Éric de Bisschop
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Éric de Bisschop (October 21,[1] 1891 – August 30, 1958) was a French seafarer, famous for his travel from Honolulu to France aboard the Polynesian sailboat Kaimiloa.[2][3][4][5][6]
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Éric de Bisschop | |
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Born | October 21, 1891 |
Died | August 30, 1958 |
Nationality | French |
Known for | Navigation, Adventure books |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ethnography Adventure |
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He spent most of his adult life in the Pacific Ocean, notably in Honolulu (1935–1937 and 1941–1947) and in French Polynesia (1947–1956); he was not simply a sea adventurer but had a deep interest in the Pacific and its inhabitants, whose history he tried to study.