Download or read book SeUnor Kon Tiki the Biography of Thor Heyerdahl written by Arnold Jacoby and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kon Tiki Man written by Thor Heyerdahl and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Se or Kon Tiki written by Arnold Jacoby and published by London : Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 1968 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kon Tiki Man written by Christopher Ralling and published by . This book was released on 1990-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biografie van de Noorse ontdekkingsreiziger Thor Heyerdahl (1914- ).
Download or read book A Hero for the Atomic Age written by Axel Andersson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nomination for Best Foreign Film at the 2013 Academy Awards In English and many other languages the name 'Kon-Tiki' has become a byword for adventure and the exotic. The journey of the Kon-Tiki from Peru to Polynesia in 1947 became one of the founding myths of the postwar world. In the voyage of six Scandinavians and a parrot on a balsa raft across the Pacific Ocean the classic journey of discovery was re-invented for generations to come. Kon-Tiki spoke of heroism, masculinity, free-spirited rebellion against scientific dogmatism, and the promise of an attainable exotic world, while it updated these mythological staples to fit the times. After years of relentless media exploitation of the 101-day raft journey, Heyerdahl emerged as the protagonist in a legend that helped to create a new postwar West. A Hero for the Atomic Age tells the story of how Heyerdahl organized an expedition to sail a balsa raft from Callao in Peru to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia, and explains how he turned this physical crossing into an epic narrative that became imbued with a universal appeal. The book also addresses, for the first time, the problematic nature of Heyerdahl's theory that a white culture-bearing race had initiated all the world's great civilizations.
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl Voyages of the Sun written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 unorthodox migration theories, with equally unconventional research methodologies: namely, practicable experiments that employed the construction of ancient vessels, driven across open oceans and waterways to retrace the movement and settlements of our ancestors. With October 2022 commemorating the 75th anniversary of Thor Heyerdahl's extraordinary 1947 voyage upon a balsa-wood raft, Kon-Tiki, from coastal South America to Polynesia across the Pacific Ocean, an enviable opportunity arises to reexplore Heyerdahl's innovative yet frequently contested theories and expeditions. Afforded unprecedented access to Oslo's Kon-Tiki Museum's extensive Heyerdahl archive, Thor Heyerdahl: Voyages of the Sunassembles a wealth of little-known and previously unseen correspondence, expedition logbooks, journals and photographs. Offering readers new and unexamined narratives from an explorer famed for his radical ideas and vehement rejections of abstracted academic theory, Thor Heyerdahl: Voyages of the Sunreviews the enduring relevance of the explorer's research and assesses it within larger narratives of modern archaeological, anthropological, marine science and migration research; international conservation initiatives; evolving globalization; and essential human-nature symbiosis.
Download or read book Kon Tiki written by Thor Heyerdahl and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On April 28, 1947, Heyerdahl and five other adventurers sailed from Peru on a balsa log raft. After three months on the open sea, encountering raging storms, whales, and sharks, they sighted land -- the Polynesian island of Puka Puka. Translated into sixty-five languages, Kon-Tiki is a classic, inspiring tale of daring and courage -- a magnificent saga of men against the sea. Washington Square Press' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Kon-Tiki has been prepared by an editorial committee headed by Harry Shefter, professor of English at New York University. It includes a foreword by the author, a selection of critical excerpts, notes, an index, and a unique visual essay of the voyage.
Download or read book Kon Tiki International written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl written by John Malam and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Thor Heyerdahl's life and explorations. In 1947 he proved by his expedition on a raft called the Kon-Tiki, that the first people had sailed to the Pacific Islands from South America and not Asia. He also sailed from Africa to the West Indies in a boat made of reeds.
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl written by Colin Evans and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Norwegian explorer whose voyages were undertaken to prove certain theories about the migration patterns of ancient people.
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl written by Snorre Evensberget and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl written by Wyatt Blassingame and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 1979 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers Thor Heyerdahl's Norwegian boyhood, his attempts to get support for his theories about the Pacific migration of peoples, his historic journey on the raft Kon-Tiki, and his crossing of the Atlantic by reed boat from Africa
Download or read book Thor Heyerdahl Modern Viking Adventurer written by Julian May and published by Creative Education. This book was released on 1973 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief biography of the Norwegian explorer who attempted to prove several theories about migration of peoples through his voyages.
Download or read book Kon Tiki written by Thor Heyerdahl and published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six men on a small raft sail four thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean, from Peru to the Polynesian Islands.
Download or read book The Kon Tiki Expedition written by Thor Heyerdahl and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how Thor Heyderdahl and five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a balsa-wood raft in an extraordinary bid to prove Heyderdahl's theory that the Polynesians undertook the same feat on such a craft over 1000 years ago.
Download or read book In the Footsteps of Adam written by Thor Heyerdahl and published by Abacus (UK). This book was released on 2001 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thor Heyerdahl is one of the greatest explorers of our day. At the age of 84 he has chosen to take a journey through his memories. This is not a chronological autobiography but rather an epic exploration of the world and the amazing events that Heyerdahl has pioneered, participated in and observed. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADAM is an account of life where personal experiences of a dramatic and emotional nature - secret missions during the war and near-fatal accidents - are woven together with his views on religious fatih politics and ecology. It is a book that focuses on the author's own remarkable life, and also brings us back to the dawn of civilization and out into the future. Thor Heyerdahl has spent a long lifetime wandering in the footsteps of mankind. He invites the reader to participate in that journey by sharing generously the details of his private and public life, his accumulated wisdom, and his friendships with a wide range of influential world leaders such as Fidel Castro and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Download or read book The Impossible Voyage of Kon Tiki written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph--this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific"--Publisher.
