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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. 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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John White (died c. 1593, Kylemore, County Galway, Ireland) 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. 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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Dec 22, 2021 · John White was an English artist who accompanied two failed colonizing expeditions to Roanoke Island in North Carolina and served as governor of a second one. He produced watercolor portraits of Virginia Indians, scenes of their lives and activities, and maps of the coastline. He died in 1593 after leading a third expedition to the Chesapeake.
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.
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English artist, and an early pioneer of English efforts to settle the New World
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... Wikipedia
- 1539, London, England
- 1593, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Tomasyn Cooper
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