Although the expedition carried some modern equipment, such as a radio, watches, charts, sextant, and metal knives, Heyerdahl argued they were incidental to the purpose of proving that the raft itself could make the journey.
His aim in mounting the Kon-Tiki expedition was to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, that there were no technical reasons to prevent them from having done so. Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Incasun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of Heyerdahl's book the Academy Award-winning documentary film chronicling his adventures and the 2012 dramatised feature film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The Kon-Tiki expedition - Thor Heyerdahl I am a massive fan of the adventure novel and man against nature outside of his comfort zone, books by Hammond. 1996 reissued classic The Folio Society publishers, London hardbound with separate. The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION: By Raft Across the South Seas by Thor Heyerdahl. 1996 reissued classic The Folio Society publishers, London hardbound with separate, decorative slipcase very good condition with unmarked pages slipcase very good. The Kon-Tiki Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl, 9780006550334, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.
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