Eric de Bisschop

Éric de Bisschop (born October 21, 1891 in Aire-sur-la-Lys , † August 30, 1958 in Rakahanga ) was a French adventurer, navigator and oceanist. He became known for his 1938-39 trip from Honolulu to France on board a Polynesian double canoe.

Life

He spent almost his entire life in the South Seas; from 1935 to 1937 and 1941 to 1947 in Honolulu, then until 1956 in Polynesia . In 1936 he built the Kaimiloa catamaran and toured three oceans with it. From Honolulu he made his way across the sea to Cannes. In addition, he wanted to prove by a raft trip that the Polynesians had already reached South America and had conducted cultural exchanges there. His bamboo raft Tahiti Nui , which was to take him from Tahiti to South America in 1957 , did not quite make the trip. The successor boat Tahiti Nui II took him from Peru to Tahiti and then to the Cook Islands . De Bisschop was fatally injured there.

Works

1948: Kaimiloa, Westermann, 68 pp.
1959: Tahiti Nui, 284 pp.

literature

Bengt Danielsson: From raft to raft. Eric de Bisschop's last ride . Ullstein Verlag 1960
Otto Höver : Old Asians under sail in the Indian and Pacific Ocean through monsoons and trade winds . A. Limbach, 1961, pages 151ff.

Web links

Breakdown of life at time.com (English)
Der Spiegel, issue of June 26, 1957

Individual evidence

↑ Pierre Pierrard - Gens du Nord 1985 "Un grand navigateur méconnu: Éric de Bisschop"
^ Journal de la Société des océanistes: Volumes 13-15 Musée de l'homme (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle) - 1993 "Son corps fut ramené à Tahiti par le Lotus, stationnaire français de Papeete, après l'impressionnant adieu funèbre de cet îlot perdu. De toutes ces aventures Éric de Bisschop n'a laissé de traces littéraires que dans deux ouvrages .. "
↑ Walter Umminger: heroes, gods, superman: a cultural history of human excellence , publisher Econ Verlag, 1962, page 64ff
↑ http://www.danstopicals.com/bisschop.htm

personal data
SURNAME	Bisschop, Éric de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French adventurer, navigator and oceanist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aire-sur-la-Lys
DATE OF DEATH	August 30, 1958
Place of death	Rakahanga

[1] Pierre Pierrard - Gens du Nord 1985 "Un grand navigateur méconnu: Éric de Bisschop"

[2] Journal de la Société des océanistes: Volumes 13-15 Musée de l'homme (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle) - 1993 "Son corps fut ramené à Tahiti par le Lotus, stationnaire français de Papeete, après l'impressionnant adieu funèbre de cet îlot perdu. De toutes ces aventures Éric de Bisschop n'a laissé de traces littéraires que dans deux ouvrages .. "

[3] Walter Umminger: heroes, gods, superman: a cultural history of human excellence , publisher Econ Verlag, 1962, page 64ff

[4] ttp://www.danstopicals.com/bisschop.htm