Expedition Kon-Tiki vs The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Which Should You Read?

Expedition Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdahl · 1949 ★★★★☆ 4.2 235 pages · ≈ 4 h 21 m · Challenging

Presents the Kon-Tiki expedition led by explorer Thor Heyerdahl as he and his crew travel from South America and Polynesia on a raft made from balsa wood.

The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Hubert Howe Bancroft · 1882 ★★★★☆ 3.8 435 pages · ≈ 8 h 03 m · Challenging

“When it first became known to Europe that a new continent had been discovered, the wise men, philosophers, and especially the learned ecclesiastics, were sorely perplexed to account for such a discovery.”

Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832 – March 2, 1918) was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published and collected works concerning the western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Central…