Winter, John:; Little is known of who exactly John Winter was. This passage is the only time he is mentioned within these articles. The term “Master” Winter, implies that he was a gentleman, and Barlowe’s casual reference implies that he was well enough known that the reader is assumed to know who is being referenced. Astonishingly, Quinn’s penchant for detail fails the reader on this occasion, and one lonely paragraph footnotes this excerpt. Quinn reveals that John Winter brought aromatic bark (likely magnolia or Dogwood – of interest to the explorers due to their supposed medicinal qualities) back to England in 1579, specimens of which were obtained and published by one Charles de l’Ecluse and compared to Mondardes’ similar specimens from the West Indies. Quinn notes that Barlowe may have had a copy of this publication with him, prompting this comparison.;
Works Cited: ; The Roanoke Voyages, 1584-1590: Volume I, ed. David Beers Quinn (London: Hakluyt Society, 1955), 97.;