3yrs to return to enland
by mark jemison
john white didn't return because Spain was about to invade england
Spain was invading England.
When John White returned to Roanoke after several years in England, he found that the colonists he had left behind had mysteriously disappeared.
3 yearsJohn White took three years to return from England with the supply ship. He returned to check on the colonists.
to get supplies for the colony
The Spanish war; There was a Spanish war going on so, Captain John White's ships and crew could not leave England
the jhon white went to England because he needed to get supplies for the colony
A war between England and Spain delayed John White's voyage back to Roanoke for 3 years.
Spain was preparing to invade England.
John White returned to Roanoke to check on the colony he had previously established there. He left the colonists to return to England for supplies and reinforcements. Upon his return, he found the colony abandoned with no sign of the colonists, a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
john white went to england and then back to netherlands then he went back to england to get more supplies...:)
Spain was preparing to invade England. Spain and England were in a war and he could not reach his ship so he had to postpone his arrival to Roanoke.