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

Widtsoe, John A. (Primary)

Pagination

318–319

Date Published

May 1951

Volume

54

Issue Number

5

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.

Table of Contents

Subject Keywords

Transoceanic Voyage
Sailing
External Evidence
Seafaring
Transoceanic Contact

Bibliographic Citation

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