Heyerdahl, Thor b. October 6, 1914 d. April 18, 2002 Explorer and Archaeologist. His 1947 expedition proved his theory possible that early South Americans could have settled the Pacific Ocean area. This expedition, on a balsa raft named Kon-Tiki, allowed him to cross the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia, a distance of 4,300 miles in just 101 days. Later expeditions from Egypt towards North America in the reed rafts Ra, and Ra II, gave his theory that early Egyptians may have visited Mexico some credible argument. After each of these...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson) Heyerdahl Family Estate, Colla Micheri, Provincia di Savona, Liguria, Italy
b. October 6, 1914 d. April 18, 2002