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A review by gregarius
Kon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl
4.0
What a great book. It has very simple and straight-forward writing, but the events he describes are amazing.
In order to give credence to his theory that the Polynesian islands were settled by a lost tribe from Peru, Thor Heyerdahl recreated the journey on his own primitive raft. He and five companions spent three months on the open seas letting current and wind direct their course.
Along the way, they had several interesting encounters with all manner of sea life. The simple descriptions made it easy to imagine what life was like on the raft.
In order to give credence to his theory that the Polynesian islands were settled by a lost tribe from Peru, Thor Heyerdahl recreated the journey on his own primitive raft. He and five companions spent three months on the open seas letting current and wind direct their course.
Along the way, they had several interesting encounters with all manner of sea life. The simple descriptions made it easy to imagine what life was like on the raft.