Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006545316
Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The Tigris Expedition
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006545316
Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780006545316
Category : Indian Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The Ra Expeditions
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006545300
Category : Atlantic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
No further information has been provided for this title.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0006545300
Category : Atlantic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
No further information has been provided for this title.
Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition
Author: Francis Rawdon Chesney
Publisher: London, Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Euphrates Expedition, 1835-1837
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Publisher: London, Longmans
ISBN:
Category : Euphrates Expedition, 1835-1837
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
Kon-Tiki
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1632200171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
“One of the great adventures of our time.” —Life “Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? . . . Reply at once.” That is how six brave and inquisitive men came to seek a dangerous path to test a scientific theory. On a primitive raft made of forty-foot balsa logs and named “Kon-Tiki” in honor of a legendary sun king, Thor Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on a similar craft. For three months, the bold young men made their way across the pacific at the complete mercy of the ocean. They encountered storms that threatened to tear their raft apart, whales large enough to sink them in the blink of an eye, and sharks ready to feast on any man unfortunate enough to fall overboard. In the true spirit of adventure, they held on until finally making landfall on a remote Polynesian island, proving Heyerdahl’s theory possible after all. On every page of this true chronicle—from the actual building of the raft through all the dangerous and comic adventures on the sea, to the spectacular crash landing and the native islanders’ hula dances—each reader will find a wholesome and spellbinding escape from the twenty-first century.
Early Man and the Ocean
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Discusses the ships, navigational systems, achievements, and discoveries of ancient seamen and examines their influence on the spread of culture in the ancient world and on subsequent exploration.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Discusses the ships, navigational systems, achievements, and discoveries of ancient seamen and examines their influence on the spread of culture in the ancient world and on subsequent exploration.
With the Persian Expedition
Author: Martin Henry Donohoe
Publisher: London E. Arnold 1919.
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: London E. Arnold 1919.
ISBN:
Category : Iran
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh
Author: Claudius James Rich
Publisher: London : J. Duncan
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. Duncan
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Pyramids of Túcume
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500050767
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Well-illustrated synthesis of multi-year excavations at a city of the Lambayeque culture extending over 220 hectares with 26 major pyramids, and founded ca. AD 1100"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500050767
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"Well-illustrated synthesis of multi-year excavations at a city of the Lambayeque culture extending over 220 hectares with 26 major pyramids, and founded ca. AD 1100"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
The British Museum’s Excavations at Nineveh, 1846–1855
Author: Geoffrey Turner
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004435379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Geoffrey Turner has written the definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations sponsored by the British Museum at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in Iraq. Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner’s work documents the complete history of these excavations. Turner also draws on the archives and numerous additional sources to provide a detailed reconstruction of the architecture and relief sculpture in the building that was the primary focus of these excavations, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (ruled 705-681 BC). The result constitutes the final report both on the results of these excavations and on the original appearance of one of the ancient world’s most famous buildings.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004435379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Geoffrey Turner has written the definitive study of the mid-19th century excavations sponsored by the British Museum at the ancient Assyrian site of Nineveh in Iraq. Based on exhaustive analysis of unpublished archives combined with his own extensive knowledge of Assyrian architecture, Turner’s work documents the complete history of these excavations. Turner also draws on the archives and numerous additional sources to provide a detailed reconstruction of the architecture and relief sculpture in the building that was the primary focus of these excavations, the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib (ruled 705-681 BC). The result constitutes the final report both on the results of these excavations and on the original appearance of one of the ancient world’s most famous buildings.
The Maldive Mystery
Author: Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345347275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780345347275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description