Isaack Gilsemans
Illustration — A view of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom by Isaack Gilsemans, Alexander Turnbull Library, 1642 Isaack Gilsemans (ca. 1606, in Rotterdam – 1646, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies), was a Dutch merchant, officer of the Dutch East India Company and artist.
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Isaack Gilsemans
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- Born
- 1606 · Rotterdam.
- Died
- 1646 · Batavia.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- drafter · illustrator · merchant · map drawer
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — A view of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom by Isaack Gilsemans, Alexander Turnbull Library, 1642 Isaack Gilsemans (ca. 1606, in Rotterdam – 1646, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies), was a Dutch merchant, officer of the Dutch East India Company and artist.
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Isaack Gilsemans (1606–1646) was a drafter, illustrator and map drawer, among other activities, of Dutch nationality. The drafter was born in Rotterdam and died in Batavia. Isaack Gilsemans worked for Dutch East India Company.
Languages used include Dutch. Works are held at Auckland Art Gallery.
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Gilsemans is most noted for joining the explorer Abel Tasman on his expedition in 1642-43 during which Tasmania, New Zealand and several Pacific Islands became known to Europeans. Gilsemans produced a number of drawings that documented island and native life. His depictions of the Māori people were the first for Europeans. A sketcher and cartographer, he is thought to have been responsible for the coastal profiles in Tasman's journal and therefore the first European to make an image of Van Diemen's Land. Gilsemans' chart is responsible for documenting the first European landing in Tasmania in 1642, as a result of which Gilsemans Bay near Dunalley is named after him.
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1606
Isaack Gilsemans born at Rotterdam.
1646
Isaack Gilsemans died at Batavia.
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- 1.Gilsemans, Isack at the RKD
- 2.Anderson, Grahame Anderson. The merchant of the Zeehaen : Isaac Gilsemans and the voyages of Abel Tasman. Te Papa Press. VII, 88–89. 2001. 9780909010751.
- 3.Gilsemans, Isaack. A view of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom [1642]. Tasman, Abel Janszoon. Tasman's journal. Amsterdam, Friedrich Muller & Co, 1898. Ref: PUBL-0086-021. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Alexander Turnbull Library.
- 4.Isaac Gilsemans :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online.
- 5.Some New Aspects of Tasman's Visit to the East Coast of Tasmania in 1642.
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1606: Isaack Gilsemans born in Rotterdam. 1646: Isaack Gilsemans died in Batavia.
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