To which islands did the Kon-Tiki sail?
Galapagos Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Tuamotu Islands
Fiji Islands
Answer
The Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft built by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, sailed to the remote Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific Ocean in 1947. Heyerdahl and his crew embarked on this daring voyage to demonstrate the feasibility of ancient seafaring techniques and to challenge the prevailing notion that pre-Columbian civilizations lacked the capability to traverse vast ocean distances.
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