The RA Expeditions
by Thor Heyerdahl
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About This Item
Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Doubleday & Company Inc, 1971. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First US edition. Jacket present with moderate rubbing.Ra tells of Heyerdahl's voyage from N. Africa to S. America in a 45' papyrus boat modelled on those depicted in Egyptian wall paintings. A violent storm ended the 1st expedition but within a year the seven men had embarked on their 2nd journey in Ra II. One riddle, two answers & no solution Why a reed boat? To the Indians in the Cactus Forest With Bedouin & 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.
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- Title
- The RA Expeditions
- Author
- Thor Heyerdahl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Pages
- 341
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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