And another argument was that there was no tradition of large ship-building in the communities lying to the east of Polynesia. But Heyerdahl knew they made lots of coastal voyages in locally built canoes.
另外一个争议就是,当时的学术界认为生活在波利
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东部的部落没有大规模造船的惯例。但是Heyerdahl知道那些部落的人使用当地建造的独木舟进行过很多次沿海航行。