Cornelis's eldest son Joan Geelvinck (1644–1707), a merchant and politician, who was allowed by the Dutch East India Company to baptize the Geelvink, one of the three ships under the command of Willem de Vlamingh who had orders to explore the Australian west coast in 1696.
The name Geelvink comes from a Dutch ship and family called Geelvinck.
Nicolaes Geelvinck | Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen | Geelvinck |