kon-tiki

     

Kon-Tiki is the raft use by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of the popular book that Heyerdahl wrote about his adventures.

Trivia about kon-tiki

  • Thor Heyerdahl spent 101 days sailing this raft from Peru to Polynesia
  • A legendary sailor of the Incas shares his name with this raft on which Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Pacific
  • Thor Heyerdahl recounted his real-life sea adventure, 4,300 miles across the Pacific on a raft, in this 1948 classic
  • In 1997 French Polynesia celebrated the 50th anniversary of this Thor Heyerdahl raft
  • This balsa raft that sailed 4,300 miles of the Pacific in 1947 is on display at a museum near Oslo
  • This 1950 classic by Thor Heyerdahl is subtitled "Across the Pacific by Raft"

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