Éric de Bisschop, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Éric de Bisschop

French sailor

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1891

Place of Birth: Aire-sur-la-Lys, Hauts-de-France, France

Date of Death: 30-Aug-1958

Profession: navigator, cartographer, explorer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Éric de Bisschop (October 21, 1891 – August 30, 1958) was a French seafarer, famous for his travel from Honolulu to France aboard the Polynesian sailboat Kaimiloa.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.