Title: The Kon-Tiki Expedition
Publisher: George Allen and Unwin, London
Publication Date: 1951
235 pages, includes index. Illustrated.
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: bad condition, several tears .
The Kont-Tiki Expedition
[ Térmita ], Viagem“In 1947, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl built a primitive raft made of balsa logs lashed together by hemp rope, and set out from Callao, Peru, on a voyage across the Pacific. His mission: to prove that natives in South America could have settled in Polynesia well before the time of Christopher Columbus by sailing on primitive rafts. Overcoming a lifelong fear of water, Heyerdahl and a crew of five piloted the makeshift Kon-Tiki for an astonishing 101 days, sailing 4,300 miles (6,920 km) through fierce storms and sharks before running aground on a Polynesian reef. Heyerdahl’s book about the adventure became an international best seller, the story of a man willing to risk his life to prove a point.”
– Tom McNichol quoted from here.
Edition: Reprint (15th)
