THE SMILING CREW OF THOR HEYERDAHL’S REED BOAT RA on the stern of the rescue vessel Shenandoah on arrival at Bridgetown, Barbados. Mr Heyerdahl is third from left In spite of the abandonment of his reed boat 600 miles short of its goal, the Norwegian explorer claims that his transatlantic expedition has proved it was possible for the ancient Egyptians to have sailed to the new world before Christopher Columbus.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32050, 26 July 1969, Page 13
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70THE SMILING CREW OF THOR HEYERDAHL’S REED BOAT RA on the stern of the rescue vessel Shenandoah on arrival at Bridgetown, Barbados. Mr Heyerdahl is third from left In spite of the abandonment of his reed boat 600 miles short of its goal, the Norwegian explorer claims that his transatlantic expedition has proved it was possible for the ancient Egyptians to have sailed to the new world before Christopher Columbus. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32050, 26 July 1969, Page 13
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