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Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki by Deborah Kogan Ray (2015, Library Binding)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCharlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-101580896200
ISBN-139781580896207
eBay Product ID (ePID)201613070
Product Key Features
Book TitleImpossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAdventure & Adventurers, People & Places / Australia & Oceania, History / Exploration & Discovery, Science & Nature / Discoveries, Science & Nature / Earth Sciences / Water (Oceans, Lakes, Etc.), Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes, Ray, Deborah Kogan
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorDeborah Kogan Ray
FormatLibrary Binding
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length11.3 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2014-010495
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsBucking expert opinion, a young Norwegian anthropologist sets out on a balsa log raft to show that pre-Columbian voyagers from South America might well have traveled to the Pacific islands. Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 voyage moved the dial from "impossible" to "possible," but not to "probable," and as the author herself admits in an afterword, there is still little credible evidence of any sustained westward migration. Nonetheless, the tale of that 4,300-nautical-mile journey makes a grand one. Ray's prose describes how he sailed with his crew of five from Peru without escort through seas calm and wild, supplementing stored provisions with caught fish, braving months of sudden rogue waves and damaging storms on the way to a final shipwreck on a Polynesian reef. Ray uses watercolors to create soft-edged views of the raft and its small crew, varying her perspectives and her palette as much as possible to avoid potential monotony. One sunset image with the raft in the distance and a school of flying fish in the foreground is particularly effective. She heads her matter-of-fact narrative with quotes from Heyerdahl's bestselling account on each page, closing with further commentary and a biographical note. A low-key tribute to a now little-remembered expedition that is still capable of catching the imagination. - Kirkus Reviews When he was still in college, the Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl lived for a year on the Polynesian island of Fatu Hiva and became fascinated with a question: where did the Polynesian islanders come from? Stone carvings on the island resembled statues found in South America, indicating, perhaps, "a connection between the Polynesian Tiki and the Incan god Kon-Tiki Viracocha." Though skeptics scoffed at Heyerdahl's idea (most scholars believed that Polynesia was originally settled from Asia), in 1947 he embarked on a 4,300-mile ocean voyage and proved that ancient Incan sailors could have reached the South Pacific by raft. In dramatic double-page watercolor spreads, Ray follows Heyerdahl and his five-man crew on their 101-day odyssey on a balsa-log raft. Emphasizing highseas adventure over theory, the story will capture the imagination of young readers with the drama of flying fish, gale-force winds, giant waves, and, ultimately, the raft's fortuitous landing on an uninhabited Polynesian island. However, though the large-scale illustrations are visually appealing, they also limit the number of scenes in which to tell the story, and the long ocean voyage is over too quickly for young readers to get a true sense of the arduous quest. Back matter includes a more thorough discussion of anthropologists' theories of populations and migrations and notes that Heyerdahl was one of the first to warn of pollution in the oceans and to advocate for a "green world." - The Horn Book Magazine, Bucking expert opinion, a young Norwegian anthropologist sets out on a balsa log raft to show that pre-Columbian voyagers from South America might well have traveled to the Pacific islands. Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 voyage moved the dial from "impossible" to "possible," but not to "probable," and as the author herself admits in an afterword, there is still little credible evidence of any sustained westward migration. Nonetheless, the tale of that 4,300-nautical-mile journey makes a grand one. Ray's prose describes how he sailed with his crew of five from Peru without escort through seas calm and wild, supplementing stored provisions with caught fish, braving months of sudden rogue waves and damaging storms on the way to a final shipwreck on a Polynesian reef. Ray uses watercolors to create soft-edged views of the raft and its small crew, varying her perspectives and her palette as much as possible to avoid potential monotony. One sunset image with the raft in the distance and a school of flying fish in the foreground is particularly effective. She heads her matter-of-fact narrative with quotes from Heyerdahl's bestselling account on each page, closing with further commentary and a biographical note. A low-key tribute to a now little-remembered expedition that is still capable of catching the imagination. - Kirkus Reviews
Grade FromSecond Grade
Grade ToFifth Grade
Dewey Decimal910.9164
SynopsisCombining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph-this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific. Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey., Combining history with culture, the ocean with exploration, and risk with triumph--this rich offering is the only picture book account of Thor Heyerdahl's world-famous Kon-Tiki expedition, during which he sailed a raft 5,000 miles from the coast of South America to the islands of the South Pacific. Author Deborah Kogan Ray clearly and succinctly sets up how Norwegian anthropologist Heyerdahl became convinced that ancient Peruvians arrived in the South Pacific via raft, why he wanted to re-create the voyage, and how he planned for it. She uses primary-source quotations on each spread to shore up the factual history of the events portrayed in the book. Her illustrations add emotion to this harrowing journey.
LC Classification NumberG530.H47R39 2015
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