The raft was named kon tiki after the incasun god, viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Torstein raaby and bengt danielsson archives the invisible. He became notable for his kon tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km 5,000 mi across the pacific ocean in a handbuilt raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. He is known as a crew member on the kon tiki expedition biography. It appeared with great success in english in 1950, also in many other languages. Kontiki is still one of the greatest documentaries ever made, and also one of the greatest adventure films. All postage costs for uk and international at bottom of description this auction is for a vintage illustrated hard cloth back book november, 1950 the kon tiki expedition by raft across the south sea thor heyerdahl translated by f. I liked the recent big budget fictional film kontiki 2012 very much, too. Lyon contains black and white photographs publisher. Light tanning and foxing to text pages with light tanning and foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and text edges.
The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. For the kon tiki expedition, heyerdahl aimed to complete the journey using only the materials and equipment available in precolumbian times and in doing so to prove that such a voyage was possible. The raft was named as kon tiki in honor of the aforementioned deities. Sailed 5,000 miles across the pacific ocean in a selfbuilt raft kon tiki from south america to the tuamotu islands in 1947. Herman watzinger military wiki fandom powered by wikia. He is known as a crew member on the kon tiki expedition. He is known as a crew member on the kontiki expedition. This is signed by knut haugland only, who was one of the kon tiki expedition members. Heyerdahl spent a lot of time conducting research and he wrote a book about settlers traveling from peru to polynesia was earlier than thought. His book, kontiki, sold tens of millions of copies, and his 1950 documentary won an academy award, as much a recognition of the feat as the film. Thor heyerdahl, herman watzinger, erik hesselberg, knut haugland, torstein raaby, bengt danielsson, ben grauer, gerte wald, olle nordemar. The lead explorer, thor heyerdahl, did have a documentary filmed onsite which was an amazing reality show by 1940s standards. Kontiki is also the name of the popular book that heyerdahl wrote about his adventures.
Herman watzinger was a norwegian engineer in the area of cooling technique from nth now ntnu in trondheim and a crewmember on the kon tiki expedition. Thor heyerdahls idea was to show that a raft as the ones described by the conquistadores was safe enough to carry people from south america to polinesia, pushed by the trade winds. Fulfilment by amazon fba is a service amazon offers sellers that lets them store their products in amazons warehouses, and amazon directly does the picking, packing, shipping and customer service on these items. On april 28, 1947, an expedition was led by norwegian biologist thor heyerdahl. And because he is, we are about to do what tiki did 1500 years ago. After the second world war he kept working as a radion controller. By raft across the south seas, later reprinted as kontiki. How kontiki made its way from pageturner to bigscreen drama.
How kontiki made its way from pageturner to bigscreen. Buy kontiki dvd region free english audio from amazons movies store. Kon tiki august 24, 2012 adventure history similar movies the true story about legendary explorer thor heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for south americans to settle in polynesia in precolumbian times. Erik hesselberg, bengt danielsson, knut haugland, torstein raaby and herman watzinger joined heyerdahl in this journey. The author relates the voyage of the kon tiki expedition across 4,300 miles of ocean in a raft as he experienced and sketched it. In his book kontiki, the basis for an academy awardwinning documentary of the same name, heyerdahl described the rush to make contact after landing on the reef, including the crews despair as the nc173 slowly dried after getting soaked in the shipwreck. He was a member of norwegian explorer thor heyerdahls 1947 kon tiki expedition which travelled from peru to polynesia. Kon tiki museum which houses vessels and maps from the kon tiki expedition, as well as a library with about 8,000 books. Raaby was born in the village of dverberg on the island of andoya in nordland, norway. Yet the original film manages to convey the sense of adventure better. In 1969 and 1970, heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus and attempted to cross the atlantic ocean from morocco in africa. The group decides to make a film about the expedition. The journey by raft spanned 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean and was hailed as one of the most fantastic feats of daring and courage of its time.
Kontiki on the big screen like all sailors, especially ones with a point to prove, thor made copious notes and logs along the journey. This comprehensive lesson plan includes 30 daily lessons, 180 multiple choice questions, 20 essay questions, 20 fun activities, and more everything you need to teach kon tiki. The raft was named kon tiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. The tangaroa expedition is a recreation of the kon tiki expedition, which happened 60 years earlier. This comprehensive lesson plan includes 30 daily lessons, 180 multiple choice questions, 20 essay questions, 20 fun activities, and more everything you need to teach kontiki. Crew members included thor heyerdahl, erik hesselberg, bengt danielsson, knut haugland, torstein raaby, and herman watzinger. Erik hesselberg, expedition, herman watzinger, knut haugland, kon tiki, kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, thor heyerdahl, torstein raaby and bengt danielsson. Heyerdahl went on to later journeys including another voyage in the ship ra and discoveries, but this uncluttered blackandwhite film delivers thrills all these years after the voyage. Photographs have light tanning and foxing to text page. On april 28th, 1947, thor heyerdayl and a crew of six set out on a raft, the kon tiki, to prove that people could have. Kon tiki is not a project management book, but by following the process that thor heyerdahl used for his expedition, you will learn how to manage a project. Thor heyerdahl project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He works with knut to keep the radio working and to send messages back to their sponsors, friends, and families. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, kon tiki.
Herman watzinger was born on 20 april 1916 in wiesbaden, germany. Heyerdahl and his crew duplicated the legendary voyage of kon tiki, the mythical hero who led the settlement of the south sea islands by sailing on a. A wellcrafted retelling of an epic true story, kon tiki is a throwback to oldschool adventure filmmaking thats exciting and entertaining in spite of its bythe book plotting. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, kontiki. Heyerdahls book of the voyage sold over 20 million copies and the film won the 1951 oscar for best documentary.
It would have been nice if a woman was on the trip. The kontiki was named after the inca sun god, viracocha, and kontiki is an old name for this god. Kon tiki was the raft used by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands. He was in 1947 part of the thor heyerdahl kon tiki expedition. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl abebooks shop for books. Torstein raaby was born on october 6, 1918 in dverberg, norway as torstein pettersen raaby. Both men were experienced radio veterans and had been radio operator in the norwegian resistance during world war ii. Airs above the groundup the down staircasethose who love kon tiki how far to bethleham.
Besides being a great explorer, the norwegian author is an excellent storyteller that sold out this book in 15 days after being published on november 2, 1948. Map taken from the book the kon tiki expedition of thor heyerdahl. By raft across the south seas by heyerdahl, thor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Kontiki is the raft used by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands. Heyerdahl filmed the expedition, which later became the academy award winning documentary in 1951, and he wrote a book about the expedition that was translated into 70 languages and sold more than 50 millions copies around the world. He died on march 23, 1964 in alert, ellesmere island, nunavut, canada. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, first edition abebooks. Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph this is an account of thor heyerdahls worldfamous kontiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of south america to the islands of the south pacific.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. The kontiki expedition by raft across the south seas. Find books like kontiki from the worlds largest community of readers. He was torstein raaby, 44 years old, who in 1947 was a member of the south pacific kon. The filmof the same title, shot by the crew during the journeywon the academy award for best documentary film in 1951. The expedition team consists of radiooperators torstein raaby jakob oftebro and knut haugland tobias santelmann, sailor and artist erik hesselberg oddmagnus williamson and anthropologist bengt danielsson gustaf skarsgard.
The kon tiki expedition book is a 1948 work by thor heyerdahl, about his experiences across the pacific ocean on a balsa tree raft. Herman watzinger showing his capture in the kon tiki best. With a crew of five norwegians, one swede, and a spanishspeaking parrot named lorita, the kon tiki left the harbor at callao, peru, on april 28, 1947. Erik hesselberg, expedition, herman watzinger, knut haugland, kon tiki, kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, thor heyerdahl, torstein raaby and bengt. Kontiki 2012 out of 4 visually stunning telling of explorer thor heyerdahls pal sverre hagen epic and now legendary journey traveling nearly 5,000 miles from peru to polynesia in a wooden raft.
It had a large sail and a single cabin, which must have been tight for the crew of six men and their pet parrot. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The museum was originally built to house the kon tiki, a raft of balsa wood of precolumbian model heyerdahl used to sail from peru to polynesia in 1947. Based on drawings and models from ancient egypt, the first boat, named ra after the egyptian sun god, was constructed by boat builders from lake chad using papyrus reed obtained from lake tana in ethiopia and launched into the atlantic ocean from the coast of morocco. He recruits five other men and, in 1947, they head to south. A map of the pacific ocean and the route kon tiki traveled is included at the front of the book. Kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft.
It was named after the inca sun god, viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. On the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahls birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kontiki. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It was published in norwegian in 1948 as the kontiki expedition. Kon tiki had six men on its crew, and a pet parrot named lorita. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
Heyerdahl and his crew duplicated the legendary voyage of kontiki, the mythical hero who led the settlement of the south sea islands by sailing on a. It shows all the storms and dangerous encounters missing from this real film. The kon tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and the author thor heyerdahl. A pompous, selfcentered weirdo, but a very good leader. This is the muchdeserved hollywood film version made in 2012 of the historic kon tiki expedition accomplished in 1947. Torstein pettersen raaby 6 october 1918 23 march 1964 was a norwegian telegrapher, resistance fighter and explorer. He was also was a milorg member during the second world war operation polar bear ii, which was brought to trondheim by captain leif hauge. Raaby was a secret intelligence service officer during the second world war. All were norwegian except for bengt danielsson, a swede. As the exploration teams radio operator, raaby frequently exchanged messages with radio enthusiasts in the united states, chile, and norway, with only a 6watt transmitter. The kontiki voyage was a huge success and proved beyond doubt that polynesia could have been settled from south america.
Heyerdahl set out to sail from peru to the polynesian islands, on a raft, to show that the ancient people could have done so, thus populating the islands. Olav heyerdahl, grandson of thor heyerdahl was one of the six men on the later trip. Herman watzinger, knut haugland, torstein raaby, erik hesselberg, and bengt danielsson wanted to test whether ancient south americans. It was built in the shipyards of the industrial service of the navy of peru and its financing consisted of private loans and equipment donated by the united states army. During world war ii he became a secret intelligence service officer, having. May 07, 20 kon tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. The kon tiki expedition is the best adventure book i read in my teens. Kontiki had six men on its crew, and a pet parrot named lorita. Though even he had to admit, there is no doubt that the voyage of the kon tiki was a great adventure. Directors joachim ronning and espen sandberg certainly do a marvelous job in bringing this story to the screen, although i think the. He used only the technics and materials available at that time to show that the voyage is possible.
October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Kontiki project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Christopher daniel, lone korslund, marc schmidheiny, petter skavlan, johan christopher. Worked as radio operator at bear island and from 1959 tot 1961 on the island jan mayen. Now a major motion picture, kon tiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific. The radiomen of the kon tiki expedition were norwegians knut haugland 19172009 and torstein raaby 19181964. The kon tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl. Most unusual expedition ever to rely on amateur radio. Dec 23, 20 heyerdahl built a balsa raft in peru and named his expedition kon tiki which is the inca sun god. This is the classic academyaward winning documentary film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4, 300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Kontiki, published in 1950, is the nonfiction account of thor heyerdahl s journey across the pacific ocean.
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