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First Illustrator Of America

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
May
Year
1893
Copyright
Public Domain
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In the British museum there is preserved John White's original drawings in water colors illustrating Sir Walter Raleigh's voyage into Virginia in 1585. This John White was an English painter who was sent by Queen Elizabeth in 1585 to Virginia as principal draf teman in Raleigh's second expedition for exploring the country and planting his first "colonie." The expedition of seven ships was under the command of Admiral Sir Richard Grenville, the ancestor of the f ounder of the Grenville library in the British museum. This first "colonie," consisting, of 108 men, remained in Virginia one whole year and then returned to England in July, 1586, in Sir Francia Drake's fleet, then coming victorious from the West Indies, because the long expected supplies and reinforcements from Engand had not amved. Fourteen dajs after their eparture Sir Richard Grenville arrived with new stores and new planters, to find the old "colonie" deserted. Little is known respecting John White. It is recorded, however, that he nade fovir voyages to Virginia and that during the second expedition he was apjointed governor, in 1587. He was the jrandfather of Virginia Daré, the first Snglish chiid born in North America. n 1588 Theodore de Bry on a visit to ondon was indïiced to engrave the said drawings and his work was issued ia .590 in folio at Frankfort. Copies of this book are very rare. There is a very imperfect one in the brsfy in Harvard

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