Thor heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl

In 1947, a Norwegian adventurer named Thor Heyerdahl set out to prove a theory of his that the people of Polynesia came there from South America. To prove his theory, he built a raft out of local materials in Peru and set sail across the Pacific. His voyage was successful, but the same couldn’t be said for his theories. Learn more about Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Red Tour on Instagram: "Thor Heyerdahl is one of history’s most famous explorers. In 1947 he crossed the Pacific Ocean on the balsawood raft Kon-Tiki. This was his first expedition to be captured on film, and was later awarded Academy Award for best documentary in 1951. He was also responsible for important archeological excavations on the Galapagos Islands, Easter Island and in Túcume."

The museum presents the breadth of Heyerdahl’s life’s work, from his first trip to Fatu Hiva, to the voyages with the Kon-Tiki, the Ra, the Ra II and the Tigris, as well as the expeditions to the Galàpagos Islands, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Tùcume in Peru

Ancient Egyptians used reed boats for river navigation, but could sub-Saharan Africans have constructed similar types of vessels to explore the Atlantic Ocean and find their way to the New World, specifically (for our focus), to Central America? The carved heads from the Olmec civilization, which thrived along the Eastern coast of Mexico from …

Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969–70) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Both expeditions were intended to prove the possibility of ancient transoceanic contacts between distant civilizations and cultures.