John White was an English artists, who took part in some of the earliest English expeditions to Nort
John White was an English artists, who took part in some of the earliest English expeditions to North America. In 1585 White traveled in an expedition, lead by Sir Ralph Lane, to establish the first English colony in the North America. During the expedition White and the expedition scientist Thomas Harriot were responsible for drawing and recording the native people, geography, flora and fauna of the region. His illustrations were published in 1588 in a book- A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of VirginiaImage source -- source link
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