Kon-Tiki

 

Inspired by reports from Spanish Conquistadors of Inca rafts, native legends and archaeological evidence suggesting contact between South America and Polynesia, the Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. made a balsa wood raft journey across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Polynesian islands in 1947. The raft was named Kon-Tiki, another name for the Inca sun god  Viracocha.

 

 A dramatized film version of the voyage received many awards in 2012.

 

Heyerdahl’s popular book The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas was translated into 70 languages.

 

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