Thor Heyerdahl
1914 to 2002
6 documented presences
6 places
Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Thor Heyerdahl across 6 places, from 1916 to 2002. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Thor Heyerdahl was documented, and when
1916 to 1969period
University of Osloattested
“On the day before they sailed together to the Marquesas Islands in 1936, Heyerdahl married Liv Coucheron-Torp (1916–1969), whom he had met at the University of Oslo, and who had studied economics there.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1916 to 1969period
Marquesas Islandsattested
“On the day before they sailed together to the Marquesas Islands in 1936, Heyerdahl married Liv Coucheron-Torp (1916–1969), whom he had met at the University of Oslo, and who had studied economics there.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1952year
Middle Eastattested
“Now the time has come not to dismiss Heyerdahl as a racist but to uncover the sooty kernel at the heart of Heyerdahl's fantasy, and our fantasy of Heyerdahl." Graham Holton of the Institute of Latin American Studies wrote that "The core…”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1952year
Americasattested
“Now the time has come not to dismiss Heyerdahl as a racist but to uncover the sooty kernel at the heart of Heyerdahl's fantasy, and our fantasy of Heyerdahl." Graham Holton of the Institute of Latin American Studies wrote that "The core…”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1999year
Bakuattested
“On Heyerdahl's visit to Baku in 1999, he lectured at the Academy of Sciences about the history of ancient Nordic Kings.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
18 April 2002exact date
Colla Micheriattested
“Heyerdahl died on 18 April 2002 aged 87 from a brain tumor in Colla Micheri, Liguria, at his family's retreat.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
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Places Thor Heyerdahl is documented in
Baku1 presence · 1999Middle East1 presence · 1952
Americas1 presence · 1952
Colla Micheri1 presence · 2002
Marquesas Islands1 presence · 1916
University of Oslo1 presence · 1916
Other places tied to Thor Heyerdahl in the record
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1937year
Fatu Hivamentioned
“They arrived at Fatu Hiva in 1937, in the valley of Omo‘a, and decided to cross over the island's mountainous interior to settle in one of the small, nearly abandoned, valleys on the eastern side of the island.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1938year
Norwaymentioned
“The events surrounding his stay on the Marquesas, most of the time on Fatu Hiva, were told first in his book På Jakt etter Paradiset (Hunt for Paradise) (1938), which was published in Norway but, following the outbreak of World War II, w…”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1947year
Tuamotusmentioned
“In 1947 Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers sailed from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia in a raft that they had constructed from balsa wood and other native materials, christened the Kon-Tiki.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1947year
Perumentioned
“In 1947 Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers sailed from Peru to the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia in a raft that they had constructed from balsa wood and other native materials, christened the Kon-Tiki.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
7 August 1947exact date
Pacific Oceanmentioned
“The Kon-Tiki smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotus on 7 August 1947 after a 101-day, 4,300-nautical-mile (5,000-mile or 8,000 km) journey across the Pacific Ocean.”
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7 August 1947exact date
Raroiamentioned
“The Kon-Tiki smashed into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotus on 7 August 1947 after a 101-day, 4,300-nautical-mile (5,000-mile or 8,000 km) journey across the Pacific Ocean.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1955 to 1956period
Easter Islandmentioned
“In 1955–1956, Heyerdahl organised the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1969 to 1970period
Moroccomentioned
“Native American genes reaching Rapa Nui with European contact cannot be ruled out." In 1969 and 1970, Heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus and attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco in Africa.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1969 to 1970period
Rapa Nuimentioned
“Native American genes reaching Rapa Nui with European contact cannot be ruled out." In 1969 and 1970, Heyerdahl built two boats from papyrus and attempted to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Morocco in Africa.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1970year
Atlantic Oceanmentioned
“The following year, 1970, a similar vessel, Ra II, was built from Ethiopian papyrus by Bolivian citizens Demetrio, Juan and José Limachi of Lake Titicaca, and likewise set sail across the Atlantic from Morocco, this time with great success.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1970year
Moroccomentioned
“The following year, 1970, a similar vessel, Ra II, was built from Ethiopian papyrus by Bolivian citizens Demetrio, Juan and José Limachi of Lake Titicaca, and likewise set sail across the Atlantic from Morocco, this time with great success.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1976year
Hawaiʻimentioned
“The 1976 voyage of the Hōkūleʻa, a performance-accurate replica of a Polynesian double-hulled wa'a kaulua voyaging canoe, from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti was partly a demonstration to prove that Heyerdahl was wrong.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
1976year
Tahitimentioned
“The 1976 voyage of the Hōkūleʻa, a performance-accurate replica of a Polynesian double-hulled wa'a kaulua voyaging canoe, from Hawaiʻi to Tahiti was partly a demonstration to prove that Heyerdahl was wrong.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
3 April 1978exact date
Djiboutimentioned
“After about five months at sea and still remaining seaworthy, the Tigris was deliberately burnt in Djibouti on 3 April 1978 as a protest against the wars raging on every side in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa.”
source: Wikipedia: Thor Heyerdahl
3 April 1978exact date
1981 to 2000period
1989year
1996year
September 2000month
2001 to 2002period
2001 to 2002period
2002year
2002year
26 April 2002exact date
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