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What Was John White's Expedition To America?

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In May 1577, a man named, John White” sailed on the ship Aid, as part of an expedition to America. The trip was commanded by Martin Frobisher. The reason for the trip was so that he could find precious metals, and a northwest passage to Asia. White sailed to Greenland and Baffin Island trying to find a new passageway. After many months he realized there wasn’t a northwest passage, nor were there any precious metals to be found. Although, before heading home White sketched some drawing of his surroundings, and the people he had met on this voyage. Eight years later In 1585 White, an artist and cartographer, accompanied the voyage from England to the Outer Banks of North Carolina under a plan by Sir Walter Raleigh to settle "Virginia." White
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