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Apr 15, 2024 · John White (died c. 1593, Kylemore, County Galway, Ireland) was a British artist, explorer, cartographer, and governor of the English settlement on Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina, U.S.). In May 1577 White sailed on the ship Aid as part of an expedition to America commanded by Martin Frobisher .
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Apr 2, 2014 · John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island.
John White ( c. 1539 – c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville in the first attempt to colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most famously briefly serve as the governor of the second attempt to ...
- 1593 (aged 53–54)
- c. 1539, London, England
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- Sir Walter Raleigh
Oct 3, 2012 · John White, governor of the Roanoke colony, left for England in 1587 and returned in 1590 to find no trace of his settlers. Learn about the possible fates of the "Lost Colony" and its connection to Jamestown.
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May 3, 2024 · John White was an English artist who accompanied two failed colonizing expeditions to Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina in the 1580s. He painted portraits of Virginia Indians, maps of the North American coastline, and scenes of the Chesapeake Bay, creating a visual record of the New World.
John White was a 16th-century English artist who painted the first views of America for Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions. His watercolors show the natural and cultural diversity of the Carolina coast and the West Indies, as well as his artistic and historical influences.
John White was a limner, engineer, and governor of the Roanoke colonies in the late 16th century. He left valuable watercolor drawings of the New World, but his family and the fate of the colonists remain a mystery.
