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 1590

John White, 1593. Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, vol. 8 (MacLehose, 1904), pp. 404–422.

White's covering letter of 4 February 1593 and his account of the 1590 return: CRO carved on a tree and CROATOAN on a palisade post without the agreed cross, the houses taken down, the chests dug up, and the storms that stopped the voyage to Croatoan.

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White, J. (1593). 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 1590. Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, vol. 8 (MacLehose, 1904), pp. 404–422. https://archive.org/details/principalnavigat08hakl

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White, John. “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 1590.” Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, vol. 8 (MacLehose, 1904), pp. 404–422 (1593).