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Very rare presentation first edition, first issue, inscribed by darwin on the front flyleaf. This book discusses the kontiki expedition, upon which six young men proved that a prehistoric voyage from. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, kon tiki. 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 the author thor heyerdahl.
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