Thor Heyerdahl was een Noorse etnograaf en avonturier, beroemd om zijn gedurfde expedities en zijn poging om theoretische concepten over de migratie en vestiging van oude beschavingen te bewijzen. Met een wetenschappelijke achtergrond in zoölogie en geografie verkende hij onontgonnen gebieden om zijn theorieën over transoceanische culturele verbindingen te ondersteunen. Zijn expedities, zoals de Kon-Tiki-vlottocht, demonstreerden een innovatieve aanpak voor het toetsen van historische hypothesen en hebben generaties onderzoekers geïnspireerd. Heyerdahls nalatenschap ligt in zijn vermogen om wetenschap, avontuur en geschiedenis te verenigen, waardoor wereldwijde fascinatie voor oude volkeren en hun migraties ontstond.
Defining himself as an "experimental philosopher" and a "cautious scientist", the world renowned anthropologist and adventurer reviews his amazing life's work in this captivating memoir. Full color.
The author and explorer of Kon-Tiki fame here recounts for the layman his archeological adventures on Easter island, where his expedition uncovered many facts about the island's giant statues, secret caves, ancient stone-carving natives, cannibalism, and civil wars.
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Ra tells of Heyerdahl's voyage from N. Africa to S. America in a 45' papyrus boat modelled on those depicted in Egyptian wall paintings. A violent storm ended the 1st expedition but within a year the seven men had embarked on their 2nd journey in Ra II. One riddle, two answers & no solution Why a reed boat? To the Indians in the Cactus Forest With Bedouin & Buduma in the heart of Africa Among Black monks at the source of the Nile In the world of the Pyramid-builders Out in the Atlantic Down the African coast to Cape Juby In the clutches of the sea Into American waters RA II, by papyrus boat from Africa to America Postscript
When Thor Heyerdahl was invited by the government of the Maldive Islands to investigate recent archaeological finds there, his reaction was initially one of surprise. But although he knew little about these 'dots on the map of the Indian Ocean', and less about the language and customs of the people, he did understand how the invitation implied a changed official attitude. Maldive history had been reckoned to begin in the year 583 of the Holy Prophet, or AD1153, when islanders embraced the Islamic faith; and any pre Moslem relics found were usually destroyed. Now the president was saying, 'We are a young republic, yes. But we have proof that we too have an old history, just as our neighbours on the continent!' Thus unfolded for Thor Heyerdahl a fascinating historical and archaeological detective story, as he penetrated into the mystery of the Maldive past.
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English and Spanish TextsThis book is a reprint of an archaeological report by, among others, the great Norwegian archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl, that was originally published in 1956 in American Antiquity. It deals with material, mostly potsherds, that was found during the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to the Gal pagos Islands in 1953, and which may be correlated with the Costal Tiahuanaco (Tomaval), Chimu (La Plata), and Inca (Estero) periods of the Peruvian coastal sequence. A fascinating account of an expedition that changed the face of New World archaeology, this new edition includes Spanish translations of the principal sections of the book.
The Kon-Tiki Expedition. The Ra Expeditions. Aku-Aku
Kniha celosvetovo presláveného nórskeho dobrodruha, ktorý spomína na čas prežitý spolu so svojou družkou mimo civilizačných vymožeností na Fatu-Hiva v súostroví Markézy. Autor tam žil v r. 1937, teda ešte pred jeho známymi výpravami, avšak knihu napísal až s odstupom 40 rokov. Opisuje svojumladícku túžbu a nakoniec i činy, ktoré mu umožnili na čas uniknúť z pretechnizovanej civilizácie a žiť v pomyselnom raji prírodného nedotknutého sveta.
Kniha pojednává o plavbě na voru z Jižní Ameriky do Polynésie, kterou autor úspěšně podnikl v roce 1947, aby tím podpořil svou migrační teorii o původu praobyvatelů Polynésie.
