“When these colonies become abandoned, you get massive political ... charter to found “the Cittie of Raleigh” on Roanoke Island in 1587. About 115 English men, women, and children agreed ...
Reaching the abandoned settlement ... of a fort where the colonists fled after abandoning their settlement on Roanoke Island. Photograph by Stuart Conway WITH PERMISSION OF TRUSTEES OF THE ...
Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could now solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke - an island between North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The map, titled 'La Virginea ...