Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002)
Autore di Kon-Tiki l'uomo, l'oceano, l'avventura, il mito una delle più grandi avventure di questo secolo
Sull'Autore
"This is an enthralling book," Hamilton Lasso wrote in The New Yorker of Kon-Tiki (1948), "and I don't think I can be very far off in calling it the most absorbing sea tale of our time." Heyerdahl, a Norwegian ethnologist, conceived the theory---not then accepted by other scientists---that mostra altro Polynesia may have been originally settled by people who crossed the 4,100 miles of ocean from Peru in rafts made of balsa logs. Kon-Tiki is the story of how he and five others built the raft, as people of the Stone Age could build it, and traveled in it from Peru to a small island east of Tahiti---a "most fascinating description of intelligent courage." Heyerdahl believes that he has at last solved the problem of how natives raised the great statues on Easter Island and has written a most absorbing account of it in Aku-Aku (1958). He has adduced further corroboration of his theory from the findings in The Archaeology of Easter Island (1961). In the spring of 1969, Heyerdahl was engaged in a new experiment---planning to cross the Atlantic from Morocco to Yucatan in a 12-ton papyrus boat that he and others built themselves in the manner of the ancient Egyptians. In spite of general skepticism as to whether the boat, called the Ra, could make the journey without sinking when it became thoroughly water-soaked, Heyerdahl and six others set out in full confidence. They hoped to demonstrate that Egyptians might have made the journey in this manner 4,000 or 5,000 years ago and thus were the precursors of the Incas and Mayas. In July 1969, however, they were forced to abandon their attempt 600 miles short of their goal, near the Virgin Islands, after a series of storms had crippled the Ra. They left it drifting in the hope that it might reach Barbados on its own. Their second attempt, in Ra II, was successful. A subsequent journey in the reed-ship Tigris in 1977--78 was meant to show that such craft could maneuver against the wind and thus complete round-trip journeys through the ancient world via the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. Political conflicts in the region, however, led Heyerdahl and his crew to burn the Tigris in protest. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: L'explorateur norvégien Thor Heyerdahl vers 1980
Opere di Thor Heyerdahl
Kon-Tiki l'uomo, l'oceano, l'avventura, il mito una delle più grandi avventure di questo secolo (1948) 4,204 copie, 55 recensioni
Early Man and the Ocean: A Search for the Beginnings of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations (1978) 100 copie
Kon-Tiki museum : Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway : Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History (1995) 5 copie
The Maldive mystery 2 copie
Aku Aku [videorecording] 2 copie
La expedición de la "Kon-Tiki" 1 copia
Kon Tikki 1 copia
Экспедиция Кон-Тики / Ра 1 copia
Archaeological evidence of pre-Spanish visits to the Galápagos Islands : English and Spanish texts (1990) 1 copia
Oppdageren 1 copia
Hải trình Kon–Tiki 1 copia
Readers Digest Biography 1 copia
Sjövägarna till Polynesien 1 copia
Z kontynentu na kontynent 1 copia
Paradīzi meklējot 1 copia
Opere correlate
Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic (2006) — Collaboratore — 101 copie, 1 recensione
Who Speaks for Earth? Seven Citizens of the World on Major Issues of the Global Environment (1973) — Collaboratore — 16 copie, 1 recensione
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Tigris Expedition • The Key to Rebecca • Horowitz and Mrs Washington •… (1980) 3 copie
Miłość Safini — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: No Job for a Lady • The Key to Rebecca • Banners of Silk • The Tigris Expedition — Autore — 1 copia
Smak Grozy — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1914-10-06
- Data di morte
- 2002-04-18
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Colla Micheri, Liguria, Italy
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Noruega
- Luogo di nascita
- Larvik, Norway
- Luogo di morte
- Colla Micheri, Liguria, Italy
- Luogo di residenza
- Larvik, Norway
Marquesas Islands
Peru
Tuamotu Islands
Easter Island
Norway (mostra tutto 7)
Colla Micheri, Liguria, Italy - Istruzione
- Oslo University
- Attività lavorative
- explorer
ethnographer
adventurer - Organizzazioni
- Académie des sciences de New York (1960)
Académie norvégienne des sciences (1958)
Association américaine d'anthropologie (1966)
ociété géographique de Norvège (1953)
Société géographique du Pérou (1953)
Société géographique du Brésil (1954) (mostra tutto 11)
Société Royale de Géographie d'Anvers, Belgique (1954)
Société géographique de l'URSS, Moscou, Russie (1964)
ulgarica Geographica Societas, Sofia, Bulgarie (1972)
Explorer's Club, New York (1942)
Société royale de géographie, Londres (Membre ∙ 19 64) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav, Norway (1951, with star, 1970)
Royal Geographical Society, London (1964)
Academy Award (1951)
Utenti
Recensioni
Kon-Tiki : Across the Pacific by raft di Thor Heyerdahl
He proved that it might have been possible. Which is not to be scoffed at. But he didn't prove it did happen.In fact, modern archaeology suggests that it may have been the other way around : Polynesians reaching the Americas. I call it "whatifism".(But it was a valiant effort for his time)..
I enjoyed most of this, although Heyerdahl tends to be repetitive trying to make his point. I find the actual building of the ship and the voyage the most interesting. His travels to the various places where reed/papyrus boats were still built were also interesting. A good tale well told.
Engrossing story, but enjoyed it less (as a boy) than Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku
Thor Heyerdahl's memoir of he and his wife's first adventure living "back to nature" on the Pacific island of Fatu-Hiva. Pretty interesting description of what it was like at the time (ca. 1930s), but a little ethnocentric. Towards the end of the book he starts talking about his theories about how the Pacific Islands were populated by Peruvians. Recent DNA evidence disputes his theories, but it's still interesting.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 59
- Opere correlate
- 16
- Utenti
- 7,471
- Popolarità
- #3,276
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 111
- ISBN
- 300
- Lingue
- 22
- Preferito da
- 9
