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Kon-Tiki

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Kon-Tiki
tale of raft trip taken to prove sea-borne migration of peoples and culture. [Pacific Hist.: Kon-Tiki]

Kon-Tiki
primitive raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to cross from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands (1947). [World Hist.: Kon-Tiki; NCE, 1238–1239]
See : Journey

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Equipped with a vintage compass, information gleaned from public libraries, and an excess of confidence possibly inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki experiment, he set sail from Darwin.
The Norwegian scientist and explorer best known for his 1947 Kon-Tiki voyage accepted a research post with the University of Maine, the school announced Tuesday.
But forty-seven years after Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl has gained another (cautious) convert.
 
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