Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki voyage
By: Philip Steele.
Series: Great 20th century expeditions
Publisher: Dillon
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Heyerdahl, Thor -- Travel -- Juvenile literature.; Heyerdahl, Thor.; Ethnology -- Polynesia -- Juvenile literature.; Voyages and travels.; Pacific Ocean -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: An account of the voyage from Peru to Polynesia made by Thor Heyerdahl and his crew on a balsa wood raft in 1947 in an attempt to test certain theories about the migration of ancient peoples.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.