HAND SIGNED POSTCARD OF EXPLORER THOR HYERDAHL - SAILED THE " KON TIKI " -
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Reference Number: Avaluer:12635261 | Autograph Authentication: Not Authenticated |
HELLO AGAIN
HERE IS A NICE HAND SIGNED POSTCARD OF THE THE LATE ADVENTURER THOR HEYERDAHL
HE IS WELL KNOWN FOR SAILING ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN 5000 MILES IN A HAND MADE RAFT THE "KON-TIKI" TO PROVE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT CULTURES COULD HAVE INTERACTED
POSTCARD IS APPRO...XIMATELY 6 X 4 AND IN GOOD CONDITION
HAND SIGNED AND COA INCLUDEDON THE BACK HE HAS WRITTEN ABOVE HIS NAME"DO THE BEST YOU CAN!"
IT APPEARS THAT HE HAS SIGNED BOTH THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE POSTCARD HOWEVER THE FRONT IS A PRINT OF HIS SIGNATURE THE BACK IS AUTHENTICALLY WRITTEN
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Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian pronunciation: [tuːr ˈhæɪəɖɑːl]; October 6, 1914 – April 18, 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8, 000 km (5, 000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between separate cultures. This was linked to a diffusionist model of cultural development. Heyerdahl subsequently made other voyages designed to demonstrate the possibility of contact between widely separated ancient people, notably the Ra II expedition of 1970, when he sailed from the west coast of Africa to Barbados in a papyrus reed boat. He was appointed a government scholar in 1984.
In May 2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's "Memory of the World" Register. At the time, this list included 238 collections from all over the world. The Heyerdahl Archives span the years 1937 to 2002 and include his photographic collection, diaries, private letters, expedition plans, articles, newspaper clippings, original book, and article manuscripts. The Heyerdahl Archives are administered by the Kon-Tiki Museum and the National Library of Norway in Oslo.SOURCE--WIKIPEDIA
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