Early Man and the Ocean: A Search for the Beginnings of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations

by Thor Heyerdahl

Book Overview

Contents: pt. I. Early ships and the sea. The beginning of navigation -- Paths across the oceans -- pt. II. The Atlantic problem. Isolationists versus diffusionists -- The bearded Gods before Columbus... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394742184
• ISBN13: 9780394742182
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Another great book by Thor Heyerdahl

Early Man and the Ocean is another in Thor Heyerdahl's rewriting of the ancient history of the Americas and Polynesia. Published in 1978, it contains a number of chapters on information not covered in his earlier books, including his proposed timeline for the peopling of Polynesia by not one, but two different peoples. Indeed, what makes this book different is that here the author ties together his findings from many different lands, into a logical whole.If you liked Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku, then this book is for you. My only complaint against this book is that I dearly wish that it would be updated and reissued.