Friday, June 29, 2018

Eyewitness John White 1585 - Women already on the Atlantic coast of America when the English arrived

1585 John White (English artist, c 1540-1593) Indian Woman of Florida

John White (English artist, c 1540-1593) was an English artist & early pioneer of English efforts to settle North America. He was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville to the shore of present-day North Carolina in 1585, acting as artist & mapmaker to the expedition. During his time at Roanoke Island he made a number of watercolor sketches of the surrounding landscape and the native Algonkin peoples. These works are significant as they are the most informative eyewitness illustrations of an early Native American society of the Eastern seaboard.