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With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ata. The kon tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and the author thor heyerdahl. The expedition had been an unconditional success, and thor heyerdahl and his crew had demonstrated that south american peoples could in fact have journeyed to the islands of the south pacific by balsa raft. Kontiki jefferson county library cooperative overdrive. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. For three months, the bold young men made their way. The kon tiki 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.

Kon tiki, across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl. Reply at once that is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. 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. This incredible, suspenseful book follows a primitive raft expedition twice as long as that undertaken by the kontiki and one that encountered infinitely greater difficulties and dangers. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Across the pacific in a raft pdf book download free. 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. The raft was named kon tiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name.

Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea. Across the pacific by raft enriched classics in pdf format. The raft was named kon tiki after the incasun god, viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Life am going to cross pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the south sea islands were peopled from peru. They battled storms, sharks, killer reefs, and other disasters as they were carried along by the trade wind and the humboldt current from peru to. The raft was named kontiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. 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. Kontiki across the pacific on a raft thor heyerdahl october 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian explorer who is best known for his kontiki voyage. Featured movies all video latest this just in prelinger archives democracy now. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide heyerdahl, thor, kontiki. Across the pacific by raft, by thor heyerdahl in april 1947, six men crossed the pacific ocean on a balsa log raft, covering 4,300 miles the distance from chicago to moscow in 101 days.

On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a legendary sun king, thor heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient peruvians could have made the 4,300mile voyage to the polynesian islands on a similar craft. Now a major motion picture, kon tiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. Kontiki, raft in which the norwegian scientist thor heyerdahl and five companions sailed in 1947 from the western coast of south america to the islands east of tahiti. Citation formats are based on standards as of july 2010. Across the pacific by raft free pdf, doc, rtf, txt. Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised kon tiki. Heyerdahl recounted the epic voyage in the bestselling 1950 book kontiki. Kontiki project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read ebooks. Read kontiki by thor heyerdahl for free with a 30 day free trial. Kontiki ebook the seattle public library bibliocommons. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls. It makes for a great documentary of the voyage of the kon tiki raft across the pacific from south america to polynesia.

Second, the pages bear a distinct resemblance to newsprint. 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. Am going to cross pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the south sea islands were peopled from peru. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor. 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. To download and get a free book or read online kontiki. Thor heyerdahl aku aku world library ebooks read ebooks. A special rand mcnally colour edition for young people, by thor heyerdahl, 1960. 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. Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles. Thor heyerdahl ebooks read ebooks online free ebooks. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the pacific ocean.

Thor heyerdahl am going to cross pacific on wooden raft to support a theory that the south sea islands were peopled from peru. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor hey. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, norwegian biologist thor. This is the classic academyaward winning documentary film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Across the pacific by raft,declaring it one of the best, something that all readers will enjoy. Raft by larry tritten f rom out of space came a slender, cylindrical space vessel, half a mile long, hurtling at a sk. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a legendary sun king, heyerdahl and five companions. Kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl in doc, rtf, txt download ebook. Across the pacific in a raft books in the search form now, download or read books for free, just by creating an account to enter our library. All library locations are closed until further notice.

October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. Oct 11, 2019 on a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Kontiki by thor heyerdahl overdrive rakuten overdrive. Kontiki was the raft used by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named kontiki in honor of a. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. Heyerdahl was interested in demonstrating the possibility that ancient people from the americas could have colonized polynesia. F h lyon this journey by raft from peru to the polynesian islands was made to test the authors theories of the origin of the polynesian people and travel by raft between these places by means of riding the. Kontiki book pima county public library bibliocommons. 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. Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl alibris.

Nearly 70 years after the original kontiki raft completed a fearless quest across the pacific ocean, a group of explorers and environmentalists are setting sail to follow in its wake. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Discover an array of library resources you can access from home, available anytime. Kontiki across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl. Kon tiki cross the pacific by raft heyerdahl, thor on. Jun 25, 2019 on a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named. Third, the reproductions of the pictures are grainy and just painful.

It was named after the inca sun god, viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. Three days later the kon tiki struck a reef and the. 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. 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.

Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. First, although it is a hardcover, it is the size of a very small paperback. Sign up or sign in to see availability for your saved libraries at a glance. My only current problem with the book is that some of the descriptions of interactions with the south american and polynesian residents are severely outdated, and somewhat cringeworthy in their cultural biases. Mar 07, 2010 once in a while you find yourself in an odd situation, wrote norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl in kon tiki. Read download kon tiki across the pacific in a raft pdf. More than 1 million books in pdf, epub, mobi, tuebl and audio book formats. Across the pacific in a raft mass market paperback 1968. On a primitive raft made of fortyfoot balsa logs and named. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts.