<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thor Heyerdahl">Thor Heyerdahl</a> and five crew mates set out from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peru">Peru</a> on the <i id="mwzA"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki" id="mwzQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kon-Tiki">Kon-Tiki</a></i> to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Polynesia">Polynesia</a>.