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Questo non è uno dei soliti resoconti di viaggio, ma la storia vera di sei uomini che hanno sfatato un'eresia scientifica con l'aiuto di una zattera di balsa, suscitando grande scalpore nel mondo degli esperti. Nel 1947 Thor Heyerdahl, con cinque compagni di viaggio, attraversa l'Oceano Pacifico, dalle coste del Perù alla Polinesia su una primitiva zattera di legno di balsa. I componenti della spedizione rivivono la leggendaria fuga del dio Kon-Tiki dalle coste americane, nell'intento di spiegare la curiosa somiglianza fra i documenti culturali della Polinesia e quelli della civiltà preincaica. Un diario di viaggio e di avventure, appassionante e ironico, che ha fatto sognare intere generazioni.
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- Pagine: 421
- Data di uscita: 25-07-2013
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Every Norwegian family we knew had a copy of this book on their shelves. I read it with much familial encouragement at an early age, mostly as a travel adventure, which it is, and not so much with any regard for the scientific hypothesis the author was testing. Aku-Aku followed soon thereafter. In 19 Leggi tutto
We had a power outage with a winter storm the other day so I looked around my bookshelves and came across a book I was fascinated with many years ago and decided to read it again. The book is Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. The hardcover book I have was published in 1950. It was given to me by my mother Leggi tutto
Is there a greater classic among adventure books than the reckless Thor Heyerdahl’s story about a 104 day long raft ride through the Pacific in 1947? It is just as crazy as it is heroic and makes your jaw drop everytime. The 6 men fighting the elements on a hand-made balsa wood vesel are at the merc Leggi tutto
WOW!!! This book was recommended to me back in the 1950s by my favorite teacher, Mr. Bailey, who ttaught 8th grade in Paso Robles, CA. I remember going to the Paso Robles library and handling the book back then, but never reading it until now. It took me this long to become interested in seafaring s Leggi tutto
A crazy man with a migration theory tries to convince his Scandinavian buddies to float across the Pacific with him on a balsa wood raft in order to give credence to the theory. As they value adventure more than their lives, they are persuaded to join. Follow his trail from the conception of the the Leggi tutto
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