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.