Nov 16, 1989 this handsome volume is the story of thor heyerdahls love of a mysteryand of an island and its people. It was a journey about 101 days and 3780 sea miles. Thor heyerdahl article about thor heyerdahl by the free. It was heyerdahls first voyage on an improbable craft over a challenging and dubious route. Aril edvardsen 19382008,a norwegian evangelical preacher and missionary. Heyerdahl has incredible facility with his prose, and this sentence is as perfect as anything written by the masters. Heyerdahl died on 18 april 2002 in colla micheri, liguria, italy, where he had gone to spend the easter. Answers for the later life of thor heyerdahl ielts. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. Its skipper was the then 33yearold thor heyerdahl, and their destination was polynesia. Heyerdahl was born in larvik, norway, the son of master brewer thor heyerdahl 18691957 and his wife, alison lyng 18731965. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.
Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Thor heyerdahl books list of books by author thor heyerdahl. Thor heyerdahl october 6, 1914, larvik, norway april 18, 2002, colla micheri, italy was a norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Kontiki is also the name of heyerdahls book, the academy awardwinning documentary film chronicling his adventures. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The voyages were chronicled in both a book and a film documentary. This copy of heyerdahls book is a lushly illustrated adaptation of his bestselling account of their journey, signed by heyerdahl. Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over 100,000 booksellers and 60.
The voyage, called the tangaroa expedition, was intended as a tribute to thor heyerdahl, as well as a means to monitor the pacific oceans environment. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. In order to prove another theory, that trade and migration could have connected mesopotamia with the indus valley, he built another reed boat, entitled the. Heyerdahl is 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. For 101 days it drifted across the pacific, pushed towards polynesia. This was his first expedition to be captured on film, and was later awarded academy award for best documentary in 1951. October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography 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. In green was the earth on the seventh day, heyerdahl wrote about how his voyage on the kontiki had increased his awareness of threats to the environment. This is an incredibly entertaining and edifying read, quite literally my favorite new book and author. Both expeditions were intended to prove the possibility of ancient transoceanic contacts between distant civilizations and cultures. He later completed similar achievements with the reed boats ra, ra ii and tigris, through which he championed his deep. A film documentary about the voyage and raft was released in 1950, called kontiki. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft.
This article is within the scope of wikiproject biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize wikipedia s articles about people. See all books authored by thor heyerdahl, including kontiki ekspedisjonen, and akuaku. A most notable naysayer was ethnologist thor heyerdahl whose 1947 kon tiki raft expedition advanced the drift idea that colonization occurred only as vessels simply traveled on the tides. Thor heyerdahl has been listed as a level5 vital article in people, explorers. A book documenting the voyage and raft was released in 1948 by thor heyerdahl, called the kontiki expedition. Kardiovaskulaer intensivmedisin 2015innholdsfortegnelse og. Overall a near fine copy and scarce signed by the author with the band. Thor heyerdahl ranks very high on my list of authors. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. To help fund his many projects, heyerdahl wrote many popular books, including akuaku. He acame notable for his kontiki expedeetion in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km 5,000 mi athort the paceefic ocean in a haundbiggit raft frae sooth.
October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. He orchestrated many transoceanic expeditions in primitive boat replicas and contributed several substantial theories to the geographic and scientific communities. He was married to jacqueline beer, yvonne dedekamsimonsen and liv coucherontorp. Thor heyerdahl really does solve the mystery as far as i can tell, linking ancient easter island culture to very similar cultures in s. This article is of interest to the following wikiprojects. Heyerdahl related the story of the epic voyage in the book kontiki 1950 and in a documentary film of the same name, which won the 1952 oscar for best documentary. Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian explorer, adventurer, and ethnologist. According to victor and olivia, academics thought that polynesian migration from the east was impossible due to. A search for the beginnings of navigation and seaborne civilizations hardcover january 1, 1979 by thor heyerdahl author visit amazons thor heyerdahl page. This handsome volume is the story of thor heyerdahls love of a mysteryand of an island and its people. Across the pacific in a raft mass market paperback.
Thor heyerdahl was one of the twentiethcenturys most famous adventurers and he recreated many ocean voyages made by ships based on ancient designs. He believed that, long before columbus, early ocean. Thor heyerdahl 19142002 is one of historys most famous explorers. Thor heyerdahl, born october 6, 1914, larvik, norwaydied april 18, 2002, colla micheri, italy, norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous kontiki 1947 and ra 196970 transoceanic scientific expeditions. The raft was named kontiki after the incasun god, viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name.
Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. He carried out research in the marquesas islands in 193738 and studied t. There is some light foxing marks to the first couple of pages. Stenersens forlag and translated from norwegian into english by ann zwick, published by little, brown and company. Thor heyerdahl, born october 6, 1914, larvik, norwaydied april 18. Thor heyerdahl, norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous kontiki 1947 and ra 196970 transoceanic scientific expeditions. Han har skrevet avsnittet om ct og mr i kapittel 2. Thor heyerdahl books list of books by 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 to the east, led by a mythical hero, kontiki. He was a director and writer, known for akuaku 1960, galapagos 1955 and kontiki 1950.
The original name for virakocha was kontiki or illatiki, which means suntiki or firetiki. The norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl, who died last night at the age of 87, sailed into history in 1947 when he crossed the pacific from peru to polynesia on a balsa wood raft. Buy the maldive mystery new edition by heyerdahl, thor isbn. Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations and more. The last king was made a sultan by a pious foreigner who came by sea and started local history. As a young child, heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology, inspired by his mother, who had a strong interest in charles darwins theory of evolution. The museum presents the breadth of heyerdahls lifes work, from his first trip to fatu hiva, to the voyages with the kontiki, the ra, the ra ii and the tigris, as well as the expeditions to the galapagos islands, easter island rapa nui and tucume in peru.
Thor heyerdahl, who died in april at the age of 87, spent much of an active and sometimes inspiring life in the thrall of one good story. It was read in 67 languages and was bought 20 million times. He later completed similar achievements with the reed boats ra, ra ii and tigris, through which he championed his deep involvement. Sep 04, 2014 a most notable naysayer was ethnologist thor heyerdahl whose 1947 kon tiki raft expedition advanced the drift idea that colonization occurred only as vessels simply traveled on the tides. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of. Heyerdahl became notable for his kontiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles 8,000 km by raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. He died on april 18, 2002 in colla micheri, liguria, italy. Huge mooro honour sees him join world changers claretandhugh. He once noted that he did not share from birth the affinity for the sea that his norwegian heritage and lifelong work might. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Thor heyerdahl biography life, family, parents, story. He received the order of merit or similar decorations from peru, italy, egypt, morocco, bulgaria, norway and sweden.
October 6, 1914 aprile 18, 2002 wis a norse adventurer an ethnografer wi a backgrund in zoology, botany, an geografie. Heyerdahls book, in the footsteps of adam, was originally published in norwegian in 1998 under the title i adams fotspor. Thor heyerdahl biography childhood, life achievements. Thor heyerdahl has 40 books on goodreads with 50109 ratings. Medforfattere thor edvardsen er avdelingsoverlege, professor dr. We are additionally including in this lot another childrens book, kontiki and i, written and illustrated by heyerdahls navigator, erik hesselberg. By raft across the south seas has been translated into 70 languages.
Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology. The story of the voyage was related in heyerdahls book kontiki. My mother, liv coucheron torp, was married to thor heyerdahl, the norwegian scientist and explorer whose kontiki expedition in 1947 became one of the great enduring adventure stories of all time. Heyerdahl claimed that in incan legend there was a sungod named contici viracocha who was the supreme head of the mythical fairskinned people in peru. His 1947 kontiki expedition proved that the incas were capable of sailing across the pacific. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. Most of the illustrations are based on photos from the expedition. Over thirty years ago, the man who did such important, pioneering work in kontiki wrote another bestselling book, akuaku, about easter island. Norwegian ethnologist thor heyerdahl sails papyrus boat history. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The raft was named kontiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kontiki was said to be an old name. These boats were deemed insufficient to cross the atlantic as the reeds were believed to become waterlogged after less than two weeks on open water.
It was heyerdahl s first voyage on an improbable craft over a challenging and dubious route. On april 28 1947, the kontiki pushed off from the peruvian port of callao. This handsome volume is the story of thor heyerdahl s love of a mysteryand of an island and its people. 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. This book contains details about thor heyerdahl s continued research on ancienct navigation as he turned his attention to the ancient reedboats made of papyrus. Thor heyerdahl s grandson, olav heyerdahl, retraced his grandfathers kontiki voyage in 2006, as part of a sixmember crew. Thor heyerdahl and ra ii set sail from safi in morocco on 17th may 1970 and arrived in barbados on 14th july 1970. He acame notable for his kontiki expedeetion in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km 5,000 mi athort the paceefic ocean in a haundbiggit raft frae sooth americae tae the tuamotu islands.
Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, first edition abebooks. Apr 19, 2002 the norwegian explorer thor heyerdahl, who died last night at the age of 87, sailed into history in 1947 when he crossed the pacific from peru to polynesia on a balsa wood raft. In 1947 he crossed the pacific ocean on the balsawood raft kontiki. Jul 28, 2019 heyerdahl related the story of the epic voyage in the book kontiki 1950 and in a documentary film of the same name, which won the 1952 oscar for best documentary. Thor heyerdahl thor heyerdahl used books, rare books and new books find all books by thor heyerdahl and compare prices. Apr 18, 2002 thor heyerdahl 19142002 is one of historys most famous explorers. 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 the author thor heyerdahl. His book are at the top of the list of books that have taken me on great adventures and they are all nonfiction. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. More recently, heyerdahl was invited to return to easter island and there confronted the conundrum of the famous, haunting. On 28 april 1947, a raft made of balsawood carrying six men and a parrot. Thor heyerdahl, who has died of cancer aged 87, was one of the great individualistic standardbearers of mid20thcentury adventure. The first book of thor heyerdahl, of his life on the island of fatu hiva, called hunt for paradise, and was published in 1938 in norway. Thor heyerdahl was born on october 6, 1914 in larvik, norway.
He wrote many books on early travel and sea exploration. Heyerdahls voyages led him to become active internationally in fighting pollution of the oceans. Buy the ra expeditions new ed by thor heyerdahl, patricia crampton isbn. Thor heyerdahl, the norwegian scientist who gained worldwide fame more than half a century ago. It won the 1951 oscar for best documentary feature. In search of our beginnings by thor heyerdahl and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Norwegian ethnologist thor heyerdahl sails papyrus boat. Kontiki was high priest and sunking of these legendary white men who left enormous ruins on the shores of lake titicaca.
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