Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft Study Guide consists of approx. 56 pages of summaries and analysis on Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl. Browse the literature study guide below:
Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian zoologist, explains how he develops a theory on how the Pacific islands were originally settled from South America. While on a zoological expedition with his wife to the island of Fatu Hiva, they discuss the constant trade winds that blow from east to west, Thor's first piece of the puzzle. Had people from South America, 4,000 nautical miles away, taken advantage of the trade winds at some remote time in the past? (
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