The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl

The Kon-Tiki Expedition

By Raft Across the South Seas

by Thor Heyerdahl

George Allen & Unwin, 1951, photographic frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, foxing to fore-edges, some discolouration to covers, price-clipped dust-jacket shows wear with tears, chips and parts missing, larger tears have been repaired, some soiling to centre (see photographs)

"The story of a daring voyage by the author and five companions on board a primitive raft fro the coast of Peru to the Pacific Islands.  Mr Heyerdahl was convinced that the original Polynesians had come by sea from South America, and to prove that such a voyage was possible at that remote period, he and his party built the Kon-Tiki, similar to the rafts then used, and embarked on it.  After a voyage full of danger but packed with interest they reached the islands where Kon=Tiki was wrecked on a coral reef.  To obtain the timber for their raft the author and a companion made a risky journey through the inland forests of South America - an adventure story in itself."