Isaack Gilsemans

A view of the Murderers' Bay, as you are at anchor here in 15 fathom by Isaack Gilsemans, Alexander Turnbull Library,[1] 1642

Isaack Gilsemans (ca. 1606, in Rotterdam – 1646, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies),[2] was a Dutch merchant, officer of the Dutch East India Company[3] and artist.

Biography

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.[1][3]

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.[4] Gilsemans' chart is responsible for documenting the first European landing in Tasmania in 1642,[5] as a result of which Gilsemans Bay near Dunalley is named after him.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ Gilsemans, Isack at the RKD
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Grahame Anderson (2001). The merchant of the Zeehaen : Isaac Gilsemans and the voyages of Abel Tasman. Te Papa Press. pp. VII, 88–89. ISBN 9780909010751.
  4. ^ "Isaac Gilsemans :: Biography at :: At Design and Art Australia Online".
  5. ^ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14423/1/1953_Meston_New_aspects_Tasman's_visit.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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