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The Ra expeditions / Thor Heyerdahl ; translated by Patricia Crampton.

Heyerdahl, Thor. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385000987
  • ISBN: 9780385000987
  • ISBN: 0140019960
  • ISBN: 9780140019964
  • Physical Description: xi, 341 pages : color illustrations, color map (on lining papers), color portraits ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1971.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Translation of Ra.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject:
Ra (Boat)
Heyerdahl, Thor 1914-2002
Voyages and travels.
Voyages and travels > 1951-
Ra Boot
Voyages and travels > 1951.
Atlantic Ocean.
Travel.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library G 530 .H49 1971 230307 Stacks Available -