Kon Tiki The Secret of Easter Island
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. It recounts Heyerdahl's experiences with the Kon-Tiki expedition, where he traveled across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa tree raft
In The Voyage of the `Kon-Tiki', the Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl famously proved that early humans could have used the trade winds to sail from Peru to Easter Island - and thus be its first settlers
Heyerdahl and five companions sailed the raft for 101 days over 6,900 km (4,300 miles) across the Pacific Ocean before smashing into a reef at Raroia in the Tuamotus on August 7, 1947. The crew made successful landfall and all returned safely. Thor Heyerdahl's book about his experience became a bestseller.
Contents of the book :
1 - A THEORY
2 - AN EXPEDITION IS BORN
3 - TO SOUTH AMERICA
4 - ACROSS THE PACIFIC
5 - HALFWAY
6 - ACROSS THE PACIFIC
7 - TO THE SOUGH SEA ISLANDS
8 - AMONG POLYNESIANS
APPENDIX
A THEORY
Retrospect -
The Old Man on Fatu Hiva —
Wind and Current — Hunting for Tiki —
Who Peopled Polynesia? —
Riddle of the South Seas —
Theories and Facts —
Legend of Kon-Tiki
and the Mysterious White Men —
War Comes
KonTiki Kon-tiki
Author: Raft Thor Heyerdahl
Publication Date:1958
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