USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before John White could relocate his colony to the shores of Chesapeake Bay, the dire need for supplies compelled him to leave his settlers at the Roanoke site and return to England. The colonists forced White to promise to return to England and bring back more supplies for the colony, which he agreed to do.

Detailed explanation-2: -John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a supply-trip to England to find the settlement deserted. White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence.

Detailed explanation-3: -In May 1577 White sailed on the ship Aid as part of an expedition to America commanded by Martin Frobisher. The expedition, sponsored by the Cathay Company in its search for precious metals and a northwest passage to Asia, sailed to Greenland and Baffin Island before returning to England in September 1577.

Detailed explanation-4: -John White ( c. 1539 – c. 1593) 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.