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Pierre de Myrica
1875–1951
A French traveler and writer, this early-20th-century author turned long journeys into vivid books about East Africa and Oceania. Writing under the name Pierre de Myrica, he brought distant places to readers with a reporter’s curiosity and an explorer’s eye.
2 Audiobooks
Zanzibar, de stapelplaats van Oost-Afrika De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908
by Pierre de Myrica
Door Centraal-Oceanië De Aarde en haar Volken, 1908
by Pierre de Myrica
About the author
Pierre de Myrica was a pen name used by René La Bruyère (1875–1951), a French writer and naval official. Library and author records connect the pseudonym directly to La Bruyère, which helps explain why books published as Pierre de Myrica sometimes appear under his real name.
His surviving works point to a strong interest in travel and geography. Titles associated with Pierre de Myrica include books on Zanzibar and East Africa and on Central Oceania, suggesting a writer drawn to places that were politically important, culturally mixed, and little known to many European readers of his time.
For modern listeners, the appeal is in that blend of travel narrative and historical snapshot. These books do more than describe landscapes—they capture how one French observer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries tried to make sense of the wider world.