Author: HEYERDAHL, Thor.
Title: American Indians in the Pacific. The theory behind the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Description: Chicago, Rand McNally & Comp., (1953). 4to. Modern cloth. With 11 maps and 90 plates. XV,821 pp. Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), Norwegian ethnologist, zoologist, geographer and scientific explorer, proved his theories, which were met with resistance and criticism in 1947 on his celebrated 'Kon-Tike' expedition. 'The question to be dealt with in the present work is that of the complex origins of the Polynesian people, the easternmost islanders of the Pacific' (Introduction).
Keywords: America Indians Pacific ethnography travel
Title: American Indians in the Pacific. The theory behind the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Description: Chicago, Rand McNally & Comp., (1953). 4to. Modern cloth. With 11 maps and 90 plates. XV,821 pp. Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002), Norwegian ethnologist, zoologist, geographer and scientific explorer, proved his theories, which were met with resistance and criticism in 1947 on his celebrated 'Kon-Tike' expedition. 'The question to be dealt with in the present work is that of the complex origins of the Polynesian people, the easternmost islanders of the Pacific' (Introduction).
Keywords: America Indians Pacific ethnography travel
Price: EUR 104.50 = appr. US$ 113.58 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 18536
- Book number: 18536