Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” 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 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
Kon-Tiki
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” 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 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” 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 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
American Indians in the Pacific
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 821
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 821
Book Description
Challenging the Pacific
Author: Maud Fontenoy
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1611455049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Fontenoy follows Across the Savage Sea (2005), the account of her solo row across the Atlantic with a new challenge: crossing the Pacific along the "Kon-Tiki" route from Peru to the...
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1611455049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Fontenoy follows Across the Savage Sea (2005), the account of her solo row across the Atlantic with a new challenge: crossing the Pacific along the "Kon-Tiki" route from Peru to the...
A Hero for the Atomic Age
Author: Axel Andersson
Publisher: Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9781788742757
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in 2010 by Peter Lang, Ltd., International Academic Publishers."--Title page verso.
Publisher: Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9781788742757
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"First published in 2010 by Peter Lang, Ltd., International Academic Publishers."--Title page verso.
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
Author: Lame Deer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671888021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Lame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world -- rodeo clown, painter, prisioner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. Seeker of Vision The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun marriage and divorce, history and folklore as rich today as ever -- and of his fierce struggle to keep pride alive, though living as a stranger in his own ancestral land.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671888021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Lame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world -- rodeo clown, painter, prisioner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. Seeker of Vision The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun marriage and divorce, history and folklore as rich today as ever -- and of his fierce struggle to keep pride alive, though living as a stranger in his own ancestral land.
The Ra Expeditions
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006545300
Category : Atlantic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
No further information has been provided for this title.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006545300
Category : Atlantic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
No further information has been provided for this title.
Early Man and the Ocean
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Discusses the ships, navigational systems, achievements, and discoveries of ancient seamen and examines their influence on the spread of culture in the ancient world and on subsequent exploration.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Discusses the ships, navigational systems, achievements, and discoveries of ancient seamen and examines their influence on the spread of culture in the ancient world and on subsequent exploration.
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Kon-Tiki Man
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A fascinating, lavishly-illustrated biography of the explorer- adventurer-anthropologist who in 1947 voyaged on a balsawood raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Polynesian islands. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A fascinating, lavishly-illustrated biography of the explorer- adventurer-anthropologist who in 1947 voyaged on a balsawood raft named Kon-Tiki from Peru to the Polynesian islands. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Raftsmen
Author: Ryan Barnett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770859784
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A dramatic retelling of four adventurers who crossed the North Atlantic on a raft, featuring archival photography, film stills taken aboard the raft, news reports, contemporary interviews and original illustrations."--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770859784
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A dramatic retelling of four adventurers who crossed the North Atlantic on a raft, featuring archival photography, film stills taken aboard the raft, news reports, contemporary interviews and original illustrations."--