The map was created by John White ... In 1587, around 115 English settlers led by John White established a colony on Roanoke Island. The settlers included men, women, and children.

An ancient map from 400 years ... of the lost Roanoke colony, a topic that has intrigued researchers for centuries. In 1587, 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island, located between North ...

And since Roanoke Island wasn’t that far from Spain’s North ... ship at the bottom left is depicted heading towards. When the First Colony Foundation researchers examined that map closer, they found ...

The area is split into three regions, according to the Visitors Bureau: the Northern Beaches, Roanoke ... The island is most often recognized as the last known location of the Lost Colony, a ...

Here, you'll find Colonial settlements ... Maryland, you'll find an island best known for one thing: horses. Assateague Island stretches across the Maryland-Virginia border and each side is ...

Katie: In 1585, Queen Elizabeth the First gave Walter Raleigh permission to set up a colony on Roanoke Island, now part of ... where the map is being redrawn almost overnight.

Its location and name shed light on a period of North Carolina history overshadowed by the Lost Colony when 117 English settlers disappeared from Roanoke Island in the late 1580s ... The earliest map ...

But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks ...

MANTEO, N.C. — The Manteo Youth Center on Roanoke Island opened its doors this month, a brand new and bigger space ready to continue serving the kids in the Outer Banks community. “I told my ...

But Shark Island is also called Death Island, and it was a concentration camp and a site of genocide during German colonial rule from 1884 to 1915. The concentration camp has since been destroyed ...

Depicting the story of the Freedmen’s Colony on Roanoke Island, interpretive signs along the path give details of what life was like there. Metal silhouette statues stand behind the signs in silent ...