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John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593): scan

Document532 pagesPublic domainLetter dated 4 February 1593; printed 1600Copy of John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593)
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Volume 8 of the 1903-1905 Glasgow reprint of Hakluyt, with White's narratives of the 1587 and 1590 voyages, including the carved CROATOAN and CRO.

Internet Archive (from the MacLehose edition), 1593. Public domain

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ScanInternet Archive (from the MacLehose edition) · archive.org · 1904 · Public domainPrimary source: A letter of M. John White to M. Richard Hakluyt written in February 1593, with The fifth voyage to Virginia made by master John White in the yeere 15902 steps from the original

Where it was made

Virginia BeachRaleighCharlotteGreensboroFayettevilleRoanokePetersburg1Roanoke Island200 kmVirginia BeachRaleighCharlotteRichmond1200 km

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