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Feb 9, 2010 · On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl and a multinational crew set out from Morocco across the Atlantic Ocean in Ra II, a papyrus sailing craft modeled after ancient Egyptian ...
Thor Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl KStJ ( Norwegian pronunciation: [tuːr ˈhæ̀ɪəɖɑːɫ]; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography . Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km ...
- How Thor Heyerdahl Became An Adventurer
- The Many Voyages of Thor Heyerdahl
- The Legacy of The Norwegian Explorer
Born on October 6, 1914, in Larvik, Norway, Thor Heyerdahl developed a fascination with the world at a young age. His mother, Alison, was the head of the Larvik area museums association and inspired her son’s interest in nature and animals. In pursuit of that interest, Heyerdahl enrolled in the University of Oslo to study zoology and geography in 1...
On April 28, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove his theory that the islands in Polynesia could have been contacted by ancient South Americans. Along with five others, Heyerdahl climbed onto a raft made of balsa logs tied together with hemp rope. The raft was dubbed Kon-Tikiafter the Incan sun god, Viracocha, for whom “Kon-Tiki” was said to be an...
By the time Thor Heyerdahl died on April 18, 2002, most scholars remained convinced that Polynesia had been settled by people migrating from the west — not the east, as Heyerdahl suggested. Indeed, recent genetic studiessuggest that Polynesia was first settled by people who came from Asia, probably from Taiwain or the Philippines. However, accordin...
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Jul 12, 2024 · Thor Heyerdahl (born October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway—died April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969–70) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Both expeditions were intended to prove the possibility of ancient transoceanic contacts between ...
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Feb 12, 2019 · Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki Voyage. 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 ...
Apr 25, 2013 · The titular craft in Kon-Tiki might seem an unlikely vessel to conquer the high seas — but the real-life Norwegian explorer and journalist Thor Heyerdahl put it to just such a test in 1947 ...
