Isaac Gilsemans

  • Artist (Draughtsman)
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.
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Name
Isaac Gilsemans
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • clerk (ANZSIC code: 7291)
  • builder (ANZSIC code: 30)
  • architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • cartographer (ANZSIC code: 6922)
Death date
c.1646
Death place
Ambon, Indonesia, Ambron, Dutch East Indies (Ambon, Indonesia)
Death note
Ambron, Dutch East Indies
Active Period
  • 1634 - 1645
Residence
  • c.1634 - c.1646 Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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