Thor Heyerdahl Launches Kon-Tiki Voyage from Peru, April 28, 1947
Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
Date: April 28, 1947
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