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...

De Bisschop is a Dutch surname meaning "the bishop". Notable people with the surname include: Eric de Bisschop (1891–1958), French seafarer Jan de Bisschop...

Ocean on the balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia. A French seafarer, Éric de Bisschop, committed himself in a project he had had for some years: he built...

Empire) who is thought to have coined the term 'trimaran', though Éric de Bisschop built a trimaran in France earlier.[citation needed] He was also a...

such as Viator, a schooner en route from Tahiti; famous French sailor Éric de Bisschop with his catamaran Kaimiloa bound for France, the ketch Hula Gal heading...

by the French sailor Éric de Bisschop, who arrived in Hawaii from France on his sailboat Kaimiloa. Das was mentored by de Bisschop on modern sailing techniques...

73, Czechoslovakian composer of Slovak music, committed suicide. Éric de Bisschop, 66, French ocean explorer, was killed when his balsa-wood raft, Tahiti...

stern of each float, with the propellers also placed aft. In 1936, Eric de Bisschop built a Polynesian "double canoe" in Hawaii and sailed it home to a...

 163–164. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved September 16, 2019. Letter to Eric de Bisschop, October 10, 1941 (Archives diplomatiques, Nantes) "January 26: 60th...

on a Kon-Tiki like expedition led by Frenchman Eric de Bisschop smashed on the reef in 1958. de Bisschop was killed and buried on the atoll. A few weeks...