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 colonise Roanoke Island in 1585, acting
The return of Governor White to the "Lost Colony" as imagined by artists in 1876
Watercolour by John White of Roanoke Indians
White's patron, Sir Walter Raleigh
Baptism of Virginia Dare, wood-engraving, 1880
Virginia Dare
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Virginia Dare was the first English child to be born in an American English colony. She was born to members of the Roanoke Colony.
John White (colonist and artist)
…known to history as the "Lost Colony". This was the earliest effort to establish a permanent English colony in the New World. White's granddaughter Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America. In late 1587, White returned to England for supplies. The return expedition was delayed due to various…
US postage stamp issued in 1937, the 350th anniversary of Virginia Dare's birth
Memorial to Virginia Dare at St Bride's Church, Fleet St, London