| THOR | Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 |
| THORHEYERDAHL | Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 |
| HEYERDAHL | Norwegian anthropologist who sailed from Peru to the Pacific Islands in 1947 (4,9) |
| KONTIKI | Balsa raft on which Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to the islands of Polynesia in 1947 (3,4) |
| JAMESCOOK | Explorer who sailed from England mapping the Pacific islands New Zealand and Australia from 1768 to 1779: 2 wds. |
| FRANCISDRAKE | Explorer who sailed from England circling the globe from 1577 to 1580 and capturing treasure from Spanish ships: 2 wds. |
| CEBU | "From Peru to ___ hear the power of Babylon" (Philippine island name-dropped in Enya's "Orinoco Flow") |
| ALTIPLANO | A densely populated upland plateau of the Andes, stretching from Peru to Argentina |
| ANSON | George, naval commander who sailed from England in 1740 and circumnavigated the globe in 45 months (5) |
| DAVIDGRAEBER | Anthropologist who developed the concept of everyday communism in "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" |
| BREADFRUIT | Large round starchy fruit of a tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to the Pacific Islands |
| GILBERTS | Pacific islands in W.W. II fighting, with "the" |
| MELANESIA | Pacific islands in the sea lane I'm crossing (9) |
| ENNUIED | Bored with Pacific islands in the finish (7) |
| CAPTAINCOOK | Murderer accepting suitable catering job from one who sailed from 5 (7,4) |
| JOHNCABOT | Explorer who sailed from England claiming eastern Canada for Henry VII in 1497: 2 wds. |
| DART | Anthropologist who coined the genus name Australopithecus; a missile thrown from behind an oche; or, a tapered tuck in dressmaking (4) |
| ANDES | Range from Peru to Chile |
| KRAKATOA | Pacific island in the sun doesn't even sound pacific! (8) |
| GALAPAGOS | Pacific islands in this way break a criminal up (9) |
