Thor Heyerdahl1947
Sails a balsa raft from Peru to Tuamotu Island in the South Pacific. Proves Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia
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Sails a balsa raft from Peru to Tuamotu Island in the South Pacific. Proves Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia
Sails from Morocco to the West Indies in Ra II, a papyrus boat
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