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It took John White 3 years to get back to Roanoke Island.
When John White returned to Roanoke Island, he found that everyone was gone. White was an artist and a pioneer.
The group that settled in Roanoke in 1587 was led by John White. He was an English artist and explorer who was appointed as the governor of the Roanoke Colony by Sir Walter Raleigh. However, when White returned to England for supplies, he was delayed by the war with Spain and was unable to return to Roanoke for several years. When he finally returned in 1590, the colony was mysteriously abandoned with no signs of the inhabitants.
The Roanoke Colony disappeared in 1590. It was established in 1587 as the first English colony in North America, but when a supply ship arrived three years later, the colony had been deserted and the fate of its inhabitants remains a mystery.
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It took John White 3 years to get back to Roanoke Island.
When John White returned to Roanoke Island, he found that everyone was gone. White was an artist and a pioneer.
When John White returned to Roanoke after several years in England, he found that the colonists he had left behind had mysteriously disappeared.
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The group that settled in Roanoke in 1587 was led by John White. He was an English artist and explorer who was appointed as the governor of the Roanoke Colony by Sir Walter Raleigh. However, when White returned to England for supplies, he was delayed by the war with Spain and was unable to return to Roanoke for several years. When he finally returned in 1590, the colony was mysteriously abandoned with no signs of the inhabitants.
The Roanoke Colony disappeared in 1590. It was established in 1587 as the first English colony in North America, but when a supply ship arrived three years later, the colony had been deserted and the fate of its inhabitants remains a mystery.
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a war between England and spain. He went back to Roanoke 3 years later.
Spain was preparing to invade England.
john white didn't return because Spain was about to invade england
Governor White left in August 1587, and returned three years later in August 1590. When he returned, he found no one.
All ships large enough to get to America had been commendeered by the Crown to fit the Spanish Armada at the same time White was trying to return. Those ships weren't free to go the Americas until three years later.