Isaack Gilsemans

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),[1] was a Dutch merchant 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 were discovered. Gilsemans produced a number of drawings that documented island and native life. His depictions of the Māori people were the first for Europeans.[2]

References

  1. Gilsemans, Isack at the RKD
  2. "National Library of New Zealand". Retrieved 2012-07-09.



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