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Books, biographies and films

Countless books and many biographies have been written about Thor Heyerdahl and his life.

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Anniversary book: Thor Heyerdahl`s Kon-Tiki in new light (2014)

Books

  • På Jakt efter Paradiset, 1938
  • The Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1948
  • American Indians in the Pacific: the Theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1952
  • Archaeological Evidence of pre-Spanish Visits to the Galapagos Islands (with A. Skjölsvold), 1956
  • Aku-Aku: the Secrets of Easter Island and the East Pacific, 1958
  • Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Vol. I: The Archaeology of Easter Island (co-author with E.N. Ferdon, B.Mulloy, A. Skjölsvold and C.S. Smith), 1961,
  • Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Vol. II: Miscellaneous Papers, 1965
  • Sea Routes to Polynesia, 1968
  • The Ra Expeditions, 1970
  • Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature, 1974
  • Art of Easter Island, 1975
  • Zwischen den Kontinenten, 1975
  • Early Man and the Ocean, 1978
  • The Tigris Expedition, 1980
  • The Maldive Mystery, 1986
  • Easter Island: A Mystery Solved, 1989
  • Pyramids of Tucume: The Quest for Peru’s Forgotten City, 1995
  • Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day, 1996
  • La Navegación Marítima en el Antiguo Perú/ Seafaring in Ancient Peru (biling.) 1996
  • Let the Conquered Speak (Spanish edition Perú, 1996 - English edition 1997)
  • I Adams Fotspor, 1998 (In the Footsteps of Adam, 2000)

Biographies

  • Señor Kon-Tiki, by Arnold Jacoby 1965
  • The Kon-Tiki Man, by Christopher Ralling 1990
  • Thor Heyerdahl, the Explorer, by Snorre Evensbergert, 1994
  • Thor Heyerdahl, Mannen og Havet, Ragnar Kvam, 2005

Documentary films

  • The Kon-Tiki Expedition, 1950 (Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1951)
  • Galapagos Expedition, 1953;
  • Aku-Aku,1957
  • The Ra Expeditions, 1972 (Academy Awards nominee)
  • The Tigris Expedition, 1979
  • The Maldive Mystery, 1986

Feature films

  • Kon-Tiki 2012 (Academy Award nominee)
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