[DOC] [TLE] Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from 
South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer 
Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, 
for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. ... Heyerdahl believed that 
people from South America could have settled... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a 
background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-
Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific 
Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. ... In May 
2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's... [DOC] [TLE] Kon-Tiki explorer was partly right  Polynesians had South ... [PAR] Jun 17, 2011 ... Thor Heyerdahl clung to Kon-Tiki, his balsa wood raft, for 4,300 miles to ... found 
it includes DNA that could have only come from native Americans. ... Alternatively
, Polynesians may have travelled east to South America, and then returned. ... 
and they made the biggest contribution to the population, he said. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Voyage - History in the Headlines [PAR] Oct 6, 2014 ... On the 100th anniversary of Thor Heyerdahl's birth, look back at his historic ... 
balsawood raft to prove his theory that South Americans could have originally ... 
As he collected a menagerie of specimens on the tiny Polynesian island of ... 
recruited a five-man crew who built a 30-by-15-foot raft made of nine... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Expeditions and Archaeology of the Pacific Peoples [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl is a world-renowned explorer and archaeologist. ... the first wave 
had reached Polynesia via Peru and Easter Island on balsa rafts. ... area of the 
peoples and cultures of the Pacific Islands and South America". ... ancienct 
navigation and turned his attention to the ancient reed-boats made of ... Wood 
carvings [DOC] [TLE] Expeditions - The Thor Heyerdahl Institute [PAR] Inspired by Kon-Tiki, other rafts have repeated the voyage. ... sort of South 
American/Polynesian contact, most notably in the fact that the South ... The Incas 
said that the "white gods" had then left as suddenly as they had come .... A book, 
The Ra Expeditions, and a film documentary Ra (1972) were made about the 
voyages. [DOC] [TLE] 14.4 Tangaroa - Pacific Voyage - Testing Heyerdahl's Theories ... [PAR] As far back as I can ever remember, Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) has ... Left: 
Crew that sailed the Tangaroa raft from Peru to the Polynesian islands ... He 
challenged others - perhaps, it's more accurate to say that he "provoked" ... the 
coast of South America, long before Europeans set foot on the continent. ...... "
Come on! [DOC] [TLE] Kon-Tiki2 is sailing two balsa rafts from South America to Easter ... [PAR] No one has done this in modern times, and we will prove that it can be done. ... 
prove Thor Heyerdahl's theory  that Polynesia was settled by South Americans? 
... The Manteo were a "league of merchants," using balsa wood raft to become a 
rich ... they came and from whence they made frequent trips to South America. [DOC] [TLE] Wayfinders : Polynesian History and Origin - PBS [PAR] In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl drifted on a raft made of balsa wood logs from Peru to 
the ... used by South American Indians, could have carried migrants to Polynesia. 
... Distant islands could only have been discovered and settled, he said, by the... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - Academic, Explorer, Writer, Archaeologist ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2016 ... Norwegian adventurer and archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl traveled from ... He 
made his world-famous voyage from Peru to French Polynesia aboard the Kon-
Tiki in 1947. ... Heyerdahl's interest in science may have been planted by his ... 
He built

Question: Thor Heyerdahl said Polynesians may have come from South America on rafts made of this wood
Answer: Balsa