The voyage, called the tangaroa expedition, was intended as a tribute to thor heyerdahl, as well as a means to monitor the pacific oceans environment. Hans heyerdahl by christian krohg 1891 heyerdahl was born in smedjebacken, sweden. Margrethe maria schwabe 17921862 wikitree free family. Among the topics are the african association, antarctica, the voyage of the beagle, gertrude bell, james cook, jacquesyves cousteau, charles darwin, the explorers club, the gobi desert, thor heyerdahl, the international geophysical year, the leakey family, the lewis and clark expedition, david livingstone and henry morton stanley, alexander mackenzie, maps and mapmaking, the history of. October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. In 1880 there were 16 heyerdahl families living in wisconsin. Hans petter bohn norway, rashad nazar salim iraq, norris brock usa, toru. To be sure, many of heyerdahl s theories have been proven incorrect over time, but he managed to bring subjects to the fore so the debate could begin. Apr 18, 2002 early love of nature thor heyerdahl was born into an upperclass family in the coastal village of larvik, norway, in 1914.
Hans olai fremming heyerdahl was born 27 9 1789, was vicar of strange in 1840 and took leave in 1860 and then moved to fredheim which he had built up. Historical person search search search results results maren christine heyerdahl 1854 1931 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile. Hans was born on january 1 1691, in eidsvell, akershus, norway. Christian heyerdahl historical records and family trees. Christopher heyerdahl is a wellknown canadian actor who has received critical acclaim for his performances in film, television, and theatre. I bought this book expecting it to reveal new information about thor heyerdahl but it is just composed of chunks of text lifted from other books. He was 2011 1816 married to margaret marie schwabe, b. Thor heyerdahl books list of books by thor heyerdahl. Hans olai fremming, kristoffer olsen fremming and 5 other children. I can think of no other book that informed, entertained, and thrilled me like the ra expeditions. Heyerdahl article about heyerdahl by the free dictionary. Hans heyerdahl paintings for sale hans heyerdahl art. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site.
Find your familys average life expectancy, most common occupation, and more. View over 31 hans heyerdahl artworks sold at auction to research and compare prices. Wisconsin had the highest population of heyerdahl families in 1880. It was heyerdahl s first voyage on an improbable craft over a challenging and dubious route. In the footsteps of adam, which is actually his autobiography he leads the reader through his early life, the middle age, and up to the point when the book was written in 2000something.
He was the son of halvor heyerdahl 18251900 and hilda margretha haak 18341917. Thor heyerdahl s grandson, olav heyerdahl, retraced his grandfathers kontiki voyage in 2006, as part of a sixmember crew. Genealogy profile for hans olai fremming heyerdahl genealogy for hans olai fremming heyerdahl 1880 d. Hans olaf heyerdahl dalarne 185719 kristianiadouble portrait of anna margrethe wriedt, nee kjosterud 18301912 and her grand daughter margrethe giese born 1887, signed heyerdahl, oil on canvas, 63 x 79 cm, framed, gs provenance. Genealogy profile for hans olai fremming hans olai fremming 1690 1746 genealogy genealogy for hans olai fremming 1690 1746 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Johan heyerdahl historical records and family trees. As a young child, heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology, inspired by his mother, who had a strong interest in charles darwins theory of evolution.
Discover your family history in millions of family trees and more than a billion birth, marriage, death, census, and military records. Hieronymus heyerdahl was born on month day 1832, at birth place, to hans olai fremming stange heyerdahl and marie margrethe johansdatter heyerdahl born schwabe. An awardwinning canadian actor, christopher heyerdahl costars in wgnas pure, usas damnation sky atlantics tin star, syfys van helsing and amcs hit series hell on wheels, playing the enigmatic swede. All thor hayerdahls books are extremely entertaining and readable, with an approach very different from the usual rather dry expositions of archaeological works. The maldive mystery is more a tour through thor heyerdahl s various expeditions to the maldives in the early 1980s at a time when the country was just reemerging back into the international community. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Genealogy profile for anne margrethe rebecca heyerdahl anne margrethe rebecca heyerdahl 1821 1877 genealogy genealogy for anne margrethe rebecca heyerdahl 1821 1877 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Historical person search search search results results hieronymus heyerdahl 1827 1869 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile. Historical records and family trees related to halvor heyerdahl. Follow thor heyerdahl and explore their bibliography from s thor heyerdahl author page. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much. Genealogy profile for harald heyerdahl genealogy for harald heyerdahl 1862 d. This postcivil war drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in amc history. To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on.
Thor heyerdahl biography a famous ethnologist and explorer, thor heyerdahl, is known for his transoceanic explorations and study of south american immigration patterns. Hans olaf halvor heyerdahl 8 july 1857 10 october 19 was a norwegian realist painter. Son of hans olaf olai halvor heyerdahl and maren christine heyerdahl brother of sigrid florence heyerdahl half brother of. Anne margrethe rebecca heyerdahl 1821 1877 genealogy. Genealogy for hans olai flemming heyerdahl 1849 1931 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of. The maldive mystery, like other books by this author, is written with style, humour and interest, yet is wonderfully informative. German carrasco mexico, hans petter bohn norway, rashad nazar salim iraq, norris brock usa, toru. Historical person search search search results results halvor heyerdahl 1825 1900 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile.
Karen heyerdahl phone, address, background info whitepages. I had a hard time finding a book on the maldive islands, for the south asian challenge. His occupation was sogneprest, sokneprest i stange. Get the latest on christopher heyerdahl on fandango. We collect and match historical records that ancestry users have contributed to. Historical records and family trees related to hans olai. 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. Marie margrete schwabe, 17931880 wife of hans olai.
Johan fredrik heyerdahl was born on month day 1839, at birth place, to hans olai fremming heyerdahl and marie margrethe johansdatter heyerdahl born schwabe. Halvor heyerdahl historical records and family trees. The most heyerdahl families were found in the usa in 1880. Thor heyerdahl october 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian. Hieronymus heyerdahl historical records and family trees. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, kontiki. Early man and the ocean is another in thor heyerdahl s rewriting of the ancient history of the americas and polynesia. Hans was born on september 27 1789, in holand, akershus, norge. Hieronymus olai fremming heyerdahl blir postmester, og er dette fram til 1895. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Thor heyerdahl was one of the twentiethcenturys most famous adventurers and he recreated many ocean voyages made by ships based on ancient designs. His work was characterized by naturalism and focused largely on portraits and landscape paintings. Many years later, having achieved notability with other adventures and books on other subjects, heyerdahl. There original intent was to live their lives on the island, but the experiment goes awry with tropical diseases and untrustworthy islanders.
Heyerdahl, 11 books thor heyerdahl, 4 books arnold jacoby, 3 books erik hesselberg, 2 books roar skolmen, 1 book genrikh iosifovich anokhin, 1 book wyatt blassingame, 1 book paul westman, 1 book dolores engel, 1 book john malam, 1 book philip steele, 1 book julian may, 1 book snorre evensberget, 1 book lisa norby, 1 book pavel pavel, 1. This was about 57% of all the recorded heyerdahl s in the usa. Start a free family tree online and well do the searching for you. Norwegian adventurer thor heyerdahl made a celebrated journey aboard a raft called kontiki in 1947, and later wrote an. Nel 1947 thor heyerdahl, con cinque compagni di viaggio, attraversa loceano pacifico, dalle coste del peru alla polinesia su una primitiva zattera di legno di balsa. Ole fredrik fremming eriksen heyerdahl was born in 1756, at birth place, to erik halvorsen heyerdahl and maren heyerdahl. Green was the earth on the seventh day by heyerdahl, thor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Genealogy profile for hans olai fremming heyerdahl hans olai fremming heyerdahl 1822 1889 genealogy genealogy for hans olai fremming heyerdahl 1822 1889 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Genealogy profile for hans olai flemming heyerdahl hans olai flemming heyerdahl 1849 1931 genealogy genealogy for hans olai flemming heyerdahl 1849 1931 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. In 1947, he and his fiveperson crew climbed aboard kontiki.
The heyerdahl family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1880 and 1920. Apr 19, 2002 thor heyerdahl, who has died of cancer aged 87, was one of the great individualistic standardbearers of mid20thcentury adventure. Well, i cant really say that because i tore the world apart looking for this book after reading kontiki. Jun 08, 2012 hans olaf heyerdahl the rock wikipedia. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Hans heyerdahl page is in norwegian this entry was posted in academic, heyerdahl, hans olaf, impressionism, painting, realism, symbolism and tagged allegory, fantasy, girl and animal, nude, portrait by pip starr. Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology. Discover the family tree of christian eilert for free, and learn about their family history and their ancestry. Having been relatively unheralded for so long and under the yoke of dictatorial sultans, the maldivians were not always keen to speak to.
Christopher heyerdahl born september 18, 1963 is a canadian actor who portrayed the wraith todd in stargate atlantis, sam in van helsing and swede in hell on wheels. Son of hans olai fremming heyerdahl and berthe arnesdatter heyerdahl brother of josefine amalie berg. Subscribe to access price results for 150,000 different artists. Historical person search search search results results johan julius cornisch heyerdahl 1860 1927 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile. Genealogy profile for hans olai fremming heyerdahl. His father, thor, was president of a brewery and a mineral water plant, and his mother, alison lyng heyerdahl, was chairman of the larvik museum. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Historical person search search search results results josefine amalie heyerdahl 1857 19 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile. Anne olsen fremming historical records and family trees. Thor heyerdahl biography life, family, parents, story. Hans heyerdahl paintings for sale hans heyerdahl art value. Countless books have been written about thor heyerdahl and his life. Christian passed away on month day 1877, at age 66 at death place. Wife of hans olai fremming heyerdahl married date unknown in stange, norway children unknown died about 1862 location unknown.
If you use these while reading the other books it is quite helpful. Hans olai fremming heyerdahl, marie margarethe normann born heyerdahl and 5 other children. Find christopher heyerdahl movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing threemonth voyage across the pacific.
Apart from tourist guides, my local library had basically only the maldive mystery. Genealogy profile for hans olai fremming hans olai fremming 1690 1746 genealogy genealogy for hans olai fremming 1690 1746 family tree on geni, with. Marie married hans olai fremming heyerdahl on month day 1816, at age 23 at marriage place. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for karen heyerdahl.
Across the pacific by raft by thor heyerdahl, rand mcnally, first edition, book club edition, february, 1950. But that was also a great opportunity to finally read something by heyerdahl. I have read heyerdahl s autobiography in the footsteps of adam and this book kon tiki man does a better job of moving through his life chronologically. Hieronymus tok artium 1845, eksamen i lappisk 1847 og teologisk embedseksamen med laudabilis 1849. Books, biographies and films thor heyerdahl instituttet. With thor heyerdahl, norman baker, norris brock, hans peter bohn. South german private collection anna margrethe wriedt was the wife of the brewer johann christian wriedt in.
Historical person search search search results results christian august heyerdahl 1810 1882 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile. Heyerdahl was born in larvik, norway, the son of master brewer thor heyerdahl 18691957 and his wife, alison lyng 18731965. See all books authored by thor heyerdahl, including kontiki ekspedisjonen, and akuaku. Pa jakt efter paradiset, 1938 the kontiki expedition, 1948 american indians in the. Hans olai historical records and family trees related to hans olai. Hans olaf heyerdahl swedish, little girl on the beach heyerdahl distinguished himself as a technically very skilled artist. This is a highly used, highly collectible, hardcover book. Thor heyerdahl primary author only author division. Christian eilert heyerdahl was born on month day 1834, at birth place, to hans olai fremming heyerdahl and marie margrethe heyerdahl born schwabe. Arendalstidende 20141112 000 00 00 by tvende media as issuu. Genealogy for hans olai fremming heyerdahl 1822 1889 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Hans olai historical records and family trees myheritage. Page of at the window by heyerdahl, hans olaf in the web gallery of art, a searchable image collection and database of european painting, sculpture and architecture 2001900. His 1947 kontiki expedition proved that the incas were capable of sailing across the pacific. The book is a turquoise cloth with an impression of a polynesian carving on the front cover and gold lettering on the spine. Genealogy profile for hans olai flemming heyerdahl. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about johan heyerdahl on myheritage, the worlds family history network. Thor heyerdahl biography childhood, life achievements. Thor heyerdahl is currently considered a single author. Historical person search search search results results christian eilert heyerdahl 1834 1918 try free for 14 days try free for 14 days how do we create a persons profile.
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