Birthdate: 1539 AD
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1593 AD
John White was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer who played a significant role in the attempts to colonize Roanoke Island. He sailed with Richard Grenville in 1585 and served as an artist and mapmaker. White briefly governed the second attempt to establish Roanoke Colony in 1587, where the colonists mysteriously disappeared. He created watercolor sketches of the landscape and Native American society, which are now preserved in the British Museum. White is also known as the grandfather of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in North America.
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