor Heyerdahl: Voyages of the Sun: The Kon-Tiki Museum Archive

Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific.Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure—a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl s... Read More about Kon-Tiki (Enriched Classics)

"Kon-Tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. 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 ... Read More about Kon-Tiki (Enriched Classics (Pb))

Kon-tiki fue el nombre de la balsa utilizada por el explorador noruego Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) en su expedici n de 1947 por el oc ano Pac fico desde Sudam rica hasta la Polinesia. El nombre de la embarcaci n se deb a al dios solar de los incas, Viracocha, de quien se dec a que antiguamente hab a ... Read More about La Expedicion de la Kon-Tiki

Defining himself as an experimental philosopher and a cautious scientist, the world renowned anthropologist and adventurer reviews his amazing life's work in this captivating memoir. Full color.... Read More about In the Footsteps of Adam: A Memior