Isaack Gilsemans
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 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.[2]
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. [3] Gilsemans chart is responsible for documenting the first European landing in Tasmania in 1642 [4] as a result of which Gilsemans Bay near Dunalley is named after him.
External links
- "The Merchant of the Zeehaen: Isaac Gilsemans and the Voyages of Abel Tasman" by Grahame Anderson
- "Some New Aspects of Tasman's Visit to the East Coast of Tasmania in 1642" by A. L. Meston