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10. Kon-Tiki
In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl invented a new type of exploration when he sailed his raft Kon-Tiki to Polynesia. Heyerdahl was trying to prove that ancient peoples could have crossed the ocean to Polynesia from:
A) Australia
B) Hawaii
C) Egypt
D) South America ü
Kon-Tiki was a balsa and rope raft, constructed by methods long used in Peru. A cabin of bamboo and banana leaves was built at the stern, and a square sail mounted in the middle. It took ninety-seven days to reach a Polynesian island.
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