The Ra Expeditions
- Authors
- Heyerdahl, Thor
- Publisher
- Signet
- Tags
- voyages and travels , adventure , ra (boat)
- ISBN
- 9780451051219
- Date
- 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.83 MB
- Lang
- en
Translation of Ra
The author recounts the planning for his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in an Egyptian reed boat and describes the voyage made by himself and his crew
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
Postscript