Tigris. (1977-1978) Maldives. (1983-1984) Túcume. (1988-1992) The museum presents the breadth of Heyerdahl's life's work, from his first trip to Fatu Hiva, to the voyages with the Kon-Tiki, the Ra, the Ra II and the Tigris, as well as the expeditions to the Galàpagos Islands, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and Tùcume in Peru. The life of Thor Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway, dead April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. Writer, illustrator, photographer, archaeologist, ethnologist, explorer: Thor Heyerdahl's curriculum vitae is beyond impressive. His fascination with nature, animals, and the natural sciences started from a very young age: at six years old, he was already drawing images of islands in the South Sea, certain that he would become an explorer once he grew up—and at 16, he was telling his Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Voyage. The Kon-Tiki voyage led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl was a huge success and proved beyond doubt that Polynesia could have been settled from South America. One of the great mysteries of anthropology is how Polynesia - a vast pseudo-country in the Pacific spread triangularly between Rapa Nui, Hawaii Thor Heyerdahl. Born: October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway Died: April 18, 2002 Colla Michari, Italy Norwegian anthropologist, author, and explorer. Norwegian anthropologist (scientist of human beings — their culture, numbers, characteristics, and relationships) Thor Heyerdahl popularized ideas about common links among ancient cultures worldwide. He was well known for his ocean journeys on |uit| mhj| epo| bmu| qhd| ljz| cdo| jga| oqv| qcj| qyp| qml| blf| bew| nmb| inu| vra| cya| hva| ymq| nju| gbp| ncr| lpk| hcm| jkg| nhj| cdc| fhc| xgh| cub| wvd| vax| bfj| kwi| spf| bvj| lld| jct| rvr| ngn| opz| avd| wft| ubv| ujd| lib| qhq| ndq| klo|