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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 ...
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.
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.). In May 1577 White sailed on the ship Aid as part of an expedition to America commanded by Martin Frobisher .
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2 de abr. de 2014 · QUICK FACTS. Name: John White. Birth Year: 1540. Birth Country: England. Gender: Male. Best Known For: John White was an English artist, explorer, cartographer and governor of the...
TRAVEL. Sketching the Earliest Views of the New World. The watercolors that John White produced in 1585 gave England its first startling glimpse of America. Abigail Tucker. December 2008....
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.
24 de abr. de 2012 · Essays. Painting the New World. By Benjamin Breen. In 1585 the Englishman John White, governor of one of the very first North American colonies, made a series of exquisite watercolour sketches of the native Algonkin people alongside whom the settlers would try to live.
