Kon-Tiki (book)

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adventure book nonfiction book travel literature

Kon-Tiki is Thor Heyerdahl’s classic 1948 nonfiction account of his experimental raft voyage across the Pacific Ocean to support his theories about Polynesian migration.

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Kon-Tiki 2
Kon-Tiki expedition 2
Kon-Tiki (book) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
adaptedInto Kon-Tiki (1950 documentary film) ⓘ
Kon-Tiki (2012 film) ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki (2012 feature film)
author Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ
basedOn Kon-Tiki raft ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki raft voyage of 1947
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
depictsVessel Kon-Tiki raft ⓘ
describesExpedition Kon-Tiki raft ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki expedition
exploresTheme cultural diffusion ⓘ
human endurance ⓘ
scientific exploration ⓘ
featuresPerson Bengt Danielsson ⓘ
Erik Hesselberg ⓘ
Herman Watzinger ⓘ
Knut Haugland ⓘ
Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ
Torstein Raaby ⓘ
firstEditionLanguageTitle Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen
genre exploration narrative ⓘ
maritime literature ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft
hasIllustrationsBy Erik Hesselberg ⓘ
influenced public interest in experimental voyages ⓘ
subsequent adventure and exploration writing ⓘ
literaryAward Best-selling status internationally ⓘ
mainCharacter Thor Heyerdahl ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor detailed first-person account of a balsa-raft voyage ⓘ
popularizing Thor Heyerdahl’s migration theory ⓘ
originalLanguage Norwegian ⓘ
publicationYear 1948 ⓘ
publisher Gyldendal ⓘ
surface form: Gyldendal (Norway)
setting Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
subject Pacific Ocean crossing ⓘ
Polynesian migration theories ⓘ
experimental archaeology ⓘ
subtitle Across the Pacific ⓘ
surface form: Across the Pacific by Raft
timePeriodDescribed 1947 ⓘ
title Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kon-Tiki

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Allan Scott → adaptedWork → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
Kon-Tiki Museum → namedAfter → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki expedition
Kon-Tiki Museum → associatedWith → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki expedition (1947)
Johan Söderqvist → notableWork → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki (2012 film) → basedOn → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft
Kon-Tiki (2012 film) → subject → Kon-Tiki (book) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki expedition
Kon-Tiki (book) → title → Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki (book) → firstEditionLanguageTitle → Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen
Kon-Tiki (book) → hasEnglishTranslation → Kon-Tiki (book) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft