Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 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 (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was supposed to demonstrate that the legendary sun-worshiping red-haired, bearded, and white-skinned "Tiki people" from South America drifted and colonized Polynesia first, before actual Polynesian peoples. His hyperdiffusionist ideas on ancient cultures has been widely rejected by the scientific community, even before the expedition.
Heyerdahl made other voyages to demonstrate the possibility of contact between widely separated ancient peoples, notably the ''Ra II'' expedition of 1970, when he sailed from the west coast of Africa to Barbados in a papyrus reed boat. He was appointed a government scholar in 1984.
He died on 18 April 2002 in Colla Micheri, Italy, while visiting close family members. The Norwegian government gave him a state funeral in Oslo Cathedral on 26 April 2002.
In May 2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. At the time, this list included 238 collections from all over the world. The Heyerdahl Archives span the years 1937 to 2002 and include his photographic collection, diaries, private letters, expedition plans, articles, newspaper clippings, and original book and article manuscripts. The Heyerdahl Archives are administered by the Kon-Tiki Museum and the National Library of Norway in Oslo. Provided by Wikipedia
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The art of Easter Island / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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The art of Easter Island / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Archaeological evidence of pre-Spanish visits to the Galaṕagos Islands / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Fatu-Hiva : back to nature / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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The Tigris expedition : in search of our beginnings / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Aku-Aku : the secret of Easter Island. by Heyerdahl, Thor
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The Ra expeditions / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Archaeological evidence of pre-Spanish visits to the Galápagos Islands / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Green was the earth on the seventh day / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Early man and the ocean : a search for the beginnings of navigation and seaborne civilizations / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Kon-Tiki : across the Pacific by raft / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Early man and the ocean : a search for the beginnings of navigation and seaborne civilizations / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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The Tigris expedition : in search of our beginnings / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Sea routes to Polynesia / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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American Indians in the Pacific : the theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition. by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Kon-Tiki : across the Pacific by raft / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Easter Island, the mystery solved / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Archaeological evidence of pre-Spanish visits to the Galápagos Islands : English and Spanish texts / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Fatu-Hiva : back to nature / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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Pyramids of Túcume : the quest for Peru's forgotten city / by Heyerdahl, Thor
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