ISBN: 0140034625
Godina izdanja: 1979
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Thor Heyerdahl - The RA Expeditions
Penguin, 1979
372
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stanje: dobro
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The author recounts the planning for his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in an Egyptian reed boat and describes the voyage made by himself and his crew...

Ra is the story of Heyerdahl`s voyage from North Africa to South America in a 45 ft papyrus boat modelled on those depicted in the pharoah`s wall paintings. A violent storm ended the first expedition but within a year the seven men had embarked on their second journey in Ra II.

Contents:
One riddle, two answers and no solution
Why a reed boat?
To the Indians in the Cactus Forest
With Bedouin and Buduma in the heart of Africa
Among Black monks at the source of the Nile
In the world of the Pyramid-builders
Out in the Atlantic
Down the African coast to Cape Juby
In the clutches of the sea
Into American waters
RA II, by papyrus boat from Africa to America


Nonfiction, Travel, 0140034625