John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

John White (colonist and artist)

English governor of the Roanoke Colony (1587 to 1590)

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 colonize Roanoke Island in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. He would most famously briefly serve…