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South America
The Kon-Tiki expedition : The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki was built as a copy of a prehistoric South American vessel. Constructed of nine balsa logs collected from Ecuador, a crew of six men sailed the raft from Callao in Peru on 28 April 1947 and landed on the island of Raroia in Polynesia after 101 days. This successful voyage of around 4,300 miles proved that the islands in Polynesia were within the range of this type of prehistoric South American vessel. A documentary of the voyage won an Oscar in 1951 and the book about the expedition has been translated into no fewer than 66 languages.
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The proving mehren themselves that humans crossed the Atlantic for a long time before Kolumbus or the Wikingern - regularly, in order to carry on trade. The discovery of same culture and intoxication plants on this side of and beyond the Atlantiks supplies the indications for transatlantic...
Language:de
Type :traditional Flag:DE
http://www.abora3.com/
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The Scientific Exploration Society (SES) is conducting a six-phase expedition named Kota Mama across South America. Expedition members have been sailing across the South American river network, to prove that the ancient people of this region used traditional craft, including reed boats, to...
Language:en, es
Flag:UK
http://www.kotamama.com/
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Mata Rangi III is an unusual expedition. It embarks on board to eight men of a constructed artisan ship with totora rushes and that must cross the Pacific thanks to the force of three sails. The crew will be commanded by Kitin Muñoz, named ambassador of UNESCO and recently of the Culture Nui...
Language:es
http://www.enjoc.com/reportatges/repenjoc.asp?codi=2836&col=18
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Tangaroa : On 28 April 2006, exactly 59 years after the Kon-Tiki expedition, the raft Tangaroa left La Punta Callao in Peru with a crew of 6: Torgeir Sæverud Higraff, Bjarne Krekvik, Øivin Lauten, Anders Berg, Roberto Salas and Olav Heyerdahl (Thor Heyerdahl’s grandson). The expedition...
Language:en, es, no
Type :Traditional Masts:1 LOA in m:16 Crew:6 Trainees:0 Flag:NO
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/friluftsliv/tangaroa/article290367.ece
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The Ra II expedition: Ten months after Ra I had to be abandoned, four Aymara Indians from Bolivia, who still mastered the traditional art of building reed boats, built Ra II. This boat went on to complete a successful transatlantic crossing, covering the 4,000 miles to Barbados in just 57 days....
Language:en, no
Type :Traditional Masts:1 Trainees:0
http://www.kon-tiki.no/Ny/Dok_eng/e_start.html?FUIComponentClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&FPushButtonClass=%5Btype+Function%5D
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The Kon-Tiki expedition : The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki was built as a copy of a prehistoric South American vessel. Constructed of nine balsa logs collected from Ecuador, a crew of six men sailed the raft from Callao in Peru on 28 April 1947 and landed on the island of Raroia in Polynesia after...
Language:en, no
Type :Traditional Masts:1 Trainees:0 Flag:NO
http://www.kon-tiki.no/Ny/Dok_eng/e_start.html?FUIComponentClass=%5Btype+Function%5D&FPushButtonClass=%5Btype+Function%5D
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