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. Heyerdahl became famous for his Kon-Tiki Expedition in which he sailed by raft 4,300 miles (7,000 km) from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. Wikipedia
Sea routes to polynesia based on extracts from lectures by Thor Heyerdahl, who crossed the Pacific Ocean in the Kon Tiki to explore evidence suggesting contact between South America and Polynesia. This section features Thor Heyerdahl notes on Easter Isl www.bradshawfoundation.com/thor
by J. Bjrnar Storfjell, Ph.D. Visit the new Thor Heyerdahl Research Center in London directed by Bjrnar Storfjell. www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai102_folder/102_a...
Above: On April 3, 1978, after their five-month-4,200-mile-oceanic voyage, Thor Heyerdahl (center) and his 10-man crew burn their reed ship Tigris in protest of the wars raging in the Middle East. www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai111_folder/111_a...
Below is found information regarding the research and writings of Thor Heyerdahl including a bibliography of scientific and popular works. www.plu.edu/~ryandp/thor.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Thor Heyerdahl. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
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