An Illustrated Biography of Thor Heyerdahl
by Kon-Tiki Man
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- ISBN 13
- 9780888947338
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Paperback. Fine. Paperback Fine Ships From Canada Name on the first title page, otherwise new 335 p From Publishers Weekly: In late 1936 explorer Heyerdahl set out from Norway for an island in the South Seas called Fatu Hiva Eschewing the complications and corruptions of the civilized world, Heyerdahl planned to immerse himself in the "'"great anthropological mysteries"'" of Polynesia while living like a "'"primitive manwith keen instincts and all his senses alive "'" Circumstances conspired against Heyerdahl's idealistic notions, prompting him to return to Norway in early 1938 Yet his studies on the island helped give birth to the idea that Polynesia had been settled by people migrating by water from South America rather than from the west, as was commonly believed Following Heyerdahl's voyage from Peru to Polynesia aboard the raft Kon-Tiki, this spirited volume highlights the explorer's attempt to prove his theory The book also details his scouting, on subsequent expeditions, of "'"a link between cultures
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- Pine Tree Books (CA)
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- Title
- An Illustrated Biography of Thor Heyerdahl
- Author
- Kon-Tiki Man
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 088894733X
- ISBN 13
- 9780888947338
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre, Limited
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- This edition first published
- 1991
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