# White 1587: The fourth voyage made to Virginia with three ships, Anno 1587, wherein was transported the second colonie

> John White, 1587. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The record of how the colony was planted and why White left it.

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# The fourth voyage made to Virginia with three ships, Anno 1587, wherein was transported the second colonie

John White, 1587. _Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, vol. 8 (MacLehose, 1904), pp. 386–402_.

White's narrative of the 1587 voyage: the landing at Roanoke instead of the Chesapeake, the birth of Virginia Dare, the colonists' request that he return to England for supplies, and his departure.

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The record of how the colony was planted and why White left it.

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## Cite it

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White, J. (1587). The fourth voyage made to Virginia with three ships, Anno 1587, wherein was transported the second colonie. Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, vol. 8 (MacLehose, 1904), pp. 386–402. https://archive.org/details/principalnavigat08hakl
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