John White ( c. 1539 – c. 1593) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer. White was among those who sailed with Richard ...
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Aug 23, 2024 · John White, British artist, explorer, cartographer, and governor of the English settlement on Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina).
John White
English explorer and artist
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John White 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. Wikipedia
Born: London, United Kingdom
Died: 1593, Cork, Ireland
Children: Eleanor Dare and Tom White
Spouse: Tomasyn Cooper (m. 1566)
Grandchild: Virginia Dare
Occupations: Colonial governor; explorer; artist; mapmaker
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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, ...
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Apr 14, 2015 · John White, governor of the 1587 colony, was also a gifted artist. His paintings provided valuable information about the plants, animals and people of the New ...
Apr 30, 2018 · White attempted to carry on some diplomacy and figure out how the Indians felt about his colonists, which somehow still seemed a mystery to him.
Biography: Watercolourist, the first British artist in America and first European to paint Native Americans (North Carolina Algonquians, about 1585-6); ...
Apr 2, 2014 · John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island.