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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.).
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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.
- 1593 (aged 53–54)
- c. 1539, London, England
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Apr 2, 2014 · John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island. He painted many scenes of the region and the colonists' lives, and he was the second governor of the second colony that Sir Walter Raleigh founded in North America. He died in 1593 in Ireland.
Oct 3, 2012 · John White, the governor of the first permanent English outpost in the New World, left Roanoke Island in 1590 to return to England with his family and other settlers. He found no trace of them three years later, except for a single word carved into a post: "Croatoan". The mystery of the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke has intrigued historians and researchers for centuries.
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John White was a colonist, governor and artist who sailed with Sir Walter Ralegh to Roanoke Island in 1587. He painted watercolors of the New World and wrote journals of his voyages. He returned to England in 1590 after the colony disappeared and died in Ireland in 1593.
Apr 30, 2012 · A historical analysis of the watercolor paintings of John White, the first governor of Roanoke Island, Virginia, who chronicled the disappearance of his colony in 1590. Learn how his works reveal his vision, his ambivalence, and his legacy in the context of early modern colonialism and globalization.
