John White (surveyor)

John White (c.1540 – c.1618) {{ref|birthdate}} "Gentleman of London" and probable doctor, was sent by Sir Richard Grenville as Sir Walter Raleigh's surveyor-general on his first voyage to the New World (1585-6). During this journey he made numerous sketches of the landscape and people they encountered (including the one at right). These works are significant as they pre-date the first body of "discovery voyage art" created in the late eighteenth century by the artists who sailed with Captain James Cook.

External links

• Heritage Education Program Web Page about John White
• The American Drawings of John White
• The State Library of North Carolina's website This link gives the complete story of the "First English Settlement in the New World".
• The Church of Stanton St John, Suffolk This link includes a map.