IMAGE
Gilsemans, Isaac :Vaertuig en Gedaente der inwoonders van Selandia Nova. P. 173 [Amsterdam, 1705]
- Date
- 1642 - 1705
- By
- Gilsemans, Isaack, 1606?-1646
- Reference
- qR910-WITS-Noord-1705-Acc.1311-p.173
- Description
Ten seated Maori men rowing a canoe, with one man standing at the prow on the right. The canoe appears to be double-hulled. All the men have topknot hairstyles. Derived from Gilsemans' 'View of Murderers' Bay' from Abel Tasman's journal and shows Maori in Golden Bay at the time of Tasman's attempted landing on 19 December 1642.
See also A-460-018 (Afbeelding van de inwooneren van Niew Zeeland. [ca 1700]). The images appear to be identical, suggesting the same plate was used for both imprints
Other Titles - Natives of New Zealand
Extended Title - From Witsen, Nicolaes. Noord en Oost Tartarye. Amsterdam, 1705, between p. 172 and 173.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, 315 x 190 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Portraits, Engraving, 315 x 190 mm
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