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Lädt ... Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft (Original 1950; 1990. Auflage)von Thor Heyerdahl (Autor)
Werk-InformationenKon-Tiki: Ein Floß treibt über den Pazifik von Thor Heyerdahl (1950)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Guy who’s afraid of boats and can’t swim decides to prove that ancient settlers of Polynesian islands came from South America, and he does so by recreating the journey they may have made on the kind of craft they would have used. Impressive, but apparently the account of such a journey is not my jam. I just couldn’t get interested in it. ( ) There is BAD speculative/alternative/fringe history. Think David Hatcher Childress, Von Daniken, and their ilk. There is BETTER speculative/alternative/fringe history. Think Graham Hancock and the author of this work: Thor Heyerdahl. It is disingenuous to put someone like Von Daniken or Tsoukalos in the same category as Hancock or Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl's great 1947 work Kon Tiki concerned his theory that balsawood rafts from ancient Peru could have made the ocean journey to the islands of Polynesia. How did sweet potatoes reach the area? What of Polynesian myths of settlers from the east? The gripping first-person narrative of Heyerdahl explains his theory, the building of the raft, and his journey, with his companions, across the Pacific. As a first person travel story it is grand and gripping. No wonder it sold so many copies, engendered many copycats, and spawned a documentary film. (A documentary film I grew up watching clips from in various forms on old A&E and Discovery channels in the 1980s and 1990s back when they were good, documentary channels.) There are some spots of the is 1947 book that read funny to modern ears: some subtle racism or Eurocentrism. Some funny old fashioned terms. (And some odd translation choices.) But all-in-all, it's a classic of the speculative history genre and for good reason: it's a gripping yarn of can-do post-WWII attitude. This version is illustrated and "enriched" with a supplementary section that provides some good pics and some odd commentary and context. But, a good paperback version to have. A good book. Gehört zu VerlagsreihenIst gekürzt inHat als Erläuterung für Schüler oder StudentenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
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HTML:Die Geschichte eines letzten groÃ?en Abenteurers Thor Heyerdahl war überzeugt: Die polynesische Kultur hat ihren Ursprung in Peru. Doch konnten die Menschen vor 1500 Jahren wirklich die Weiten des Pazifischen Ozeans überqueren? Um das zu demonstrieren, baute der Norweger ein einfaches FloÃ? und begab sich mit fünf Begleitern auf die abenteuerliche Fahrt. Und tatsächlich erreichte er nach 101 Tagen sein Ziel â?? der Fachwelt und aller Gefahren zum Trotz. (Laufzeit 10h 7 Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)910.09164History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel Geography and Travel History, geographic treatment, biography Areas, regions, places in generalKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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