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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.
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.
Apr 2, 2014 · John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island.
John Anderson White (28 April 1937 – 21 July 1964) was a Scottish international football midfielder and sometime inside right who played a significant role for Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) during their Double winning season in 1960–61.
May 3, 2024 · John White was an English artist who in 1585 accompanied a failed colonizing expedition to Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina and who, in 1587, served as governor of a second failed expedition, which came to be known as the Lost Colony.
Oct 3, 2012 · Later that year, it was decided that John White, governor of the new colony, would sail back to England in order to gather a fresh load of supplies.
Although his beautiful watercolor drawings are one of the most valuable sources of information about the Roanoke voyages and he served a governor of the 1587 colony, John White's life is almost unknown.
Nov 21, 2023 · John White was an artist who traveled with the first English explorers to the New World. He produced works of art that depicted the Native Americans in and around present-day Virginia and North...
Jun 10, 2021 · John White, a skilled illustrator and artist, was selected along with Thomas Hariot to provide Sir Walter Raleigh with images of the New World. While little is known about White’s early life, by 1577 he was documenting, through illustrations, Inuit culture on Canada’s Baffin Island.
The John White Colony. Although Sir Walter Ralegh must have been disappointed when his first colony returned to England in 1586, he did not give up. Neither gold nor silver had been discovered, yet there had been some successes. In nearly a year based on Roanoke Island, only four of 108 men had died and a large area had been explored.
