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| Name: |
Thor Heyerdahl | | Birth Date: |
October 6, 1914 | | Place of Birth: |
Larvik, Norway | | Nationality: |
Norwegian | | Gender: |
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explorer, anthropologist, author |
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 Biography of Thor Heyerdahl
2,096 words, approx. 7 pages
 Through his oceanic expeditions on primitive rafts and boats, documented in books, films, and television programs, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl (born 1914) has popularized ideas about common links among ancient cultures worldwide. Since his... 
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 Thor Heyerdahl Summary
777 words, approx. 3 pages 1914- Norwegian Explorer and Anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, nature lover and trained zoologist, made his greatest contribution to the field of anthropology, where he advanced highly debated theories on cultural diffusion—how ancient man migrated... summary from source:
Thor Heyerdahl Summary
84 words, approx. 0 pages1914- Norwegian anthropologist and explorer who led several transoceanic voyages aboard primitive vessels to prove the possibility of ancient sea migrations. During his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, Heyerdahl sailed on a small raft from the Pacific coast... summary from source:
 Thor Heyerdahl Summary
2,366 words, approx. 8 pagesThor Heyerdahl Born October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway Scientist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl has spent much of his life trying to understand the history of people before they left written records. One question he has pondered is why certain native... summary from source:
 Thor Heyerdahl Information
3,537 words, approx. 12 pages
Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. Heyerdahl became famous for his expedition on the Kon-Tiki in...
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 AP News Today in history - April 18
4/18/2007: 579 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Wednesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2007. There are 257 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll stood at more than 3,600.On...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Adrienne Kaeppler
637 words, approx. 2 pages
[Thor Heyerdahl's] ability to write for the general reader and to capture the imagination of all who have hidden desires to discover lost information about exotic peoples has endeared him to a public not overly concerned with scientific facts. After all, what could be more exciting than sailing on a raft from South America to Polynesia or dangerous rope descents to secret storage caves to discover small stone sculptures unknown to all who had gone before? These sculptures are the focus of Heyerdahl&#... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Wendell C. Bennett
479 words, approx. 2 pages
[The] daring and dramatic journey [of the Kon-Tiki and her six crewmen] demonstrated beyond any doubt that the pre-European inhabitants of South America could have reached Polynesia. The possibility is one thing, the probability another. In ["American Indians in the Pacific: The Theory Behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition"], Mr. Heyerdahl presents his arguments for the reality of such migrations. His thesis, to state it briefly, is that the earlier Polynesians came from Peru via Easter Island, and t... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Roland Sawyer
437 words, approx. 2 pages
[Kon-Tiki] is a mystery story—although there is no crime beyond the polite defiance of "sound advice," no plot except a problem of long-distance transport by raft, no solution to an ethnological question that has intrigued men since Magellan, Querios, and Cook explored the Pacific Ocean. Here, too, is an adventure story—for it is an extraordinary record of men drifting 4,000 miles on the sea amidst unforeseen perils, under a world of stars. And here is fine descriptive writing. T...
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