An edition of 8 men and a duck
(2002)
8 men and a duck
an improbable voyage by reed boat to Easter Island
by Nick Thorpe
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A journalist traces his 2,500-mile journey from South America to Easter Island with an eight-man crew on board an eighteen-meter pre-Incan reed boat as part of an adventure to reopen controversial migration theories by Thor Heyerdahl.
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Voyages and travels, Travel, Viracocha (Boat), Tule boats, Pacific OceanPeople
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8 men and a duck: an improbable voyage by reed boat to Easter Island
2002, The Free Press
in English
0743219287 9780743219280
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Can I borrow your safety harness?
The bus of destiny
The missing voyage
A bag of flies
The longest launch
Green luminous froth
In deep water
The trouble with fish
Webbed feet and shark fins
The perils of steel and dreams
A proper storm
Still ocean
Last tango before landfall
Things to do with a used reed boat
Epilogue: Thor revisited
Appendix A. The Easter Island enigma
Appendix B. How to build a reed boat / by Phil Buck
Appendix C. Diagrams of the Viracocha.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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