Illustrated By: N/A Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: George Allen & Unwin, London octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 235 ISBN: Unknown The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between societies. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1950 1st Edition 2nd Printing, THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION By Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation (6 October 1914 ? 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
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