Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Fulfilling a longheld ambition to return to nature, the couple sought, and to a degree found, a natural and unspoiled world on the remote island of fatuhiva in the south pacific. Publication date 1958 publisher rand mcnally and company collection. Kontiki by thor heyerdahl overdrive rakuten overdrive. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Click download or read online button to get kon tiki book now. Thor heyerdahl 19142002 is one of historys most famous explorers. In 1947 he crossed the pacific ocean on the balsawood raft kontiki.
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The first edition of the novel was published in 1948, and was written by thor heyerdahl. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing.
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