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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 ( c. 1539 – c. 1593) fue un gobernador, explorador, artista y cartógrafo colonial inglés. White estuvo entre los que navegaron con Richard Grenville en el primer intento de colonizar la isla de Roanoke en 1585, actuando como artista y cartógrafo de la expedición.
30 de abr. de 2012 · In recent histories of colonial British America, it is John White the artist, rather than John White the colonial governor, who takes center stage. This is because White was a watercolor painter of extraordinary talent whose works number among the most remarkable depictions of early modern indigenous Americans ever created.
- Benjamin Breen
15 de abr. de 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.).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 de abr. de 2014 · John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the settlement on Roanoke Island. Updated: May 13, 2020. (1540-1593) Synopsis. In April 1585 John White sailed on...
John White wasn't the most exacting painter that 16th-century England had to offer, or so his watercolors of the New World suggest. His diamondback terrapin has six toes instead of five; one...
21 de nov. de 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...
