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Wht year did Thor Heyerdahl embark on his famous Kon-Tiki journey
In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers sailed from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia.
How did Thor Heyedahl and five fellow adventurers do the journey from Peru to Tuamoto Islands?
Thor Heyerdahl and adventurers sailed in a pae-pae raft that they had constructed from balsa wood and other native materials, christened the Kon-Tiki.

Question: What inspired this
Self-contained rewrite: What inspired Thor Heyerdahl's journey from Peru to French Polynesia?