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A balsa log from the 1973 'Las Balsas' Expedition, an…
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Melbourne
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6-Dec-2015
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A balsa log from the 1973 'Las Balsas' Expedition, an Ecuadorian balsa log from the 'Guayaquil', located off the coast of Newcastle on the 5th December 1973, one of a group of three rafts each with four crew and one cat that travelled 14,000 km across the Pacific Ocean before breaking up near Newcastle; Las Balsas was the longest multiple raft crossing in recorded history, its aim to test sea currents and theories about trade and colonisation. Height 30 cm. Width 97 cm. Depth 25 cm
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