Does the Kon-Tiki Voyage Confirm the Book of Mormon?

Title

Does the Kon-Tiki Voyage Confirm the Book of Mormon?

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1951

Authors

Pagination

318–319

Date Published

May 1951

Volume

54

Issue Number

5

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian explorer, successfully accomplished a 4000-mile sea voyage from the coast of Peru to the Tuamotu Islands across the Pacific. The balsa raft named Kon-Tiki sailed only by wind and ocean currents. The author argues that the Kon-Tiki voyage clearly demonstrates that such voyages could certainly have been made, similar to the claims made in the Book of Mormon.

Transoceanic Voyage
Sailing
External Evidence
Seafaring
Transoceanic Contact

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