Bidspirit auction | Thor Heyerdahl, Kon Tiki and

Thor Heyerdahl, Kon Tiki and David Attenborough signed rare Charles Darwin FDC 1982. Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (6 October 1914 - 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was supposed to demonstrate that the legendary sun-worshiping red-haired, bearded, and white-skinned Tiki people from South America drifted and colonized Polynesia first, before actual Polynesian peoples. His hyper diffusionist ideas on ancient cultures had been widely rejected by the scientific community, even before the expedition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99