Kon Tikki

Author : Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580896207

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The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki by Deborah Kogan Ray Pdf

Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph—this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific. Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey.

Author : Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781632200174

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Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl Pdf

“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.

Author : Erik Hesselberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Explorers
ISBN : UOM:39015019066367

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Kon-Tiki and I by Erik Hesselberg Pdf

The author relates the voyage of the Kon-Tiki expedition across 4300 miles of ocean in a raft as he experienced and sketched it.

Author : Lame Deer,Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671888022

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Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Lame Deer,Richard Erdoes Pdf

Lame Deer Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world -- rodeo clown, painter, prisioner. But, above all, he was a holy man of the Lakota tribe. Seeker of Vision The story he tells is one of harsh youth and reckless manhood, shotgun marriage and divorce, history and folklore as rich today as ever -- and of his fierce struggle to keep pride alive, though living as a stranger in his own ancestral land.

Author : Maud Fontenoy
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781611455045

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Challenging the Pacific by Maud Fontenoy Pdf

In a personal account of determination and accomplishment, the author of Across the Savage Sea describes her challenging effort to row across the Pacific Ocean, chronicling the long and difficult voyage from Peru westward as she overcame stifling tropical heat, the elements, solitude, and the ever-circling sharks to achieve her goal.

Author : Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : LCCN:a54008841

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American Indians in the Pacific by Thor Heyerdahl Pdf

Author : Deborah Kogan Ray
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684447091

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The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki by Deborah Kogan Ray Pdf

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph—this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific. Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : David Grann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400078455

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The Lost City of Z by David Grann Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Suspenseful…rollicking.” —The New York Times In 1925, Percy Fawcett went into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!

Author : Ryan Barnett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 1770859780

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The Raftsmen by Ryan Barnett Pdf

"A dramatic retelling of four adventurers who crossed the North Atlantic on a raft, featuring archival photography, film stills taken aboard the raft, news reports, contemporary interviews and original illustrations."--

Author : Axel Andersson
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : 1788742753

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A Hero for the Atomic Age by Axel Andersson Pdf

"First published in 2010 by Peter Lang, Ltd., International Academic Publishers."--Title page verso.

Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781645425052

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Study Guide to Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku by Thor Heyerdahl by Intelligent Education Pdf

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Thor Heyerdahl, whose career as a zoologist was influenced by the interests of his parents. Titles in this study guide include Kon Tiki and Aku Aku. As an author of twentieth-century travel literature, Heyerdahl had a profound fascination with outdoor life and traveling. His devotion and pursuit of knowledge won him countless medals, memberships, and other honors. Moreover, his stories contained descriptions of places like Easter Island and the Marquesas Islands. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Heyerdahl’s classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Author : Martin Cate,Rebecca Cate
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781607747321

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Smuggler's Cove by Martin Cate,Rebecca Cate Pdf

Martin and Rebecca Cate, founders and owners of Smuggler’s Cove (the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era) take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an escapist fantasy for Depression-era Americans; how exotic cocktails were invented, stolen, and re-invented; Hollywood starlets and scandals; and tiki’s modern-day revival, in this James Beard Award-winning cocktail book. Featuring more than 100 delicious recipes (original and historic), plus a groundbreaking new approach to understanding rum, Smuggler’s Cove is the magnum opus of the contemporary tiki renaissance. Whether you’re looking for a new favorite cocktail, tips on how to trick out your home tiki grotto, help stocking your bar with great rums, or inspiration for your next tiki party, Smuggler’s Cove has everything you need to transform your world into a Polynesian Pop fantasia. Make yourself a Mai Tai, put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi, and prepare to lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki, one of the most alluring—and often misunderstood—movements in American cultural history.

Author : Don Berry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:797098032

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Trask by Don Berry Pdf

Author : Peter Joseph Capelotti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813529786

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Sea Drift by Peter Joseph Capelotti Pdf

Heyerdahl's radical thesis of a prehistoric world where ancient mariners traveled between continents on ocean currents electrified the postwar world. His Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft sold twenty million copies in sixty-five languages.".

Author : Arnold Jacoby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Biography
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017873190

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Señor Kon-Tiki; the Biography of Thor Heyerdahl by Arnold Jacoby Pdf

"The voyage of Kon-Tiki just two decades ago was one of the great true adventures of our century. For its daring leader, Thor Heyderahl, this expedition was the turning point of a life already crowded with excitement. Now, overnight, he was an international celebrity-- but a man half-obscured by the shadow of his own achievement. Millions new his name, but few knew the man behind the voyage. In this definitive biography, Arnold Jacoby focuses on that man. He tells of Heyerdahl's boyhood youth, of the experimental year when he and his bride returned to nature on a remote Pacific island to see if modern man was better off than primitive man, and of his wartime experiences in the Free Norwegian Army. One theme recurs throughout those years: Heyerdahl's growing conviction that accepted scientific opinion about the origins of the South Sea islanders was incorrect. But his own theories brought only scorn from the scientific community-- until he set out to prove himself right in the only way possible, by recreating the Pacific voyage he knew must once have take place. The Kon-Tiki and subsequent expeditions to Easter Island and the Galapagos won Heyerdahl renown and, perhaps more importantly, scientific respect. The behind-the-scenese stories of these achievements and thier aftermath, are all part of this fascinating book."--inside jacket.