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- Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia
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 The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name
- How the Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Misled the World About Navigating the . . .
How the Voyage of the Kon-Tiki Misled the World About Navigating the Pacific Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas
- Kon-Tiki | Explorer, Pacific Ocean, Thor Heyerdahl | Britannica
Kon-Tiki, 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 Heyerdahl was interested in demonstrating the possibility that ancient people from the Americas could have colonized Polynesia; to do so, he constructed Kon-Tiki (named for a legendary Inca god) from locally available balsa
- Kon-Tiki Expedition - World History Encyclopedia
The Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947, led by the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), successfully crossed 8,000 km (5,000 miles) of the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands on a balsa-wood raft The aim of the expedition was to demonstrate that ancient peoples could have crossed the Pacific from east to west using ocean currents and so possibly populated Polynesia The consensus of
- Kon-Tiki (2012) - IMDb
Kon-Tiki: Directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg With Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Tobias Santelmann, Gustaf Skarsgård In 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific
- Kon-Tiki (2012 film) - Wikipedia
Kon-Tiki is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition The film was mainly shot on the island of Malta The role of Thor Heyerdahl is played by Pål Sverre Hagen The film is an international co-production between Norway, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom
- The Story of Thor Heyerdahl’s Epic Kon-Tiki Voyage - Life in Norway
The Kon-Tiki voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl was a huge success and proved beyond doubt that Polynesia could have been settled from South America One of the great mysteries of anthropology is how Polynesia – a vast pseudo-country in the Pacific spread triangularly between Rapa Nui, Hawaii and New Zealand – came to be inhabited by people with similar customs, cultures and
- Kon-Tiki - New World Encyclopedia
Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name
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