# John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches

> In 2012 the museum examined the patch at the head of Albemarle Sound and found a fort symbol beneath it; the museum's technical report was not located in…

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**ART** 0CQCCMHR26H4·Artifact · document

# John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches

PhotographPublic domainDrawn after the 1585 voyage

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/3cd696624d1b22c6cfe080a98044f770bd2f63c5bcc9f08de5cc5b76feab2269)

[![John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3cd696624d1b22c6cfe080a98044f770bd2f63c5bcc9f08de5cc5b76feab2269/w800)](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/3cd696624d1b22c6cfe080a98044f770bd2f63c5bcc9f08de5cc5b76feab2269.jpg)

John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan

[![John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/3cd696624d1b22c6cfe080a98044f770bd2f63c5bcc9f08de5cc5b76feab2269/w800)][![John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/lost-colony-roanoke-a-white-map-c1)]

In 2012 the museum examined the patch at the head of Albemarle Sound and found a fort symbol beneath it; the museum's technical report was not located in this pass.

British Museum, 1585. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Scan** British Museum · britishmuseum.org · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum standard; confirm)Primary source: [La Virginea Pars (map of the east coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Lookout), John White, 1585–1593](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBZSP40M3/la-virginea-pars-map-of-the-east-coast-of-north-america-from)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1906-0509-1-3)

**Scan** British Museum · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-art, PD-old)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drawing,_print_study,_map_(BM_1906,0509.1.3).jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/3cd696624d1b22c6cfe080a98044f770bd2f63c5bcc9f08de5cc5b76feab2269)

**Picture** John White · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain (PD-art, PD-old)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drawing,_print_study,_map_(BM_1906,0509.1.3).jpg)

## Where it was made

[Albemarle, Roanoke and Croatan sounds, North Carolina](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC1GC44B5/albemarle-roanoke-and-croatan-sounds-north-carolina) · Region

## Sources 2

- [La Virginea Pars (map of the east coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Lookout), John White, 1585–1593](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBZSP40M3/la-virginea-pars-map-of-the-east-coast-of-north-america-from)_SRC_
- [The Lost Colony is Found! How We Did It.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBYTE4G59/the-lost-colony-is-found-how-we-did-it)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches [Artifact ART0CQCCMHR26H4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQCCMHR26H4
```

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**ART** 0CQCCMHR26H4

Kind

Document

Held by

British Museum, London

Dated

drawn after the 1585 voyage

Licence

Public domain (PD-art, PD-old)

Place

[Albemarle, Roanoke and Croatan sounds, North Carolina](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC1GC44B5/albemarle-roanoke-and-croatan-sounds-north-carolina)

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[Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke)

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