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A New World: England's First View of America England’s First View of America Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory July 15 through Center living-history museums are administered October 15, 2008 by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, an educational institution of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The mission of the Foundation, which is accredited by the American Association of Museums, is to educate and to promote understanding and awareness of Virginia’s role in the creation of the United States of America. Jamestown Settlement explores the world of America’s fi rst permanent English colony and the Powhatan, English and west central African cultures that converged in 17th-century Virginia. The Yorktown Victory Center interprets the impact of the American Revolution on the people of America and the development of the new nation. 16th-century “A New World: England’s First View of America” watercolor at Jamestown Settlement, July 15 - October 15, drawings by 2008, is presented through the collaboration John White of the British Museum and the Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation and is funded in part by from the donations and grants to the Jamestown-Yorktown British Foundation, Inc., including commitments from Museum James City County and the Robins Foundation. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation P.O. Box 1607 Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-1607 (757) 253-4838 toll-free (888) 593-4682 www.historyisfun.org COVER: Detail from An Indian Werowance, or Chief. All images reproduced in this brochure are by John White, watercolor, c. 1585. © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved. J A M E S T O W N S E T T L E M E N T 40M:5/08 A New World Recording Plants and Animals in the New World In the 1580s, Sir Walter Raleigh sent several On the voyage to Virginia, John White was expeditions to North America. He claimed the country instructed to draw all strange plants and animals and they explored for England and named it “Virginia” in bring home as many as possible. These natural wonders tribute to Queen Elizabeth I. John White, a gentleman were not recorded simply because they were exotic and and artist, accompanied fi ve of these voyages. His new; they were important because they were part of watercolors provided the God’s creation. White’s watercolors also were made for Elizabethan court with practical reasons. Future expeditions needed to know its fi rst view of America how to recognize edible species and what crops would – a view that shaped the grow. It was not always possible to bring home live European perspective for specimens, and plants and animals often change color more than 200 years. and shape after death. White sailed on one of White’s watercolors the fi rst voyages to Virginia were a vital record of in 1585, to an area that is their living appearance part of modern-day North and essential for Carolina, and recorded accurate identifi cation. what he saw in a series of Although John remarkable watercolors. White’s drawings of the He presented them, people, animals and mounted in an album, plants of coastal North to an unknown patron Carolina constitute the The manner of their fi shing at the Elizabethan court most famous part of – possibly Raleigh, the Queen or one of her advisors. his work, his natural Today, they are an incomparable record of America’s history drawings from natural resources and native society as they were when the West Indies made the Old and New Worlds fi rst met. up a substantial section of the album. The Artist’s Role in New World Exploration Pineapple John White’s role in providing a visual record of the 1585 voyage to Virginia was a very important one. Tiger swallowtail butterfl y Before the invention of photography, the artist’s ability to draw or paint pictures of what he saw was the only tool explorers had for recording visual information about new lands and peoples. Once these paintings and drawings came back to Europe, they were turned into woodcuts or engravings so that they could be printed in books. White was not the fi rst artist to provide images of the New World. Artists had accompanied other, earlier expeditions to North and South America by the Spanish, Portuguese and French. John White’s album contained pictures of some indigenous American peoples he never saw himself. These pictures were copied from the work of the French artist Jacques Le Moyne, who had visited Florida 20 years before. A New World Recording Plants and Animals in the New World The West Indies Expedition to the Indian Towns In the 1580s, Sir Walter Raleigh sent several On the voyage to Virginia, John White was Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a fl eet of seven ships expeditions to North America. He claimed the country instructed to draw all strange plants and animals and on the 1585 voyage to establish a colony. After six weeks Expedition they explored for England and named it “Virginia” in bring home as many as possible. These natural wonders at sea, the ships needed to stock up with fresh water and leader Richard tribute to Queen Elizabeth I. John White, a gentleman were not recorded simply because they were exotic and reprovision when they arrived in the West Indies. In Grenville’s ship and and artist, accompanied fi ve of these voyages. His new; they were important because they were part of Puerto Rico, White recorded pineapples, mamee apples the colony’s supplies watercolors provided the God’s creation. White’s watercolors also were made for and plantains. He noted that they would make useful were damaged when Elizabethan court with practical reasons. Future expeditions needed to know crops for future colonists to collect and attempt to grow they landed on its fi rst view of America how to recognize edible species and what crops would in Virginia. Birds, crabs and iguana were abundant and the North Carolina – a view that shaped the grow. It was not always possible to bring home live edible. Insects had to be recorded carefully. Some, coast in July 1585, European perspective for specimens, and plants and animals often change color such as fi refl ies, were merely curiosities, while others, which left them more than 200 years. and shape after death. scorpions for example, were deadly. dependent on the White sailed on one of White’s watercolors John White’s watercolors of the fi sh of the Atlantic local Indians for the fi rst voyages to Virginia were a vital record of originally imitated the shiny iridescence of the live fi sh. provisions. A party in 1585, to an area that is their living appearance Sadly the expensive pigments he used to do this often of 60 men, including part of modern-day North and essential for contained lead and have chemically altered with time. White and Harriot Carolina, and recorded accurate identifi cation. They have turned black and grey where they were once with Manteo as what he saw in a series of Although John silver, white and blue. interpreter, set out for remarkable watercolors. White’s drawings of the the mainland. They He presented them, people, animals and The Indians of Coastal North Carolina visited Pomeiooc, The town of Secotan mounted in an album, plants of coastal North Aquascogoc and Secotan, where White made his During the 1585 voyage, John White produced to an unknown patron Carolina constitute the watercolors and Harriot his written record of the people The manner of their fi shing the fi rst visual records of the Indians who lived in the at the Elizabethan court most famous part of and their way of life. place we know today as North Carolina. Manteo and – possibly Raleigh, the Queen or one of her advisors. his work, his natural White and Harriot were at pains to show an Wanchese, two Indians who had Today, they are an incomparable record of America’s history drawings from abundant country inhabited by civilized been brought to England on the natural resources and native society as they were when the West Indies made and friendly people. The Indians exhibit previous fact-fi nding voyage of 1584, the Old and New Worlds fi rst met. up a substantial section none of the terrifying savagery White were available to act as witnesses and of the album. depicted in his images of the Picts and translators of the Old World to the The Artist’s Role in New World Exploration ancient Britons of England’s own past. Pineapple New. When John White’s watercolors were John White’s role in providing a visual record of White’s watercolors and his brought back to Britain, they were copied the 1585 voyage to Virginia was a very important one. companion Thomas Harriot’s written Tiger swallowtail butterfl y as line engravings by Theodor de Bry. The Before the invention of photography, the artist’s ability to account tell us about the Indians’ de Bry versions of the White images were draw or paint pictures of what he saw was the only tool dress, weapons, villages, government published, along with Harriot’s written explorers had for recording visual information about new and religion. They provide us with an account, in 1590. lands and peoples. Once these paintings and drawings invaluable record of the complex and sophisticated culture of these people, came back to Europe, they were turned into woodcuts or John White’s Theater of the World engravings so that they could be printed in books. the North Carolina Algonquians. White was not the fi rst artist to provide images of But the record was not a John White did not confi ne his the New World.
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